Issue 33, 2017

Adsorption of anti-inflammatory nimesulide by graphene materials: a combined theoretical and experimental study

Abstract

Interactions of anti-inflammatory nimesulide (NM) with different graphene material species were explored employing both ab initio calculations, based on Density Functional Theory (DFT), and a batch adsorption process. The adsorption of NM onto graphene, with and without a vacancy, reduced graphene oxide (rGO) and functionalized graphene nanoribbons was simulated, providing a good understanding of the adsorption process of the NM molecule onto graphene material surfaces. The theoretical results indicate a physisorption interaction between NM and all of the evaluated adsorbents. Based on batch adsorption experiments, it was found that rGO, obtained via a modified Hummers method, is a good nanoadsorbent for the removal of the anti-inflammatory NM from aqueous solutions. The general-order kinetic equation displays the best fit to the experimental data compared with pseudo-first order and pseudo-second order kinetics. The equilibrium data fitted well into the Liu isotherm equation, and the maximum sorption capacity for the adsorption of NM by rGO was 82.4 mg g−1 at 25 °C. Our results of the first principle calculations and the batch adsorption experiments point out that graphene materials are promising nanomaterials for extracting NM from aqueous solutions.

Graphical abstract: Adsorption of anti-inflammatory nimesulide by graphene materials: a combined theoretical and experimental study

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
26 Jun 2017
Accepted
24 Jul 2017
First published
24 Jul 2017

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2017,19, 22099-22110

Adsorption of anti-inflammatory nimesulide by graphene materials: a combined theoretical and experimental study

I. M. Jauris, C. F. Matos, A. J. G. Zarbin, C. S. Umpierres, C. Saucier, E. C. Lima, S. B. Fagan, I. Zanella and F. M. Machado, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2017, 19, 22099 DOI: 10.1039/C7CP04272H

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