How can heteroatoms boost the performance of photoactive nanomaterials for wastewater purification?

MF Majnis, MAM Adnan, SP Yeap… - Journal of Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Photocatalysis, as an alternative for treating persistent water pollutants, holds immense
promise. However, limitations hinder sustained treatment and recycling under varying light …

Carbon dots as sensors and sorbents in environmental monitoring protection and chemical analysis

M KULIGOWSKA, S NEFFE - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
This review aims to analyze the current knowledge about carbon dots for application in
environmental monitoring and chemical analysis. Numerous publications describing …

Synthesis of a new carbon dot magnetic nanocomposite (CDs@ Fe3O4) from Crocus Cancellatus: Characterization and its photocatalytic degradation of fluorescein …

LA Esmail, HS Jabbar, SK Salih - Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 2024 - Elsevier
Using a one-pot hydrothermal treatment of crocus cancellatus for the first time, a simple and
very low-cost method for the synthesis of carbon dots (CDs) with well-distributed size was …

[HTML][HTML] Hydrothermal synthesis of B, S, and N-doped carbon quantum dots for colorimetric sensing of heavy metal ions

A Aygun, I Cobas, RNE Tiri, F Sen - RSC advances, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
In this study, glucose was used as the carbon source to synthesize carbon quantum dots
(CQDs) and also aimed to synthesize CQDs doped with heteroatoms such as sulphur …

Biogenic Synthesis of Hollow Carbon Dots Using Cigarette Ash for Photocatalytic and Sensing Applications

P Kumar, R Kumar, CT Hsieh, KS Khoo, S Kumar - Surfaces and Interfaces, 2024 - Elsevier
In this research article, the synthesis of hollow carbon dots (HCDs) from cigarette ash (CA)
as a precursor using simple pyrolysis method is presented. The unique hollow nature of …

Ultra-low level detection of biomarker bilirubin by graphene quantum dots and bovine serum albumin enabled turn-on sensing

S Karmakar, TK Das, A Saha - Microchemical Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
It is known that concentration of unbound (free) bilirubin (BR) instead of the total bilirubin is
the critical determinant of cellular uptake and toxicity of bilirubin. Thus, developing fast …