TY - JOUR N2 - With the increase in use and application of carbon nanomaterials and the frequent presence of fluoroquinolones and tetracyclines antibiotics in the aquatic environment, their interactions have attracted extensive attention. In this study, adsorption of two antibiotics: oxytetracycline (OTC) and ciprofloxacin (CIP) by four carbon-based nanomaterials (graphene oxide, reduced graphene oxide, multiwalled carbon-nanotubes, oxidized multiwalled carbon-nanotubes) affected by pH was investigated. The experiment was performed in two steps: (i) adsorption of OTC and CIP at different pH values, (ii) adsorption isotherm studies of both antibiotics on four carbon-based nanomaterials. Both steps were conducted using the batch equilibration technique. The results showed that the adsorption of both antibiotics on studied adsorbents was highly pH-dependent. The highest adsorption was obtained at pH 7.0, implying the importance of the zwitterionic antibiotics forms to adsorption. Antibiotics adsorption isotherms at three given pH values followed the order of pH 7.0 > 1.0 > 11.0, which confirmed zwitterionic species of OTC and CIP as having the greatest ability to adsorb on carbonaceous nanomaterials. Electrostatic interaction, π-π EDA interaction, hydrophobic interaction for both antibiotics, and additionally hydrogen bond for CIP were possible mechanisms responsible for OTC and CIP adsorption onto studied nanomaterials. These results should be important to understand and assess the fate and interaction of carbon-based nanomaterials in the aquatic environment. This study can also be important for the use of carbon nanomaterials to remove antibiotics from the environment. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/123565/PDF/AEP(4)34_41.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/123565 PY - 2022 IS - 2 EP - 41 DO - 10.24425/aep.2022.140764 KW - adsorption, KW - ciprofloxacin, KW - oxytetracycline, KW - carbon-nanomaterials A1 - Gamoń, Filip A1 - Tomaszewski, Mariusz A1 - Cema, Grzegorz A1 - Ziembińska-Buczyńska, Aleksandra PB - Polish Academy of Sciences VL - 48 DA - 29.06.2022 T1 - Adsorption of oxytetracycline and ciprofloxacin on carbon-based nanomaterials as affected by pH SP - 34 UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/123565 T2 - Archives of Environmental Protection ER -