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Adsorption characteristics of ciprofloxacin hydrochloride on polystyrene microplastics in freshwater
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Researchers studied how polystyrene microplastics adsorb the antibiotic ciprofloxacin in freshwater, comparing pristine and aged particles. They found that aging treatment, particularly Fenton oxidation over seven days, significantly enhanced the adsorption capacity of the microplastics for the antibiotic. The study suggests that as microplastics weather in the environment, they may become increasingly effective carriers of pharmaceutical contaminants in water systems.
In order to reveal the adsorption mechanism of microplastics (MPs) on antibiotics, polystyrene (PS) was chosen as a typical microplastic, Fenton and high-temperature aging methods were used to obtain aged MPs particles. The adsorption behavior and mechanism of ciprofloxacin hydrochloride (CIP) on PS before and after aging were studied by batch adsorption experiments, and other influencing environmental conditions were evaluated concurrently. The results showed that the adsorption of CIP on PS was an exothermic reaction, the pseudo-second-order model and Freundlich isothermal models could fit the adsorption of CIP on PS. Aging treatment enhanced the adsorption capacity of PS to CIP, and Fenton aging for 7 days had the best effect. The highest adsorption was observed when the solution pH was 6. The adsorption capacity of microplastics gradually decreased with increasing ionic strength and the concentration of fulvic acid, while the aging microplastics changed little with the concentration of fulvic acid. The presence of both Cu (II) and CIP inhibits the adsorption of each other on microplastics. Based on the above findings, the adsorption of CIP on PS is dominated by physical adsorption, and electrostatic interactions and hydrogen bonding interactions are also important mechanisms for the adsorption of CIP on microplastics.
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