Mohammed Muzibur Rahman

By Mohammed M. Rahman, Sher Bahadar Khan, Aslam Jamal, Mohd Faisal and Abdullah M. Aisiri

Part of the book: Nanomaterials

By Mohammed Muzibur Rahman

Part of the book: Nanofiber Research

By Mohammed Muzibur Rahman and Abdullah Mohamed Asiri

Part of the book: Electrochemical Sensors Technology

By Mohammed Muzibur Rahman and Abdullah Mohamed Asiri

Part of the book: Carbon Nanotubes

By Mohammed Muzibur Rahman and Abdullah Mohamed Asiri

Part of the book: Gold Nanoparticles

By Adil Shafi, Sayfa Bano, Suhail Sabir, Mohammad Zain Khan and Mohammed Muzibur Rahman

Carbon nanodots are zero-dimensional tiny particles of carbon with outstanding characteristics and potential applications. Carbon nanodots are fluorescent materials and possess unique characteristics such as biocompatibility, photostability, low toxicity, sustainable, and eco-friendly. Fluorescent carbon nanodots are emerging nanomaterials that show promising potential in bioimaging, optical sensing, information encryption and storage, photocatalysis, lasers, drug delivery, energy conversion, and photovoltaic applications. Carbon nanodots can be synthesized at very low cost through various sustainable approaches that employ inexpensive renewable resources as starting materials. Carbon nanodots are fascinating carbon-based materials that have received mass attention from past few years for their substantial applications in diverse fields. Carbon nanodots have a huge impact on both health and environmental applications because of their potential to serve as nontoxic replacements to traditional heavy metal-based quantum dots. Herein we highlight the intriguing characteristics and potential applications of fluorescent carbon nanodots in various fields and their perspective in future.

Part of the book: Carbon-Based Material for Environmental Protection and Remediation

By Mohammed Muzibur Rahman

Part of the book: Concepts of Semiconductor Photocatalysis

By Mohammed Muzibur Rahman

Part of the book: Importance of Selenium in the Environment and Human Health

By Abu Taleb, Mohammed Naif Al-sharif, Mohammed Ali Al-mutair, Saleh Almasoudi, Osama Madkhali and Mohammed Muzibur Rahman

The emerging contaminants (ECs) refer to chemical compounds either naturally originated or synthetically modified having potential toxic effects to the environment. The ECs include different pollutants such as biocides, pesticides, pharmaceuticals (antibiotic, analgesics, and hormones) and personal care products (cosmetics, fragrances, and hygiene products). The ECs are considering the top priority pollutants by the European Union (EU) and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA). Among other materials, the carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are one of widely used materials for the removal of ECs applying diverse techniques of wastewater decontamination. The momentous advancement of these functional nanostructured materials has found to be cost-effective, reusable, smart materials for the application of ECs removal. The aim of this chapter was to explore the modification routes and advancement of functionalization of CNTs with other functional groups by the reported works. The possible mechanistic insight of ECs removal reactions was also evaluated applying different methods for decontamination reported in the past studies. This review will be significant sources of information of CNTs-based materials for the application of wastewater treatment especially ECs removal from wastewater and ultimate environmental remediation.

Part of the book: Carbon Nanotubes