Bioinspired-mediated Nanomaterials for Removal of Pharmaceuticaland Pesticides Drugs

  • Shubham S. Tripathy
  • , Aniket S. Kahate
  • , Pavan R. Bhilkar
  • , Rohit S. Madankar
  • , Ajay K. Potbhare
  • , Ahmed A. Abdala
  • , Ratiram G. Chaudhary*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Increasing uses of pharmaceutical drugs and pesticides has led to their accumulation in sources of water, which can cause serious risk to both ecological as well as biological health. Conventional water treatment processes are not found to remove these micropollutant completely. So, this creates an urgent requirement for a more efficient environmental friendly approach to deal with this problem. Bioinspired nanomaterials (NMs), which are synthesized by using biological agents like plants, microorganisms, or enzymes, are found to possess the most promising potential to deal with this problem. These NMs provide efficient contaminants removal by copying natural processes through adsorption and photocatalysis. This chapter reviews, the synthesis of bio-mediated NMs, their mechanism and their efficiency against pharmaceutical drugs and pesticide residuals as adsorbents or degrading agents. It will also review current applications, the advantages and drawbacks of applying such materials, the predictions of their use in water treatment towards sustainability.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEngineering Materials
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages263-284
Number of pages22
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 7 Jun 2025

Publication series

NameEngineering Materials
VolumePart F505
ISSN (Print)1612-1317
ISSN (Electronic)1868-1212

Keywords

  • Adsorption
  • Bioinspired nanomaterials
  • Pesticides
  • Pharmaceutical drugs
  • Photocatalytic degradation

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