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Oxolinic acid (OXA) and sulfadiazine (SDZ), which are widely used in aquaculture, were used as target antibiotics. To prepare nanocomposites of CD containing TiO2, two modes were used: in-situ (CD@TiO2) and ex-situ (CD\/TiO2). For CD synthesis, citric acid and glycerol were used, while for TiO2 synthesis, titanium butoxide was the precursor. In ultrapure water (UW), CD@TiO2 and CD\/TiO2 showed the largest photocatalytic effect for SDZ and OXA, respectively. Compared with their absence, the presence of CD@TiO2 increased the photodegradation of SDZ from 23 to 97% (after 4 h irradiation), whereas CD\/TiO2 increased the OXA photodegradation from 22 to 59% (after 1 h irradiation). Meanwhile, in synthetic sea salts (SSS, 30\u2030, simulating marine aquaculture effluents), CD@TiO2 allowed for the reduction of SDZ\u2019s half-life time (t1\/2) from 14.5 \u00b1 0.7 h (in absence of photocatalyst) to 0.38 \u00b1 0.04 h. Concerning OXA in SSS, the t1\/2 remained the same either in the absence of a photocatalyst or in the presence of CD\/TiO2 (3.5 \u00b1 0.3 h and 3.9 \u00b1 0.4 h, respectively). Overall, this study provided novel perspectives on the use of eco-friendly CD-TiO2 nanocomposites for the removal of antibiotics from aquaculture effluents using solar radiation.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/toxics9120330","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,2]],"date-time":"2021-12-02T02:56:14Z","timestamp":1638413774000},"page":"330","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":15,"title":["Photodegradation of Aquaculture Antibiotics Using Carbon Dots-TiO2 Nanocomposites"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"9","author":[{"given":"Vit\u00f3ria","family":"Louros","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"CESAM & Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Liliana","family":"Ferreira","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CESAM & Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8539-4787","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Valentina","family":"Silva","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CESAM & Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal"},{"name":"CESAM & Department of Environment and Planning, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Carla","family":"Silva","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CESAM & Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Manuel","family":"Martins","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CICECO & Department of Materials and Ceramic Engineering, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5218-0726","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Marta","family":"Otero","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CESAM & Department of Environment and Planning, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4093-1814","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Valdemar","family":"Esteves","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CESAM & Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Diana","family":"Lima","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CESAM & Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"640","DOI":"10.1111\/raq.12344","article-title":"Antibiotic use in aquaculture, policies and regulation, health and environmental risks: A review of the top 15 major producers","volume":"12","author":"Lulijwa","year":"2020","journal-title":"Rev. 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