Emerging strategies in the sustainable removal of antibiotics using semiconductor-based photocatalysts

• Yunus Ahmed,
• Keya Rani Dutta,
• Parul Akhtar,
• Md. Arif Hossen,
• Md. Jahangir Alam,
• Obaid A. Alharbi,
• Hamad AlMohamadi and
• Abdul Wahab Mohammad

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 264–285, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.21

• significant challenge. Persistence nature Certain antibiotics exhibit persistence and resist environmental degradation, resulting in prolonged contamination [49]. Additionally, they are classified as emerging contaminants because of ongoing research on their potential hazards and environmental impacts [50

Metal-organic framework-based nanomaterials as opto-electrochemical sensors for the detection of antibiotics and hormones: A review

• Akeem Adeyemi Oladipo,
• Saba Derakhshan Oskouei and
• Mustafa Gazi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 631–673, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.52

• , persistence, ecological, and health risks associated with them. However, to detect these emerging contaminants, analytical techniques that are sensitive and selective enough must be developed due to their incredibly low concentrations [2][6][7][8][9]. Colourimetry, chromatography, enzyme-linked immunoassay

• . Therefore, it is anticipated that the concepts presented in this review will stimulate further investigation into MOF-based materials for opto-electrochemical detection of various other analytes (explosives, viruses, and various other emerging contaminants). Review Opto-electrochemical sensors: mechanisms

• hundred seconds), relaxation to the singlet S0 may take place with the emission of a photon, known as phosphorescence. Since the majority of these emerging contaminants (antibiotics and hormones) are non-fluorescent, several luminescent or fluorescent materials have been utilised to monitor their levels

Bismuth-based nanostructured photocatalysts for the remediation of antibiotics and organic dyes

• Akeem Adeyemi Oladipo and
• Faisal Suleiman Mustafa

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 291–321, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.26

• applications, are addressed. Keywords: advanced oxidation processes; emerging contaminants; low-dimensional nanomaterials; pharmaceutical by-products; Schottky junction; Review Introduction Worldwide, water pollution is rising, endangering the economic potential and development objectives of severely

Development of adsorptive membranes by confinement of activated biochar into electrospun nanofibers

• Mehrdad Taheran,
• Mitra Naghdi,
• Satinder K. Brar,
• Emile Knystautas,
• Mausam Verma,
• Rao. Y. Surampalli and
• Jose. R. Valero

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1556–1563, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.149

• chlortetracycline showed that, under environmentally relevant concentrations, the fabricated adsorptive NFMs had a potential for removal of these types of emerging contaminants from water and wastewaters. Keywords: adsorptive membrane; biochar; chlortetracycline; nanofibers; Introduction Adsorptive membranes have

• , there is no report on the fabrication of NFM containing carbonaceous adsorbents for the removal of pollutants from aqueous media. In recent years, emerging contaminants such as pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs) and endocrine disrupters have been the focus of attention due to their long term

• media. This shows the promising nature of these kinds of systems in removal of emerging contaminants from aqueous environmental streams. However, further research is needed to increase the adsorption capacity of fabricated membranes to compete with commercial adsorbents. Schematic of the electrospinning