Boosting the photocatalytic activity of g-CN via loading bio-synthesized Ag nanoparticles and imidazole modification for the degradation and mineralization of fluconazole.

The emergence of fluorinated organic compounds in the pharmaceutical, agrochemical, and textile industries has led to a potential increase in the environmental issues and health problems. Herein, a modified heterojunction of bio-synthesized Ag nanoparticles (Ag NPs) immobilized on imidazole-modified graphite carbon nitride (Im/g-CN) as a suitable support (Ag/Im/g-CN) was hydrothermally synthesized and studied for the photocatalytic removal of the most widely used antifungal organo-fluorine compound-fluconazole (FCZ). The optical properties were thoroughly investigated in the present study, and it was observed that the proposed modification to g-CN has led to the shifting of conduction and valance band edge position (for g-CN, -0.

The development of carbohydrate polymer- and protein-based biomaterials and their role in environmental health and hygiene: A review.

Biological macromolecules have been significantly used in the medicine due to their certain therapeutic values. Macromolecules have been employed in medical filed in order to enhance, support, and substitute damaged tissues or any other biological function. In the past decade, the biomaterial field has developed considerably because of vast innovations in regenerative medicine, tissue engineering, etc.

Chlorophyll sensitized (BiO)CO/ CdWO/rGO nano-hybrid assembly for solar assisted photo-degradation of chlorzoxazone.

In the present laboratory scale experiment, we report the fabrication of chlorophyll sensitized (BiO)CO/CdWO/rGO (BCR) photo-catalyst. The green approach has been adopted for boosting the optical activity by chlorophyll as a sensitizer. The functionality, nature and surface compositions of synthesized photo-catalyst have been identified by FTIR, XRD and XPS instrumentation.

Efficient photocatalytic degradation of toxic dyes from aqueous environment using gelatin-Zr(IV) phosphate nanocomposite and its antimicrobial activity.

In the present study, gelatin-Zr(IV) phosphate nanocomposite (GT/ZPNC) was synthesized by sol-gel method by mixing the gelatin gel into the inorganic part Zr (IV) phosphate (ZP). The GT/ZPNC was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron micron scope (TEM), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The photodegradation activity of GT/ZPNC was explored for the removal of methylene blue (MB) and fast green (FG) dyes from aqueous solution.