Amoxicillin Removal From Aqueous Media Using Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

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Mohammadi A^{1, 2} ; Kazemipour M³ ; Ranjbar H³ ; Walker RB⁴ ; Ansari M⁵

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1. Department of Drug and Food Control, School of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2. Medical Nanotechnology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
3. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Kerman Branch, Islamic Azad University, Iran
4. Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Rhodes University, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa
5. Pharmaceutics Research Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

Source: Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures Published:2015

Abstract

Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) were used to separate amoxicillin from aqueous media. The parameters affecting amoxicillin adsorption such as pH, temperature, time, interferences of similar molecules, and the amount of adsorbent used were studied. Amoxicillin adsorption using MWCNT was compared to that using Fullerene C60 and activated carbon (AC). The adsorption efficiency of 0.1 and 0.2 g of MWCNT using in a continuous mode were 86.5% and 87.9%, respectively. Evaluation of the adsorbent capacity showed that each gram of MWCNT can absorb 22.9 mg amoxicillin. The effect of pH was studied over the range 2-8 and revealed that adsorption of the amoxicillin at the initial pH of 4.6 was more effective than any other pH. The adsorption of amoxicillin on MWCNT was much greater than Fullerene C60 and AC. Adsorption data showed that they were best fitted to the Langmuir isotherm. © 2015 Copyright © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

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MLA	Mohammadi A, et al.. "Amoxicillin Removal From Aqueous Media Using Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes." Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures, vol. 23, no. 2, 2015, pp. 165-169.
APA	Mohammadi A, Kazemipour M, Ranjbar H, Walker RB, Ansari M (2015). Amoxicillin Removal From Aqueous Media Using Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures, 23(2), 165-169.
Chicago	Mohammadi A, Kazemipour M, Ranjbar H, Walker RB, Ansari M. "Amoxicillin Removal From Aqueous Media Using Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes." Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures 23, no. 2 (2015): 165-169.
Harvard	Mohammadi A et al. (2015) 'Amoxicillin Removal From Aqueous Media Using Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes', Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures, 23(2), pp. 165-169.
Vancouver	Mohammadi A, Kazemipour M, Ranjbar H, Walker RB, Ansari M. Amoxicillin Removal From Aqueous Media Using Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures. 2015;23(2):165-169.
BibTex	@article{ author = {Mohammadi A and Kazemipour M and Ranjbar H and Walker RB and Ansari M}, title = {Amoxicillin Removal From Aqueous Media Using Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes}, journal = {Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures}, volume = {23}, number = {2}, pages = {165-169}, year = {2015} }
RIS	TY - JOUR AU - Mohammadi A AU - Kazemipour M AU - Ranjbar H AU - Walker RB AU - Ansari M TI - Amoxicillin Removal From Aqueous Media Using Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes JO - Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures VL - 23 IS - 2 SP - 165 EP - 169 PY - 2015 ER -

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