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Journal Article
Synthesis and characterization of polysiphonia/cerium oxide/nickel oxide nanocomposites for the removal of toxins from contaminated water and antibacterial potential
2024
Overview
Due to massive industrial development, organic and inorganic wastes are very common in most industrial effluents from the pharmaceutical industry. Even in low concentrations, they are very dangerous and harmful to humans and other living organisms. Antibiotics are frequently detected in surface waters, in soil, in wastewater from sewage treatment plants, and even in drinking water. The major environmental threat they pose has prompted to search for effective and environmentally friendly means of eliminating these toxins. The biogenic synthesis of nanomaterials using natural herbal extracts has attracted considerable attention due to their low-cost, environmentally friendly and non-toxic nature, and as a reversal of various physical and chemical processes. The ceria nanoparticles (CeO
2
NPs), nickel oxide nanoparticles (NiO NPs), and CeO
2
/NiO nanocomposites (CeO
2
/NiO NCS) were successfully prepared by simple biosynthetic routes using
Polysiphonia urceolata
algae extract as green surfactants and tested for toxic ofloxacin removal efficiency. The formed nanostructures were identified and characterized by various microscopic (FESEM-EDX, TEM, XRD, BET, and XPS) and spectroscopic (UV–Vis, FTIR, and TGA) methods. The adsorption/desorption of ofloxacin (OFX) on the surface of the nanomaterials was investigated under optimized conditions (initial dose 20 mg/L, agitation speed 250 rpm, pH 12, adsorbent dose 0.5 mg/L, and contact time 120 min). The removal efficiencies were 78%, 86%, and 94% for CeO
2
NPs, NiO NPs and CeO
2
/NiO NCS, respectively, where OFX removal was found to be spontaneous, followed by Freundlich isotherm and pseudo-second order kinetic reaction model. The OFX adsorption mechanism on the nanomaterials involved the surface complexation via specific electrostatic attraction and H-bonding. The biogenic nanomaterials were also tested for their antibacterial activity against
Escherichia coli
,
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
,
Staphylococcus epidermidis
and
Staphylococcus aureus
. The CeO
2
/NiO NCS exhibited the highest antibacterial activity with zone of inhibition (31.12 ± 0.59 mm) against
S. epidermidis
, followed by CeO
2
NPs and NiONPs with zones of inhibition (25.53 ± 1.2 mm) and (21.42 ± 0.6 mm) against
P. aeruginosa
and
S. epidermidis
, respectively. This study demonstrated the efficiency of the synthesized nanomaterials in removing toxins such as OFX from contaminated water and can serve as potential antibacterial and antioxidant agents. Notably, the heterogeneous nanomaterials demonstrated remarkable stability across a broad pH range, promising reusability and indicated tremendous potential of waste biomass reduction and OFX effluent treatment.
