A review on non-thermal plasma treatment of water contaminated with antibiotics

M Magureanu, F Bilea, C Bradu, D Hong - Journal of hazardous materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Large amounts of antibiotics are produced and consumed worldwide, while wastewater
treatment is still rather inefficient, leading to considerable water contamination …

Degradation kinetics of cold plasma-treated antibiotics and their antimicrobial activity

C Sarangapani, D Ziuzina, P Behan, D Boehm… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Antibiotics, such as ofloxacin (OFX) and ciprofloxacin (CFX), are often detected in
considerable concentrations in both wastewater effluents and surface water. This poses a …

Degradation of norfloxacin in aqueous solution by atmospheric-pressure non-thermal plasma: Mechanism and degradation pathways

Q Zhang, H Zhang, Q Zhang, Q Huang - Chemosphere, 2018 - Elsevier
Norfloxacin is a synthetic antibiotics drug which is widely used in the treatment of infectious
diseases and also often carelessly released into natural environment resulting in antibiotics …

Eliminating ciprofloxacin antibiotic contamination from water with a novel submerged thermal plasma technology

N Nandy, A Pasupathi, Y Subramaniam, S Nachimuthu - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Thermal plasma is successfully used to degrade the model pharmaceutical wastewater
ciprofloxacin (CIP) under submerged operating conditions at atmospheric pressure. The …

Degradation of cefixime antibiotic in water by atmospheric plasma bubbles: Performance, degradation pathways and toxicity evaluation

T Zhang, R Zhou, P Wang, A Mai-Prochnow… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Excessive use and indiscriminate discharge of antibiotics inevitably lead to their
accumulation in the environment, posing significant ecological and physiological risks. Non …

Degradation of antibiotics in water by non-thermal plasma treatment

M Magureanu, D Piroi, NB Mandache, V David… - Water research, 2011 - Elsevier
The decomposition of three β-lactam antibiotics (amoxicillin, oxacillin and ampicillin) in
aqueous solution was investigated using a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) in coaxial …

Efficient degradation of antibiotics by non-thermal discharge plasma: Highlight the impacts of molecular structures and degradation pathways

H Li, T Li, S He, J Zhou, T Wang, L Zhu - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
Pollution of antibiotics in water has aroused global concerns. In this study, non-thermal
discharge plasma oxidation was applied to eliminate three antibiotics with different …

Antibiotics degradation and bacteria inactivation in water by cold atmospheric plasma discharges above and below water surface

M El Shaer, M Eldaly, G Heikal, Y Sharaf… - Plasma Chemistry and …, 2020 - Springer
Cold atmospheric plasma discharges in air above air–water surface interface and
discharges inside water with injection of air bubbles, show interesting properties for water …

Plasma processes for the treatment of water contaminated with harmful organic compounds

M Magureanu, C Bradu… - Journal of Physics D …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The presence of organic contaminants in water raises considerable concern due to the
negative impact on the environment, as well as to potential human exposure. In addition …

Advances of non-thermal plasma discharge technology in degrading recalcitrant wastewater pollutants. A comprehensive review

K Kyere-Yeboah, IK Bique, X Qiao - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
With development and urbanization, the amount of wastewater generated due to human
activities drastically increases yearly, causing water pollution and intensifying the already …