Advanced Composites for Drug Adsorption

The increase in world populationPopulation and the high consumption of medicinesMedicines have caused an inadequate disposal and release of medicinesMedicines in surface and underground watersUnderground water. Besides, these compoundsCompound are persistent in wastewatersWastewater. Recent studies reported the efficiencyEfficiency in removing pharmaceutical productsPharmaceutical products present in the ecosystemEcosystem through the development of adsorbent compositesAdsorbent composite. Thus, the advancement of composite materialsComposite materials has stood out as an alternative, which is evolving and improving, using two or more raw materials to combine physicalPhysical, chemicalChemical, or mechanical propertiesMechanical properties and obtain a desired product. Moreover, the use of byproductsByproduct or agro-industrial residuesAgro-industrial residues to compose the use of raw materials has been highlighted, which may reduce the total costCost of the development of advanced compositesComposite. The adsorptionAdsorption technique combined with the development of these compositesComposite allows testing on a laboratory scale the efficiencyEfficiency of these compositesComposite. Therefore, the operational conditions obtained through isothermalIsothermal and kineticKinetic experimental dataExperimental data are crucial for the success of the technique. This chapter aims to present the state of the art in composite materialsComposite materials developed to the removal of drugsDrug through the adsorptionAdsorption technique. For this, the classificationClassification of compositesComposite was described, the adsorptionAdsorption technique principles were addressed, and a bibliometric analysisBibliometric analysis was carried out to satisfy the advancement of composite materialsComposite materials in the state of the art.