Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Chitosan-based sorbent for efficient removal and extraction of ciprofloxacin and norfloxacin from aqueous solutions

  • Original Paper
  • Published:
Microchimica Acta Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Nanosheets prepared from magnesium oxide, chitosan and graphene oxide (MgO/Chit/GO) were hydrothermally synthesized and used as a sorbent for removal of ciprofloxacin and norfloxacin from aqueous solutions. Residual antibiotics in sample were determined by HPLC/UV instrument. The sorbent was characterized by FTIR, XRD, BET, SEM, and TEM. Its high adsorption capacity is attributed to the high surface area (294 m2.g−1) as compared to bare MgO/chit or bare GO. The pore size of the mesoporous sorbent typically is 15 Å. The adsorption isotherms for the two model antibiotics studied (norfloxacin, ciprofloxacin) can be described with the Langmuir model, and the maximum adsorption capacities are 1111 and 1000 mg.g−1 for ciprofloxacin and norfloxacin, respectively. The analysis of the kinetic data revealed that the synthesized sorbent followed pseudo-second-order kinetics and the maximum equilibrium was at over 120 and 150 min for ciprofloxacin and norfloxacin, respectively. Therefore, it is introduced as an economical, eco- friendly, and high-performance sorbent for removal of antibiotics from aqueous solutions.

Schematic presentation of dispersion of magnesium oxide/chitosan/graphene oxide (MgO/chit/GO) nanosheets in waste water for removal of ciprofloxacin and norfloxacin as water pollutants.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Feng M, Wang Z, Dionysiou DD, Sharma VK (2018) Metal-mediated oxidation of fluoroquinolone antibiotics in water: a review on kinetics, transformation products, and toxicity assessment. J Hazard Mater 344:1136–1154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2017.08.067

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  2. Jones S, Pramanik A, Kanchanapally R, Viraka Nellore BP, Begum S, Sweet C, Ray PC (2017) Multifunctional three-dimensional chitosan/gold nanoparticle/graphene oxide architecture for separation, label-free SERS identification of pharmaceutical contaminants, and effective killing of superbugs. ACS Sustain Chem Eng 5(8):7175–7187. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b01351

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Watkinson AJ, Murby EJ, Costanzo SD (2007) Removal of antibiotics in conventional and advanced wastewater treatment: implications for environmental discharge and wastewater recycling. Water Res 41(18):4164–4176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2007.04.005

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  4. Abegglen C, Joss A, McArdell CS, Fink G, Schlüsener MP, Ternes TA, Siegrist H (2009) The fate of selected micropollutants in a single-house MBR. Water Res 43(7):2036–2046. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2009.02.005

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  5. Li S-z, Li X-y, D-z W (2004) Membrane (RO-UF) filtration for antibiotic wastewater treatment and recovery of antibiotics. Sep Purif Technol 34(1):109–114. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1383-5866(03)00184-9

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Klavarioti M, Mantzavinos D, Kassinos D (2009) Removal of residual pharmaceuticals from aqueous systems by advanced oxidation processes. Environ Int 35(2):402–417. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2008.07.009

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  7. Carlesi Jara C, Fino D, Specchia V, Saracco G, Spinelli P (2007) Electrochemical removal of antibiotics from wastewaters. Appl Catal B 70(1):479–487. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2005.11.035

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. Senta I, Matošić M, Jakopović HK, Terzic S, Ćurko J, Mijatović I, Ahel M (2011) Removal of antimicrobials using advanced wastewater treatment. J Hazard Mater 192(1):319–328. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.05.021

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  9. Wang F, Yang B, Wang H, Song Q, Tan F, Cao Y (2016) Removal of ciprofloxacin from aqueous solution by a magnetic chitosan grafted graphene oxide composite. J Mol Liq 222:188–194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2016.07.037

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. Kyzas GZ, Bikiaris DN, Seredych M, Bandosz TJ, Deliyanni EA (2014) Removal of dorzolamide from biomedical wastewaters with adsorption onto graphite oxide/poly(acrylic acid) grafted chitosan nanocomposite. Bioresour Technol 152:399–406. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2013.11.046

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  11. Liu Z, Bai H, Sun DD (2011) Facile fabrication of porous chitosan/TiO2/Fe3O4 microspheres with multifunction for water purifications. New J Chem 35(1):137–140. https://doi.org/10.1039/C0NJ00593B

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  12. Miretzky P, Cirelli AF (2009) Hg(II) removal from water by chitosan and chitosan derivatives: a review. J Hazard Mater 167(1):10–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.01.060

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  13. Ilnicka A, Walczyk M, Lukaszewicz JP (2015) The fungicidal properties of the carbon materials obtained from chitin and chitosan promoted by copper salts. Mater Sci Eng C 52:31–36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2015.03.037

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  14. Crini G (2005) Recent developments in polysaccharide-based materials used as adsorbents in wastewater treatment. Prog Polym Sci 30(1):38–70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2004.11.002

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  15. Yamani JS, Miller SM, Spaulding ML, Zimmerman JB (2012) Enhanced arsenic removal using mixed metal oxide impregnated chitosan beads. Water Res 46(14):4427–4434. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2012.06.004

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  16. Thakre D, Jagtap S, Sakhare N, Labhsetwar N, Meshram S, Rayalu S (2010) Chitosan based mesoporous Ti–Al binary metal oxide supported beads for defluoridation of water. Chem Eng J 158(2):315–324. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2010.01.008

