Table 2 Diffusion coefficients of drug pollutant molecules in the investigated systems.

From: The role of microplastics as vectors of antibiotic contaminants via a molecular simulation approach

System

\(\:{D}_{pollutant}\:\left({10}^{-5}{\text{c}\text{m}}^{2}{\text{s}}^{-1}\right)\)

Error

Amoxicillin-pp

0.0191

±  0.0058

Amoxicillin- aged pp

0.0215

± 0.0003

Tetracycline-pp

0.0122

± 0.0015

Tetracycline-aged pp

0.0241

± 0.0061

Ciprofloxacin-pp

0.0299

± 0.0007

Ciprofloxacin-aged pp

0.0139

± 0.0058

Amoxicillin-ps

0.0181

± 0.0064

Amoxicillin-aged ps

0.0123

± 0.0015

Tetracycline-ps

0.0172

± 0.0042

Tetracycline- aged ps

0.0092

± 0.0008

Ciprofloxacin-ps

0.0267

± 0.0078

Ciprofloxacin-aged ps

0.0068

± 0.0002