TY  - JOUR
TI  - Catalyst-free synthesis of carbon nanospheres for potential biomedical applications: Waste to wealth approach
SP  - 24528
N1  - cited By 24
AV  - none
EP  - 24533
PB  - Royal Society of Chemistry
SN  - 20462069
ID  - scholars6373
KW  - Carbon; Catalysts; Medical applications; Particle size; Scanning electron microscopy; Starch; Transmission electron microscopy; X ray diffraction
KW  -  Biomedical applications; Carbon nanosphere; Catalyst-free synthesis; Characteristic peaks; Nitrogen atmospheres; Pyrolysis technique; Size uniformity; Waste to wealth
KW  -  Nanospheres
N2  - A single step and simple pyrolysis technique is used to prepare carbon nanospheres (CNSs) from natural biowaste sago hampas in a nitrogen atmosphere without any catalyst. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) images along with transmission electron microscope (TEM) images show evidence of high quality CNSs with a good particle size uniformity. Both X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Raman data show the presence of graphitic characteristic peaks of CNSs. Zeta-potential study reveals that the obtained CNSs can be well dispersed in solution making them suitable for cell imaging applications. The use of biowaste sago hampas is very important from the viewpoint of sustainable synthesis of functional CNSs for the future. © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2015.
IS  - 31
VL  - 5
A1  - Manaf, S.A.A.
A1  - Roy, P.
A1  - Sharma, K.V.
A1  - Ngaini, Z.
A1  - Malgras, V.
A1  - Aldalbahi, A.
A1  - Alshehri, S.M.
A1  - Yamauchi, Y.
A1  - Hegde, G.
JF  - RSC Advances
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84924565123&doi=10.1039%2fc4ra14693j&partnerID=40&md5=1a461a0e38daadf108f744deda9c7ce3
Y1  - 2015///
ER  -