Synthesis of nanomaterials using various top-down and bottom-up approaches, influencing factors, advantages, and disadvantages: A review

N Abid, AM Khan, S Shujait, K Chaudhary… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanotechnology is one of the emerging fields of the 21st Century. Many new devices and
patentable technology is based on nanomaterials (NMs). One of the dominant factors in the …

Photocatalytic degradation of dyes using semiconductor photocatalysts to clean industrial water pollution

A Rafiq, M Ikram, S Ali, F Niaz, M Khan, Q Khan… - Journal of Industrial and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Textile industry represents a pollution problem worldwide due to the accidental discharge or
dum** of polluted wastewater into the waterways, which is having a major influence on …

Sustainable toxic dyes removal with advanced materials for clean water production: A comprehensive review

SH Teo, CH Ng, A Islam… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Textile dye is one of the significant pollutants of water worldwide. However, dum** the
textile effluent to the environment is a common in most of the develo** countries …

Photocatalysis vs adsorption by metal oxide nanoparticles

U Qumar, JZ Hassan, RA Bhatti, A Raza, G Nazir… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Metal oxide (MO) nanomaterials and related nanocomposites have been
extensively studied for their potential use in water treatment. Because of their controlled …

Comparative study of sonophotocatalytic, photocatalytic, and catalytic activities of magnesium and chitosan-doped tin oxide quantum dots

S Moeen, M Ikram, A Haider, J Haider, A Ul-Hamid… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The present study demonstrates the hydrothermal synthesis of SnO2 quantum dots (QDs)
doped with different concentrations (2, 4 wt%) of magnesium (Mg) and a fixed amount of …

Trends in photocatalytic degradation of organic dye pollutants using nanoparticles: a review

MF Lanjwani, M Tuzen, MY Khuhawar… - Inorganic Chemistry …, 2024 - Elsevier
The development of the textile industry is a major concern due to the effluents of organic
dyes. These organic dyes contaminate the drinking water and cause a carcinogenic risk to …

A review of photocatalytic characterization, and environmental cleaning, of metal oxide nanostructured materials

M Ikram, M Rashid, A Haider, S Naz, J Haider… - Sustainable Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Industrial waste is the primary source of highly toxic organic pollutants and heavy metal
contaminants. Treatment of such effluence is necessary to mitigate environmental pollution …

Recent advances in membrane-enabled water desalination by 2D frameworks: Graphene and beyond

A Raza, JZ Hassan, A Mahmood, W Nabgan, M Ikram - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
The growing population rate and expansion of industrial sector are associated with climate
variation, which steered towards global water complications. The current review summarizes …

A review on bismuth oxyhalide based materials for photocatalysis

X Wei, MU Akbar, A Raza, G Li - Nanoscale Advances, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Photocatalytic solar energy transformation is the most encouraging solution to alleviate the
environmental crisis and energy scarcity. Bismuth oxyhalide (BiOX) is an emerging class of …

Recent advances in carbonaceous sustainable nanomaterials for wastewater treatments

A Raza, S Altaf, S Ali, M Ikram, G Li - Sustainable Materials and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The challengeable situation prevailing throughout the world is still a question mark
regarding safe drinking and cleaning for water, and therefore to be resolved on priority basis …