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. 2021 Sep 21;11(9):720. doi: 10.3390/membranes11090720
ATBs antibiotics
ATR attenuated total reflection
BDL below detection limit
BET Brunauer–Emmett–Teller
BJH Barrett–Joyner–Halenda method
BP black phosphorus
BPA bisphenol A
CNTs carbon nanotubes
DAD diode array detector
DMF dimethylformamide
d SE diameter of spherical enclosure
ECs emerging contaminants
EDS energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy
FTIR Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy
HBFMA hydrophobic hyper fluorinated monomer
HFBM 2,2,3,4,4,4-hexafluorobutyl methacrylate
HPLC high-performance liquid chromatography
M molecular weight
MWCNT multi-walled carbon nanotubes
MO mildly oxidized
N.D. not determined
NA not analyzed
NF nanofiltration
PSA polar surface area
PSD pore size distribution
PT pertraction
SBET specific surface area determined from N2 adsorption isotherm at 77 K by the BET
SBET (Kr) specific surface area determined from Kr adsorption isotherm at 77 K by the BET
SEM scanning electron microscopy
SM Sulfamethoxazole
Smeso specific surface area of mesopores evaluated by t-plot method based on STSA equation suggested in the ASTM standard D-6556-01 (from N2 adsorption isotherm)
STP standard temperature and pressure
STSA statistical thickness surface area
SWCNT single-walled carbon nanotubes
TET Tetracycline
TEOS tetraethyl orthosilicate
TMP Trimethoprim
Vtot total specific pore volume evaluated from N2 adsorption isotherm at p/p0 = 0.99
Vmicro specific volume of micropores evaluated by the t-plot method based on the STSA equation suggested in the ASTM standard D-6556-01 (from N2 adsorption isotherm)
WT water treatment
WWTP wastewater treatment plants
XPS X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy