Nanotechnologies for Removal
of Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug
from Wastewater
Monica Cerro-Lopez, Jorge Jiménez Cisneros, Miguel A. Méndez-Rojas,
and Lucila I. Castro-Pastrana
Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
2 Nanomaterials for NSAIDs Adsorption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
3 Nanomaterials for Photocatalytic Degradation of NSAIDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
4 Nanomaterials for Electrocatalytic Degradation of NSAIDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
4.1 Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) for NSAIDs Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
4.2 Titanium Dioxide (TiO 2 ) Nanostructures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
4.3 Zinc Oxide (ZnO) Nanostructures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
4.4 Platinum Nanoparticles (PtNPs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
4.5 Other Nanomaterials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
5 Conclusions and Perspectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Abstract Nowadays, our world faces one of the greatest challenges in terms of
water consumption due to its growing population and demanding economic development. Water pollution is taking place at a rate and grade that make the advancement in water treatment technologies a research priority on several fronts, including
those needed from the environmental and health standpoints. Today, one of the
major concerns for allowing water reuse and providing safe drinking water supply is
related to the presence of natural organic matter (NOM) and micropollutants in raw
water. Among the latter, pharmaceutical compounds (PhCs) stand out, as they could
partially or totally resist conventional removal treatments. Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are especially ubiquitous PhCs due to their extensive
prescription, and, consequently, they are often detected in hospital effluents, surface
water bodies, sewage treatment plants (STP) effluents, and soil matrices. Therefore,
M. Cerro-Lopez (*), J. J. Cisneros, M. A. Méndez-Rojas, and L. I. Castro-Pastrana
Departamento de Ciencias Químico-Biológicas, Universidad de las Américas Puebla, Cholula,
México
e-mail: monica.cerro@udlap.mx
Leobardo Manuel Gómez-Oliván (ed.), Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs
in Water: Emerging Contaminants and Ecological Impact,
Hdb Env Chem (2020) 96: 277–302, DOI 10.1007/698_2020_553,
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020, Published online: 22 June 2020
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of Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug
from Wastewater
Monica Cerro-Lopez, Jorge Jiménez Cisneros, Miguel A. Méndez-Rojas,
and Lucila I. Castro-Pastrana
Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
2 Nanomaterials for NSAIDs Adsorption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
3 Nanomaterials for Photocatalytic Degradation of NSAIDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
4 Nanomaterials for Electrocatalytic Degradation of NSAIDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
4.1 Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) for NSAIDs Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
4.2 Titanium Dioxide (TiO 2 ) Nanostructures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
4.3 Zinc Oxide (ZnO) Nanostructures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
4.4 Platinum Nanoparticles (PtNPs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
4.5 Other Nanomaterials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
5 Conclusions and Perspectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Abstract Nowadays, our world faces one of the greatest challenges in terms of
water consumption due to its growing population and demanding economic development. Water pollution is taking place at a rate and grade that make the advancement in water treatment technologies a research priority on several fronts, including
those needed from the environmental and health standpoints. Today, one of the
major concerns for allowing water reuse and providing safe drinking water supply is
related to the presence of natural organic matter (NOM) and micropollutants in raw
water. Among the latter, pharmaceutical compounds (PhCs) stand out, as they could
partially or totally resist conventional removal treatments. Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are especially ubiquitous PhCs due to their extensive
prescription, and, consequently, they are often detected in hospital effluents, surface
water bodies, sewage treatment plants (STP) effluents, and soil matrices. Therefore,
M. Cerro-Lopez (*), J. J. Cisneros, M. A. Méndez-Rojas, and L. I. Castro-Pastrana
Departamento de Ciencias Químico-Biológicas, Universidad de las Américas Puebla, Cholula,
México
e-mail: monica.cerro@udlap.mx
Leobardo Manuel Gómez-Oliván (ed.), Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs
in Water: Emerging Contaminants and Ecological Impact,
Hdb Env Chem (2020) 96: 277–302, DOI 10.1007/698_2020_553,
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020, Published online: 22 June 2020
277