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Carbon Nanodots Modulate Ciprofloxacin Adsorption onto Polylactic Acid Microplastics in Aquatic Environments: Behavior and Mechanistic Insights
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Researchers made tiny carbon particles from willow leaves and used them to coat polylactic acid microplastics, a type of biodegradable plastic. In lab tests, they examined how this coating changed the way the microplastics absorbed ciprofloxacin, an antibiotic, from water.
To investigate the influence of carbon dots (CDs) on the adsorption behavior of ciprofloxacin (CIP) by microplastics, willow leaves were used as a carbon source to synthesize CDs via a hydrothermal method, which were subsequently employed to modify polylactic acid (CDs-PLA). The materials were...
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