In silico engineering study of selenium (Se) and tellurium (Te) mono-doping and Se-Te co-doping of a covalent organic framework as a sensor for gemfibrozil pharmaceutical pollutants
Eze A. Adindu , Abel I. Ushie , Bassey O. Ekpong , Daniel G. Malu , Daniel C. Agurokpon , Faith O. Akor
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Abstract
The inability of the human body to completely metabolize drugs and improper disposal of pharmaceutical products in the environment has resulted in pollution, especially in water bodies, and has been identified as a critical challenge to humans, microbial life, and aquatic ecosystems. This study aims to investigate gemfibrozil pollutant and evaluate the photoinduction potential of selenium (Se)- and tellurium (Te)-engineered covalent organic frameworks (COFs) using the DFT/RPBE1PBE functional with a Gen basis set. Geometric analysis of the nanostructure revealed that upon the adsorption of the gemfibrozil pollutant, the bond lengths between atoms associated with B33-Se102, B9-O3, C16-C25, and B33-Te102 slightly changed as the bond length increased. Significantly, the HOMO-LUMO energy gap decreases after adsorption of the pollutant on the three modified adsorbents; Te-COF, Se-COF, and Se-Te-COF, with values of 4.4314, 4.9960, and 4.4436 eV, respectively. These values decreased to 3.9231 eV, 3.8986 eV, and 1.2368 eV for GBZ-Te-COF, GBZ-Se-COF, and GBZ-Se-Te-COF respectively. The results from adsorption studies showed physisorption, with adsorption energy values > 0 of 14.886 eV, 14.849 eV, and 14.231 eV corresponding to GBZ-Se-COF, GBZ_Te-COF, and GBZ_Se-Te-COF, respectively; however, these surfaces showed very short recovery times corresponding to 2.47 × 10-15, 2.50 × 10-15, and 3.21 × 10-15. However, a photoinduced phenomenon was observed after interactions between gemfibrozil and the engineered covalent organic framework. The strength of the absorbance among the systems decreases in the order of GBZ-Se-COF > GBZ_Te-COF > GBZ_Se-Te-COF > GBZ_Se-Te-COF, with a corresponding first excitation energy of 4.004, 3.737 and 0.654 eV. This analysis revealed that the COF engineered through mono-doping has a greater ability to enhance photoinduction and photolysis.
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