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Polycaprolactone based membranes for the degradation of diclofenac present in water samples using ZnO nanoparticles as the active agent

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 November 2020

Marco Antonio Juárez Sánchez
Affiliation:
National School of Biological Sciences, National Polytechnic Institute, Santo Tomas, CDMX, Mexico
Miguel Ángel Meléndez Lira*
Affiliation:
Physics department, Center for Research and Advanced Studies, Zacatenco, CDMX, Mexico
Celestino Odín Rodríguez Nava
Affiliation:
National School of Biological Sciences, National Polytechnic Institute, Santo Tomas, CDMX, Mexico
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*corresponding author
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Abstract

Drug contamination in water is one of the current fields of study. Since 1990, the presence of drugs in drinking water has been a concern to scientists and public. In Mexico, these organic compounds are not efficiently removed in wastewater treatment plants; therefore, alternative methodologies have been studied that allow these compounds to have a high percentage of degradation or be completely degraded. One example of these techniques is heterogeneous photocatalysis which has obtained positive results in the degradation of drugs using ZnO nanoparticles. These are commonly selected for their electrical characteristics, even though they disperse in water and an additional unit operation is required to separate them from the liquid medium. To eliminate drugs with nano particles in a single stage, polycaprolactone-based membranes with adhered ZnO nanoparticles, by means of electrospinning, were prepared to degrade drugs such as diclofenac. The technique used has shown to efficiently break down diclofenac in 4 hours according to the capillary electrophoresis readings.

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Copyright © The Author(s), 2020, published on behalf of Materials Research Society by Cambridge University Press

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