Simultaneous adsorption of ciprofloxacin drug and methyl violet dye on boron nitride nanosheets: experimental and theoretical insights.

In this study, hexagonal boron nitride (BN) with a sheet-like morphology is successfully synthesized by reacting borax (NaBO·10HO) and urea (CO(NH)) powders in air a facile microwave-assisted method within a short reaction time (15 min). The as-prepared product is structurally characterized Fourier transformation infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy, field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), energy dispersion X-ray analyzer (EDX), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area measurements. The adsorption process of methyl violet (MV) as a model of organic dyes and ciprofloxacin (CIP) as a model of antibiotics onto the boron nitride nanosheets has been experimentally and theoretically studied.