title: Aspirin and paracetamol removal using a commercial micro-sized TiO2catalyst in deionized and tap water.
abstract: Micro-sized TiO2catalyst was employed to degrade pharmaceutical compounds, i.e. aspirin and paracetamol, two of the most widely used drugs, purchasable without prescription. Their active agents, acetylsalicylic acid and acetaminophen, are characterized by different substituent groups, linked to the aromatic ring, which affect both the photodegradation and mineralization processes. The experimental conditions highlight the relationship between the nature of the pristine molecules, their degradation mechanisms, their mutual interference and the water's role. The research started from model systems with a single pollutant to the mixture of them and finally by moving from deionized water to tap water.
authors: Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Golgi 19, 20133, Milan, Italy.|Consorzio INSTM, via Giusti 9, 50121, Florence, Italy.
authors: Claudia L
authors: CL
authors: Bianchi
authors: Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Golgi 19, 20133, Milan, Italy. benedetta.sacchi@unimi.it.|Consorzio INSTM, via Giusti 9, 50121, Florence, Italy. benedetta.sacchi@unimi.it.
authors: Benedetta
authors: B
authors: Sacchi
authors: Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Golgi 19, 20133, Milan, Italy.|Consorzio INSTM, via Giusti 9, 50121, Florence, Italy.
authors: Carlo
authors: C
authors: Pirola
authors: Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Golgi 19, 20133, Milan, Italy.
authors: Francesco
authors: F
authors: Demartin
authors: Consorzio INSTM, via Giusti 9, 50121, Florence, Italy.|Dipartimento di Chimica and NIS, Inter-departmental Centre, Università degli Studi di Torino, Via Giuria 7, 10125, Torino, Italy.
authors: Giuseppina
authors: G
authors: Cerrato
authors: Consorzio INSTM, via Giusti 9, 50121, Florence, Italy.|Dipartimento di Chimica and NIS, Inter-departmental Centre, Università degli Studi di Torino, Via Giuria 7, 10125, Torino, Italy.
authors: Sara
authors: S
authors: Morandi
authors: GranitiFiandre SpA, Via Radici Nord 112, 42014, Castellarano, Italy.
authors: Valentino
authors: V
authors: Capucci
mesh_terms: D000082:Acetaminophen; D001241:Aspirin; D002384:Catalysis; D014025:Titanium; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical
chemical_list: D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; C009495:titanium dioxide; D000082:Acetaminophen; D014025:Titanium; D001241:Aspirin
keywords: Aspirin; By-products identification; Micro-sized TiO2; Paracetamol; Photocatalytic degradation; Titanium dioxide