Context:

At present, nanotechnology has multiple areas of action that, due to its nature, can be implemented with great versatility, given that a large number of advances in nanotechnology base their studies on how to optimize every day and industrial processes and how to favor the environment ambient. In addition to this, the manipulation of matter at this level allows creating solutions with greater projection in scientific, social and economic impact, for the purpose of this research, results will be shown at the laboratory level using cellulosic nanomaterials for the adsorption of emerging antibiotic contaminants.

Method:

This research was carried out at the laboratory level where it was modified by chemical cellulose methods to obtain nanocellulose by oxidation with TEMPO. A characterization of material obtained by spectroscopy techniques was performed and the adsorption of emerging antibiotic contaminants such as ciprofloxacin was evaluated.

Results:

Cellulosic nanomaterials have the potential to be used in tertiary water treatment in the removal of emerging contaminants such as ciprofloxacin. The results show that the cellulosic nanomaterial adsorbs ciprofloxacin by 27%.

Conclusions:

The nanocellulose membranes have the potential to be used in a water purification system, those membranes made only with cellulose had a lower percentage of adsorption of the contaminant than the membranes with nanocellulose.