Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
Volume 200, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.111522
Keywords
Doxorubicin; Removal; Graphene nanoribbons; Behnken experimental design
Funding
- Iran National Science Foundation (INSF) [97001064]
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This study optimized the removal process of doxorubicin anticancer drugs using a Box-Behnken experimental design system with Fe3O4/graphene nanoribbons, achieving a high removal rate of about 99.2%. The investigation revealed that pi-pi interactions were the driving force behind the adsorption process of doxorubicin molecules on the material, showing a favorable and exothermic adsorption process.
This paper aims to develop a Box-Behnken experimental design system to optimize the removal process of doxorubicin anticancer drugs. For this goal, Fe3O4/graphene nanoribbons was selected as adsorbent and removal of doxorubicin anticancer drug optimized using Box-Behnken experimental design with a selection of four effective factors. A three-level, four-factor Box-Behnken experimental design was used to assess the relationship between removal percentage as a dependent variable with adsorption weight (0.0015-0.01 mg), pH (3-9), temperature (15-45 degrees C) and time (1-15 min) as independent variables. Optimized condition by Behnken experimental design (pH = 7.36; time = 15 min; adsorbent weight = 0.01 mg and temperature = 29.26 degrees C) improved removal of doxorubicin anticancer drug about 99.2% in aqueous solution. The dynamic behavior, adsorption properties and mechanism of doxorubicin molecule on Fe3O4/graphene nanoribbon were investigated based on ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) simulations and density functional theory calculations with dispersion corrections. A closer inspection of the adsorption configurations and binding energies revealed that pi-pi interactions were the driving force when the doxorubicin molecule adsorbed on Fe3O4/graphene nanoribbon. The observed negative adsorption energy signifies a favourable and exothermic adsorption process of the various adsorbate-substrate systems. Besides, AIMD and phonon dispersion calculations confirm the dynamic stability of Fe3O4/graphene nanoribbon.
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