Photoinduced Self‐Assembly of Carbon Nitride Quantum Dots

Author(s):  
Zheng Xing ◽  
Kaituo Dong ◽  
Nick G Pavlopoulos ◽  
Yuexing Chen ◽  
Lilac Amirav
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zheng Xing ◽  
Kaituo Dong ◽  
Nick G Pavlopoulos ◽  
Yuexing Chen ◽  
Lilac Amirav

Author(s):  
Prashant Malik ◽  
Neha Gulati ◽  
Raj Kaur Malik ◽  
Upendra Nagaich

Nanotechnology deal with the particle size in nanometers. Nanotechnology is ranging from extensions of conventional device physics to completely new approaches based upon molecular self assembly, from developing new materials with dimensions on the nanoscale to direct control of matter on the atomic scale. In nanotechnology mainly three types of nanodevices are described: carbon nanotubes, quantum dots and dendrimers. It is a recent technique used as small size particles to treat many diseases like cancer, gene therapy and used as diagnostics. Nanotechnology used to formulate targeted, controlled and sustained drug delivery systems. Pharmaceutical nanotechnology embraces applications of nanoscience to pharmacy as nanomaterials and as devices like drug delivery, diagnostic, imaging and biosensor materials. Pharmaceutical nanotechnology has provided more fine tuned diagnosis and focused treatment of disease at a molecular level.    


Catalysts ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 464
Author(s):  
Jie Yu ◽  
Angel Caravaca ◽  
Chantal Guillard ◽  
Philippe Vernoux ◽  
Liang Zhou ◽  
...  

Indoor toxic volatile organic compounds (VOCs) pollution is a serious threat to people’s health and toluene is a typical representative. In this study, we developed a composite photocatalyst of carbon nitride quantum dots (CNQDs) in situ-doped TiO2 inverse opal TiO2 IO for efficient degradation of toluene. The catalyst was fabricated using a sol-gel method with colloidal photonic crystals as the template. The as-prepared catalyst exhibited excellent photocatalytic performance for degradation of toluene. After 6 h of simulated sunlight irradiation, 93% of toluene can be converted into non-toxic products CO2 and H2O, while only 37% of toluene is degraded over commercial P25 in the same condition. This greatly enhanced photocatalytic activity results from two aspects: (i) the inverse opal structure enhances the light harvesting while providing adequate surface area for effective oxidation reactions; (ii) the incorporation of CNQDs in the framework of TiO2 increases visible light absorption and promotes the separation of photo-generated charges. Collectively, highly efficient photocatalytic degradation of toluene has been achieved. In addition, it can be expanded to efficient degradation of organic pollutants in liquid phase such as phenol and Rhodamine B. This study provides a green, energy saving solution for indoor toxic VOCs removal as well as for the treatment of organic wastewater.


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