journal article·2025-12

Sunlight-Driven photocatalytic mineralization of methylene blue and paracetamol using Mangifera indica-phytoderived zinc oxide nanoflowers

Divya Mathew, Benny Thomas, Sudheep NM, Radhakrishnan EK

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