Santamaría Aquilué, RafaelVicente, Miguel ÁngelKorili, Sophia A.Gil Bravo, Antonio2021-09-062022-12-0120202213-343710.1016/j.jece.2020.104577https://academica-e.unavarra.es/handle/2454/40419Emerging contaminants and, among them, pharmaceutical compounds, have a significant impact on water ecosystems. Layered Double Hydroxides (LDH), being easy to synthesize and cheap materials, have recently gained attention as adsorbents in aqueous solutions. This work describes the latest research performed in the adsorption capacity of LDH towards both antibiotics and Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAID) describing and analyzing the synthesis conditions (Me2+:Me3+ molar ratio, calcination temperature, choice of metals for the memory effect), kinetics and isotherm models used, use of support (more practical in a 3D over a 2D form), temperature effect and several techniques for the recovery of the adsorbents. LDH exhibited great performance and potential as clean adsorbents for these emerging contaminants.50 p.application/pdfeng© 2020 Elsevier Ltd. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0AdsorptionEmerging contaminantsLayered double hydroxidesPharmaceutical compoundsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess