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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Main Author: Boey, Vanessa Khai Ling
Other Authors: Liu Yu
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: Nanyang Technological University 2022
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1586312022-06-07T01:25:27Z Adsorption of different types of antibiotics on polystyrene microplastics Boey, Vanessa Khai Ling Liu Yu School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Advanced Environmental Biotechnology Centre (AEBC) Dr Zhang Xiaoyuan CYLiu@ntu.edu.sg, xiaoyuan.zhang@ntu.edu.sg Engineering::Environmental engineering 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. Bachelor of Engineering (Environmental Engineering) 2022-06-07T01:05:29Z 2022-06-07T01:05:29Z 2022 Final Year Project (FYP) Boey, V. K. L. (2022). Adsorption of different types of antibiotics on polystyrene microplastics. Final Year Project (FYP), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/158631 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/158631 en EN-23 application/pdf Nanyang Technological University
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Adsorption of different types of antibiotics on polystyrene microplastics
description 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.
author2 Liu Yu
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Boey, Vanessa Khai Ling
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author Boey, Vanessa Khai Ling
author_sort Boey, Vanessa Khai Ling
title Adsorption of different types of antibiotics on polystyrene microplastics
title_short Adsorption of different types of antibiotics on polystyrene microplastics
title_full Adsorption of different types of antibiotics on polystyrene microplastics
title_fullStr Adsorption of different types of antibiotics on polystyrene microplastics
title_full_unstemmed Adsorption of different types of antibiotics on polystyrene microplastics
title_sort adsorption of different types of antibiotics on polystyrene microplastics
publisher Nanyang Technological University
publishDate 2022
url https://hdl.handle.net/10356/158631
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