Exploring graphene's antibacterial potential for advanced and sustainable solutions in water treatment

T Shahnaz, G Hayder - Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The increased demand for better water treatment procedures to ensure clean and safe water
has resulted in substantial research into the antibacterial activity of graphene-based …

Bioactive electrospun zein fibers integrated with ZnO nanoparticles: in vitro investigations

D Ayazi, M Zandi, A Ganjloo, N Dardmeh - Food Bioscience, 2024 - Elsevier
The objective of the current study was the fabrication and characterization of electrospun
zein-ZnO fibers containing various concentrations of cumin essential oil (CEO)(0, 1, 2, and …

Highly operative near full spectrum Cu doped NiO/ZnO photocatalyst: Photodegradation of phenol and organic dyes

N Al-Zaqri - Optical Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, new and near full spectrum photocatalyst composed of Cu doped NiO/ZnO
composite with higher photodegradation activity (95–99%) for phenol, malachite green (MG) …

Synthesis, characterization, and evaluation of antibacterial and antifungal activities of CuO-ZnO-Co3O4 nanocomposites

SN Aziz, AM Abdulwahab, TS Aldeen, DMA Alqabili - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
The co-precipitation method was used to prepare CuO, ZnO, Co 3 O 4 nanoparticles and
CuO-ZnO-Co 3 O 4 nanocomposite. The structural, morphological, and optical properties of …

Wattakaka volubilis powered green synthesized CuO, NiO and ZnO nanoparticles for cost-effective biomedical applications

K Neethidevan, K Ravichandran, M Ayyanar… - Biomass Conversion …, 2023 - Springer
Three different metal oxides, viz., copper oxide (CuO), nickel oxide (NiO) and zinc oxide
(ZnO) nanoparticles, were green synthesized using Wattakaka volubilis (WV) leaf extract via …

[HTML][HTML] Functionalised graphene oxide dual nanocomposites for treatment of hazardous environmental contaminants

AB Kareem, UA Al-Rawi, U Khalid, F Sher… - Separation and …, 2024 - Elsevier
During the past few decades, water contamination has raised a huge concern due to rapid
industrialization, agricultural wastes, metal galvanizations, and leather industries as a result …

[HTML][HTML] Highly photoactive rGO-MnO2/CuO nanocomposite photocatalyst for the removal of metanil yellow dye and bacterial resistance against Pseudomonas …

AC Jeoffrey, SJ Ramalingam, K Murugaiah… - Chemical Physics …, 2023 - Elsevier
The superior photocatalytic, biological, and electrochemical properties of metal oxide
nanocomposites have made them an important part of contemporary nanotechnology …

Kinetic and equilibrium study of graphene and copper oxides modified nanocomposites for metal ions adsorption from binary metal aqueous solution

AH Ali, AB Kareem, UA Al-Rawi, U Khalid… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Presently, the main cause of pollution of natural water resources is heavy metal ions. The
removal of metal ions such as nickel (Ni2+) and cadmium (Cd2+) has been given …

Antibacterial activity of SnO2 in visible light enhanced by erbium–cobalt co-doping

X Liang, R Dai, Q Wang, B Zhang - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, a series of SnO 2 samples with systematically varied doping amounts of Er and
Co were prepared via a precipitation–hydrothermal method. The results show that after Er …

Anti-cancer and visible-light-driven photocatalyst activities of graphene oxide nanosheets against A549 lung cancer cells and organic dyes

R Govindan, MM Margoni, M Mathiazhagan… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2024 - Elsevier
The use of graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets (NSs) in cancer cell treatment is a promising
and innovative approach to eradicate lung cancer cells and to adsorb and photodegrade …