Photocatalytic degradation of levofloxacin using ZnO/hydroxyapatite nanocomposite: Optimization using response surface methodology

• Main Authors: Go, Adrian D., Dela Rosa, Francis M., Camacho, Drexel H., Punzalan, Eric R.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2024
• Subjects: Hydroxyapatite; Nanocomposites (Materials); Quinolone antibacterial agents; Photocatalysis; Response surfaces (Statistics); Chemistry
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/13061
• Institution: De La Salle University

In this study, zinc oxide-hydroxyapatite (ZnO-HAp) nanocomposite was prepared via hydro- thermal method for the photodegradation of levofloxacin. The effect of different HAp loadings of the nanocomposite showed that 90 % ZnO–HAp has the highest % degradation toward levo- floxacin (88.65 %). Then, th...