Adsorption of different types of antibiotics on polystyrene microplastics
Antibiotics and microplastics have been identified as emerging pollutants with potential nega-tive impacts on aquatic ecosystems. Microplastics may adsorb antibiotics, and their long-range transport may lead to compounding effects. This study investigates the adsorption of 6 antibiotics, i.e., eryt...
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| Format: | Final Year Project |
| Language: | English |
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Nanyang Technological University
2022
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/158631 |
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | Antibiotics and microplastics have been identified as emerging pollutants with potential nega-tive impacts on aquatic ecosystems. Microplastics may adsorb antibiotics, and their long-range transport may lead to compounding effects.
This study investigates the adsorption of 6 antibiotics, i.e., erythromycin (ERY), vancomycin (VAN), sulfamethoxazole (SUL), and ofloxacin (OFL) and ampicillin (AMP), on polystyrene (PS) microplastic beads at different dosages in a controlled environment. With antibiotics be-ing ionizable compounds, it was found that their ionization constants varied depending on their functional groups. |
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