Removal of antibiotics from wastewater via metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as adsorbents

Abstract

The toxicity of antibiotics in fresh water is an increasing concern of modern society for sustainable life. The elimination of hazardous materials like antibiotics from water is foremost task and for which promising technologies are required. Adsorption of contaminants from water is an efficient technique due its low cost, environment friendly nature and easy fabrication of adsorbent materials. Herein, we have discussed solvothermal synthesis method of MOFs for antibiotics pollution, health effects of antibiotics present in water and its removal from water. The recent developments for effectual decontamination of selective antibiotics are also summarized. Further, the adsorption mechanism for removal of antibiotics has been discussed to provide the base for the synthesis of targeted MOFs in future. In addition, cost analysis of pollutants removal using MOFs is also briefed. Finally, future perspectives are also discussed to lead the research directions.

Keywords:

• Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)
• adsorption
• antibiotics
• environmental risk
• water treatment
• health risk

Acknowledgement

The Authors are thankful to Institute of Chemistry, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur and department of chemistry NUST for providing research facilities.

Authors’ contribution

Syed Shoaib Ahmad Shah: Writing - original draft, Conceptualization, Validation

Naseem Ahmad Khan: Writing - original draft, Visualization, review & editing

Aziz ur Rehman: Data curation, Validation, Writing - review & editing

Ghulam Murtaza: Writing - review & editing, Visualization, Resources

Sehra Ashiq: Data curation, Resources, Validation

Muhammad Altaf Nazir: Writing - original draft, review & editing, Resources, Supervision

Tayyaba Najam: Writing - original draft, Conceptualization, Validation, Supervision

Manzar Sohail: Data curation, Validation, review & editing

Disclosure statement

The authors declared no competing interest to any person or organization.

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