Evaluate the role of biochar during the organic waste composting process: A critical review

MK Nguyen, C Lin, HG Hoang, P Sanderson, BT Dang… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Composting is very robust and efficient for the biodegradation of organic waste; however
secondary pollutants, namely greenhouse gases (GHGs) and odorous emissions, are …

Progress in drug delivery and diagnostic applications of carbon dots: a systematic review

H Kaurav, D Verma, A Bansal, DN Kapoor… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Carbon dots (CDs), which have particle size of less than 10 nm, are carbon-based
nanomaterials that are used in a wide range of applications in the area of novel drug …

Green synthesis of multi-functional carbon dots from medicinal plant leaves for antimicrobial, antioxidant, and bioimaging applications

G Gedda, SA Sankaranarayanan, CL Putta… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
In this research work, carbon dots (CDs) were synthesized from the renewable leaves of an
indigenous medicinal plant by the one-pot sand bath method, Azadirachta indica. The …

Antioxidant and Antibacterial Activities of Silver Nanoparticles Biosynthesized by Moringa oleifera through Response Surface Methodology

ABA Mohammed, A Mohamed… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The research highlights the environmentally sustainable biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles
from fresh leaves of the herbal medicinal plant Moringa oleifera. They may have been used …

[HTML][HTML] Papaya peel waste carbon dots/reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite: from photocatalytic decomposition of methylene blue to antimicrobial activity

HS Shahraki, R Bushra, N Shakeel, A Ahmad… - Journal of Bioresources …, 2023 - Elsevier
Carbon dots (CDs) have gained unprecedented attention as a novel luminescent zero-
dimensional carbon nanomaterial owing to their diverse industrial applications. Herein, we …

Lights and dots toward therapy—Carbon-based quantum dots as new agents for photodynamic therapy

S Jovanović, Z Marković, M Budimir, J Prekodravac… - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
The large number of deaths induced by carcinoma and infections indicates that the need for
new, better, targeted therapy is higher than ever. Apart from classical treatments and …

Hydrothermally derived green carbon dots from broccoli water extracts: Decreased toxicity, enhanced free-radical scavenging, and anti-inflammatory performance

W Deng, C Zang, Q Li, B Sun, X Mei, L Bai… - ACS Biomaterials …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Biomass carbon dots (CDs) derived from natural plants possess the advantages of low cost,
photostability, and excellent biocompatibility, with potential applications in chemical sensing …

Ethnopharmacological Effects of Urtica dioica, Matricaria chamomilla, and Murraya koenigii on Rotenone-Exposed D. melanogaster: An Attenuation of Cellular …

S Shabir, S Yousuf, SK Singh, E Vamanu, MP Singh - Antioxidants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Natural antioxidants derived from plants have been proven to have significant inhibitory
effects on the free radicals of living organisms during actively metabolization. Excessive …

Recent advances in synthesis, modification, characterization, and applications of carbon dots

A Pundi, CJ Chang - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Although there is significant progress in the research of carbon dots (CDs), some challenges
such as difficulty in large-scale synthesis, complicated purification, low quantum yield …

Biowaste-derived carbon dots: a perspective on biomedical potentials

N Rabiee, S Iravani, RS Varma - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Today, sustainable and natural resources including biowastes have been considered
attractive starting materials for the fabrication of biocompatible and biodegradable carbon …