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Sorption of tetracycline onto hexabromocyclododecane/polystyrene composite and polystyrene microplastics: Statistical physics models, influencing factors, and interaction mechanisms

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Shuai Tang, Shuai Tang, Shuai Tang, Ying Liu Shuai Tang, Shuai Tang, Shuai Tang, Lujian Lin, Lujian Lin, Lujian Lin, Lujian Lin, Lujian Lin, Lujian Lin, Lujian Lin, Lujian Lin, Shuai Tang, Shuai Tang, Lujian Lin, Ying Liu Lujian Lin, Lujian Lin, Lujian Lin, Lujian Lin, Ying Liu Lujian Lin, Ying Liu Ying Liu Lujian Lin, Lujian Lin, Lujian Lin, Lujian Lin, Lujian Lin, Shuai Tang, Shuai Tang, Shuai Tang, Lujian Lin, Lujian Lin, Lujian Lin, Shuai Tang, Shuai Tang, Lujian Lin, Shuai Tang, Lujian Lin, Ying Liu Shuai Tang, Shuai Tang, Lujian Lin, Lujian Lin, Ying Liu Lujian Lin, Xuesong Wang, Xuesong Wang, Ying Liu Ying Liu Shuai Tang, Ying Liu Ying Liu Ying Liu Ying Liu Ying Liu Shuai Tang, Xuan Sun, Xuan Sun, Xuan Sun, Xuan Sun, Shuai Tang, Shuai Tang, Shuai Tang, Ying Liu Ying Liu Xuan Sun, Ying Liu Xuan Sun, Ying Liu Ying Liu Ying Liu Ying Liu Ying Liu Ying Liu Ying Liu Ying Liu Ying Liu Ying Liu Ying Liu

Summary

Researchers found that the flame retardant additive hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) increases the hydrophobicity of polystyrene microplastics and significantly enhances their capacity to sorb the antibiotic tetracycline, with the combined HBCD-PS particles posing heightened pollutant transport risks in aquatic environments.

Polymers

Microplastics (MPs) are becoming a major concern due to their great potential to sorb and transport pollutants in the aquatic environment; hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) is a common chemical additive in polystyrene (PS) MPs. However, the underlying mechanisms for the interaction of tetracycline (TC) onto HBCD-PS composites MPs (HBCD-PS MPs) are still not well documented. Our findings showed that the addition of HBCD resulted in a relatively higher hydrophobicity of PS MPs, and significantly enhanced the sorption ability of HBCD-PS MPs for TC. The kinetic models suggested that the sorption of TC onto PS and HBCD-PS MPs were mainly controlled by film diffusion and intra-particle diffusion, respectively. The statistical physics models were used to elucidate the sorption of TC onto PS and HBCD-PS MPs was associated with the formation of the monolayer, and the results indicated the TC was sorbed onto the two MPs by both multi-molecular and non-parallel processes. The TC sorption was solution pH-dependent while the effect of NaCl content on TC sorption was negligible. The presence of Cu(Ⅱ), Pb(Ⅱ), Cd(Ⅱ), and Zn(Ⅱ) ions had different influences on the TC sorption onto both the MPs. Overall, various mechanisms including π-π and hydrophobic interactions jointly regulated the sorption of TC onto both the MPs. Our results provided new insights into the sorption behavior and interaction mechanisms of TC onto both the MPs and highlighted that the addition of HBCD likely increased the enrichment capacity of MPs for pollutants in the environment.

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