Saeed Bahadorikhalili - Department of Electronic Engineering, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, ۴۳۰۰۷, Tarragona, Spain
Fariborz Sharifianjazi - School of Science and Technology, The University of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia
Maryam Azimpour - Hospital of Shahid Ayatollah Dastgheib, Shiraz University of Medical Science, Shiraz, Iran
Neda Min Bashi - Department of Pharmacy, University of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia
Aliasghar Abuchenari - Materials Engineering, Shahid Bahonar University, Kerman, Iran
Mahsa Borzouyan Dastjerdi - College of Engineering, Science, and Environment, School of Engineering, The University of Newcastle, Australia
Zahra Hashemian - Faculty of Agriculture, Roudehen Branch, Islamic Azad University (IAU), Tehran, Iran
Masoud Soroush Bathaei - Department of Mining and Materials Engineering, McGill University, Montréal, Canada
Mahnoosh Fatemi - Department of Biology, Falavarjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
Mahsa Hojjati - Faculty of Chemistry, Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Semnan, Iran
Amirhossein Esmaeilkhanian - Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
Elahe Ahmadi - Department of Materials Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

Carbon-based materials. including carbon nanotubes, graphene, and activated carbon, are among the most effective materials for pharmaceutical components removal from water. Despite the severe effect of pharmaceutical micropollutants in the aquatic environments and the effectiveness of carbon-based composites for water treatment, only a few studies has reviewed carbon-based materials for the removal of pharmaceutical components. Carbon-based materials with special properties like tunable surface functions, abundant pore structure, and high specific surface are used in different water treatment mechanisms such as adsorption and advanced oxidation processes. Graphene, activated carbon, and carbon nanotubes have been widely studied for pharmaceutical components removal. Herein, we have introduced carbon-based materials and reviewed recent studies on their properties, application in water treatment, and possible mechanism for removal of pharmaceutical components from aquatic environments.Carbon-based materials. including carbon nanotubes, graphene, and activated carbon, are among the most effective materials for pharmaceutical components removal from water. Despite the severe effect of pharmaceutical micropollutants in the aquatic environments and the effectiveness of carbon-based composites for water treatment, only a few studies has reviewed carbon-based materials for the removal of pharmaceutical components. Carbon-based materials with special properties like tunable surface functions, abundant pore structure, and high specific surface are used in different water treatment mechanisms such as adsorption and advanced oxidation processes. Graphene, activated carbon, and carbon nanotubes have been widely studied for pharmaceutical components removal. Herein, we have introduced carbon-based materials and reviewed recent studies on their properties, application in water treatment, and possible mechanism for removal of pharmaceutical components from aquatic environments.

Pharmaceutical, Carbon-based, Composite, Compound, Removal, Water