Visible light photocatalytic degradation of tamoxifen using covalent organic triazine polymer
Seyed Mohammad Amir Shah Karami, Soheil Sobhanardakani, Mehrdad Cheraghi, Bahareh Lorestani, Atefeh Chamani · 2025
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Seyed Mohammad Amir Shah Karami and four co-authors report a 2025 study on cleaning drug-polluted water with light. Tamoxifen, a breast cancer drug, can pass into wastewater, and breaking it down safely is a challenge. The team made a metal-free material, a woven polymer rich in triazine rings, that works as a catalyst under plain visible light.
Tests mapped the material's shape, makeup, and light response in detail. In the best setup, with a set dose at neutral pH, the catalyst broke down the drug fast within an hour. Trapping tests showed that charged particles and oxygen radicals do most of the work. The material kept over four-fifths of its power after five rounds of use. The results point to a stable, low-cost way to strip drug traces from water using light alone.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Seyed Mohammad Amir Shah Karami, Soheil Sobhanardakani, Mehrdad Cheraghi, Bahareh Lorestani, Atefeh Chamani |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 26 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |