Smart micro-and nanorobots for water purification

M Urso, M Ussia, M Pumera - Nature Reviews Bioengineering, 2023 - nature.com
Less than 1% of Earth's freshwater reserves is accessible. Industrialization, population
growth and climate change are further exacerbating clean water shortage. Current water …

Plant-mediated synthesis of nanoparticles and their applications: A review

N Rani, P Singh, S Kumar, P Kumar, V Bhankar… - Materials Research …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the present era, nanoparticles have attracted the scientific community all across the globe.
It is because of their outstanding physical, chemical and biological properties such as …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in waste-derived functional materials for wastewater remediation

Z Chen, W Wei, H Chen, BJ Ni - Eco-Environment & Health, 2022 - Elsevier
Water pollution is a major concern for public health and a sustainable future. It is urgent to
purify wastewater with effective methods to ensure a clean water supply. Most wastewater …

Assessing the biomass-based carbon dots and their composites for photocatalytic treatment of wastewater

P Singh, N Rani, S Kumar, P Kumar, B Mohan… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Safe potable water and a hygienic living environment are the fundamental needs that
promote healthy living. But the massive and continuously increasing consumption of …

Nanozymes: powerful catalytic materials for environmental pollutant detection and degradation

Q Diao, X Chen, Z Tang, S Li, Q Tian, Z Bu… - Environmental …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The increasing environmental pollution and its threats to human health require efficient
monitoring and remediation techniques. Enzymes play a significant role in environmental …

Recent progress of nanozymes with different spatial dimensions for bioanalysis

M An, MQ He, C Lin, Y Wu, Y Ai, H **n, Q Liang - Materials Today Nano, 2023 - Elsevier
Nanozymes are nanomaterials with intrinsic enzyme-like properties. Since the landmark
research report on nanozymes in 2007, numerous scientists focus on the topic of nanozyme …

Novel magnetic polyethersulfone-polyethyleneimine-based microbeads for removal of lead ions from water: Kinetics and thermodynamics

J Shi, X Teng, Q Suo, A Mojiri… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, a novel magnetic microbead adsorbent (M− PES− PEI) was made using
magnetic iron oxide (MNPs), polyethersulfone (PES), and polyethyleneimine (PEI) to remove …

Nanoengineering of biohybrid micro/nanobots for programmed biomedical applications

S Shivalkar, P Chowdhary, T Afshan… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2023 - Elsevier
Biohybrid micro/nanobots have emerged as an innovative resource to be employed in the
biomedical field due to their biocompatible and biodegradable properties. These are tiny …

Recent developments in metallic degradable micromotors for biomedical and environmental remediation applications

S Dutta, S Noh, RS Gual, X Chen, S Pané, BJ Nelson… - Nano-Micro Letters, 2024 - Springer
Synthetic micromotor has gained substantial attention in biomedicine and environmental
remediation. Metal-based degradable micromotor composed of magnesium (Mg), zinc (Zn) …

The function-oriented precursor selection for the preparation of carbon dots

Y Xu, C Wang, H Zhuo, D Zhou, Q Song - Nano Research, 2023 - Springer
As a new type of fluorescent nanomaterials, carbon dots (CDs) have exhibited excellent
photoluminescence properties with tunable emission and high quantum yields, hence they …