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The presence of emerging organic contaminants in water and effluents, including antibiotics, poses significant environmental and health risks. Moreover, while photocatalysis is a promising approach for their removal, the inefficient utilization of na...

Ferrites are important magnetic materials used in electronic devices. Nanocomposites of ferrites with TiO₂, SiO₂ and carbon quantum dots have gained recent interest due to their unique advantages, such as high chemical stability, surface-active sites...

As an environmental semiconductor material, TiO₂ has important applications in the fields of environmental protection and water treatment. The preparation of P25 particles into nano-functional material films with a high specific surface area has alwa...

In this work, carbon dots (CD) were synthesized and coupled to titanium dioxide (TiO₂) to improve the photodegradation of antibiotics in aquaculture effluents under solar irradiation. Oxolinic acid (OXA) and sulfadiazine (SDZ), which are widely used...

The present work focuses on TiO₂ modification with carbon dots (CDs) using a hydrothermal process, which results in the synthesis of CD/TiO₂ nanocomposite photocatalysts characterized by exceptional optoelectronic properties. The structural and physi...

In conservation science the demand of multifunctional green materials displaying water repellency, consolidation, resistance to organic pollutants and pigments is constantly increasing. This research developed a green nanocomposite exhibiting photoca...

In this work, carbon dots (CDs) and black phosphorus quantum dots (BPQDs) were used to decorate titanium dioxide to enhance the photoelectrochemical (PEC) properties of the nanocomposites (TiO₂@CDs@BPQDs), and the modified nanocomposites were used to...

Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) is an interesting polymer employed in various applications due to its outstanding properties. However, its electrical and mechanical properties can be further improved by incorporating nanoparticles, and in particular,...

Herein, nitrogen (N) and sulfur (S) co-doped graphene quantum dots (GQDs) using different one-dimensional (1-D) carbon nanomaterials as precursors were synthesized, followed by heterojunction formation with TiO₂. GQDs exhibit unlike physiochemical pr...

The synthesis of carbon quantum dots (CQDs) from agricultural waste is a promising approach for waste valorization. In the present work, CQDs were synthesized using sugarcane bagasse as a carbon precursor. The nanocomposite of CQDs with trimetallic s...

Electrospun nanofibrous constructs based on nanoparticles and biopolymers have recently been used in tissue engineering because of their similarity to the extracellular matrix in nature. In this study, electrospun chitosan-carbon quantum dot-titanium...