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Applications of nanoscale zero-valent iron and its composites to the removal of antibiotics: a review

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Nanoscale zero-valent iron (nZVI, nFe0) particles have been investigated in recent years as a promising material for the removal of antibiotics from water environment. Although the potential benefits of nZVI in environmental remediation are considerable, there is a distinct need to rationally apply zero-valent iron-based (nano)materials to antibiotics removal in hydrosphere. This review supplied current opinions about the most recent works, which have been carried out toward the applications of various zero-valent iron-based (nano)materials (e.g., pristine nZVI, surface-modified nZVI, porous material-supported nZVI, inorganic clay mineral-supported nZVI and material-encapsulated nZVI) to the removal of antibiotics from water. The corresponding interaction mechanisms between the various zero-valent iron-based (nano)materials and the antibiotics, including adsorption, reduction, oxidation and other special interaction mechanisms, were discussed. The key influencing factors affecting the reactivities of the zero-valent iron-based (nano)materials with antibiotics (e.g., solution pH, solution temperature, nZVI dosage, coexisting oxy-anions and cations) were highlighted. It demonstrated that the zero-valent iron-based (nano)materials possess high reactivities with antibiotics and have great application prospects in water environmental remediation.

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This study was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51709103), National Key R&D Projects of China (Grant No. 2016YFC0403002), Hunan Provincial Key R&D (Grant No. 2018WK4007), Training Program for Excellent Young Innovators of Changsha (Grant No. kq1802020), Double First-Class Construction Project of Hunan Agricultural University (Grant No. kxk201801005), Double First-Class Construction Project of Hunan Agricultural University (Grant No. SYL201802005) and Hong Kong Scholars Program (Grant No. XJ2018029).

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    Yuzhou Zhou, Ting Wang, Dan Zhi, Yaoyu Zhou, Jing Nie, Anqi Huang, Yuan Yang, Hongli Huang & Lin Luo

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Zhou, Y., Wang, T., Zhi, D. et al. Applications of nanoscale zero-valent iron and its composites to the removal of antibiotics: a review. J Mater Sci 54, 12171–12188 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-019-03606-5

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