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  17. Yu JC, Xu A, Zhang L, Song R, Wu L (2004) Synthesis and characterization of porous magnesium hydroxide and oxide Nanoplates. J Phys Chem B 108(1):64–70. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp035340w

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  18. Shukla SK, Mishra AK, Arotiba OA, Mamba BB (2013) Chitosan-based nanomaterials: a state-of-the-art review. Int J Biol Macromol 59:46–58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2013.04.043

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  19. Pereira FAR, Sousa KS, Cavalcanti GRS, França DB, Queiroga LNF, Santos IMG, Fonseca MG, Jaber M (2017) Green biosorbents based on chitosan-montmorillonite beads for anionic dye removal. J Environ Chem Eng 5(4):3309–3318. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2017.06.032

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  20. Kanmani P, Aravind J, Kamaraj M, Sureshbabu P, Karthikeyan S (2017) Environmental applications of chitosan and cellulosic biopolymers: a comprehensive outlook. Bioresour Technol 242:295–303. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2017.03.119

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  21. Salehi E, Madaeni SS, Rajabi L, Vatanpour V, Derakhshan AA, Zinadini S, Ghorabi S, Ahmadi Monfared H (2012) Novel chitosan/poly(vinyl) alcohol thin adsorptive membranes modified with amino functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes for cu(II) removal from water: preparation, characterization, adsorption kinetics and thermodynamics. Sep Purif Technol 89:309–319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2012.02.002

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  22. Danalıoğlu ST, Bayazit ŞS, Kerkez Kuyumcu Ö, Salam MA (2017) Efficient removal of antibiotics by a novel magnetic adsorbent: magnetic activated carbon/chitosan (MACC) nanocomposite. J Mol Liq 240:589–596. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2017.05.131

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  23. Shawky HA, El-Aassar AHM, Abo-Zeid DE (2012) Chitosan/carbon nanotube composite beads: preparation, characterization, and cost evaluation for mercury removal from wastewater of some industrial cities in Egypt. J Appl Polym Sci 125(S1):E93–E101. https://doi.org/10.1002/app.35628

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  24. Fan L, Luo C, Li X, Lu F, Qiu H, Sun M (2012) Fabrication of novel magnetic chitosan grafted with graphene oxide to enhance adsorption properties for methyl blue. J Hazard Mater 215-216:272–279. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.02.068

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  25. Pumera M (2010) Graphene-based nanomaterials and their electrochemistry. Chem Soc Rev 39(11):4146–4157. https://doi.org/10.1039/C002690P

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  26. Wang F, Ta N, Shen W (2014) MgO nanosheets, nanodisks, and nanofibers for the Meerwein–Ponndorf–Verley reaction. Appl Catal A 475:76–81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2014.01.026

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  27. Hummers WS, Offeman RE (1958) Preparation of graphitic oxide. J Am Chem Soc 80(6):1339–1339. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja01539a017

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  28. Mahdavinia GR, Soleymani M, Sabzi M, Azimi H, Atlasi Z (2017) Novel magnetic polyvinyl alcohol/laponite RD nanocomposite hydrogels for efficient removal of methylene blue. J Environ Chem Eng 5(3):2617–2630. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2017.05.017

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  29. Huang L, Wang M, Shi C, Huang J, Zhang B (2014) Adsorption of tetracycline and ciprofloxacin on activated carbon prepared from lignin with H3PO4 activation. Desalin Water Treat 52(13–15):2678–2687. https://doi.org/10.1080/19443994.2013.833873

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  30. Li M-f, Y-g L, S-b L, Shu D, G-m Z, X-j H, X-f T, Jiang L-h, Z-l Y, X-x C (2017) Cu(II)-influenced adsorption of ciprofloxacin from aqueous solutions by magnetic graphene oxide/nitrilotriacetic acid nanocomposite: competition and enhancement mechanisms. Chem Eng J 319:219–228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2017.03.016

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  31. Li S, Zhang X, Huang Y (2017) Zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 derived nanoporous carbon as an effective and recyclable adsorbent for removal of ciprofloxacin antibiotics from water. J Hazard Mater 321:711–719. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2016.09.065

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  32. Liu W, Zhang J, Zhang C, Ren L (2011) Sorption of norfloxacin by lotus stalk-based activated carbon and iron-doped activated alumina: mechanisms, isotherms and kinetics. Chem Eng J 171(2):431–438. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2011.03.099

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  33. Peng X, Hu F, Lam FLY, Wang Y, Liu Z, Dai H (2015) Adsorption behavior and mechanisms of ciprofloxacin from aqueous solution by ordered mesoporous carbon and bamboo-based carbon. J Colloid Interface Sci 460:349–360. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2015.08.050

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgments

The authors are grateful for the financial support from Tarbiat Modares University.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Chemistry, Tarbiat Modares University, P.O. Box 14115-175, Tehran, Iran

    Mahsa Nazraz, Yadollah Yamini & Hamid Asiabi

Authors
  1. Mahsa Nazraz
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Yadollah Yamini
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Hamid Asiabi
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Yadollah Yamini.

Ethics declarations

The author(s) declare that they have no competing interests.

Additional information

Publisher’s note

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Electronic supplementary material

ESM 1

(DOCX 410 kb)

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Nazraz, M., Yamini, Y. & Asiabi, H. Chitosan-based sorbent for efficient removal and extraction of ciprofloxacin and norfloxacin from aqueous solutions. Microchim Acta 186, 459 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-019-3563-x

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-019-3563-x

Keywords

Search

Navigation