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Studies on the Biocompatibility of Carbon Dots Prepared by Utilizing Aquatic Waste

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Fabrication of chitosan-based fluorescent hydrogel membranes cross-linked with bisbenzaldehyde for efficient selective detection and adsorption of Fe2+

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DFT-guided photostable chitosan-derived carbon quantum dots as colloidal antibacterial and bioimaging agents

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A chitosan-based fluorescence probe for the detection of nitrite in food samples

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