Nigeria is one of the most populated black nation in the world with a population of about 170
million. Over the years, potable water source which is one of the basic essential …

Copper has potent biocidal properties. Copper ions, either alone or in copper complexes,
have been used for centuries to disinfect liquids, solids and human tissue. This manuscript …

Products from natural sources are being used from thousands of years. Banana is famous
for its traditional, medicinal, and nutritional uses. It is rich in carbohydrates (22.84 g/100 g) …

Calixarenes are one of the macrocyclic receptors known to date besides crown ethers,
cyclodextrins, cryptands, and cucurbiturils. 1Ā3 These are synthesized from the base …

The significantly increased copper level in tumor tissues and serum indicates the close
association of copper ions with tumor development, making copper ions attractive targets in …

Fe3+-doped near-infrared (NIR) phosphors have received a lot of interest because they are
nontoxic, inexpensive, and ecologically benign. In this work, Fe3+-activated Li2ZnAO4 (A …

This study exclusively focused on the potential application of an inexpensive and
sustainable waste macro-algal biomass as an adsorbent for biosorption of copper ions from …

This study aimed to add value to mature coconut water (MCW) using potential probiotic
Lactobacillus plantarum DW12 for producing fermented MCW beverages. MCW …

Quinoline based novel fluorescent probes have been synthesized for the selective and
sensitive detection of Cu 2+ ions. The probes FQ-1 and FQ-2 exhibit a turn-on fluorescence …

Nanotechnology has been setting benchmarks for the last two decades, but the origins of
this technology reach back to ancient history. Today, nanoparticles of both metallic and non …