Thangapandi Chellapandi , Nandhakumar Eswaramoorthy , N. Dineshbabu , Senthilkumar Nallusamy , Krzysztof Pikon , Mahesh Ganesapillai
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Abstract
The widespread application of azo dyes in the textile and pharmaceutical industries pose a significant threat to environment and health concerns. Addressing these issues require an efficient, cost-effective, and environmentally sustainable approach to mitigate water pollution. In this study, zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) was synthesized via a simple, in-situ, solvo-thermal method and evaluated its photocatalytic efficiency in degrading Acid Red 27 (AR27) dye and tetracycline (TC) drug. The synthesized ZIF-8 was comprehensively characterized using various techniques, including SEM, TEM, XPS, FT-IR, XRD, and UV–Vis spectroscopy. Photocatalytic degradation experiments demonstrated that ZIF-8 exhibited remarkable degradation efficiencies of 84.1 % for AR27 and 96.48 % for TC. Kinetic analysis revealed that the degradation of both dye and antibiotic followed a pseudo-first-order reaction model. Hence, ZIF-8 could be a competent photocatalyst for the removal of variety of industrial effluents i.e. organic dyes and pharmaceutical drugs.
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Vacuum is an international rapid publications journal with a focus on short communication. All papers are peer-reviewed, with the review process for short communication geared towards very fast turnaround times. The journal also published full research papers, thematic issues and selected papers from leading conferences.
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1. Vacuum; original developments in vacuum pumping and instrumentation, vacuum measurement, vacuum gas dynamics, gas-surface interactions, surface treatment for UHV applications and low outgassing, vacuum melting, sintering, and vacuum metrology. Technology and solutions for large-scale facilities (e.g., particle accelerators and fusion devices). New instrumentation ( e.g., detectors and electron microscopes).
2. Plasma science; advances in PVD, CVD, plasma-assisted CVD, ion sources, deposition processes and analysis.
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4. Materials science; novel functional or structural materials. Metals, ceramics, and polymers. Experiments, simulations, and modelling for understanding structure-property relationships. Thin films and coatings. Nanostructures and ion implantation.