journal article·2026-06

Emerging synthesis methods and applications of graphitic carbon nitride (GCN) nanostructures in fluorescent sensing: Structure, doping, environmental and biosensing perspectives

Zirwa Mehak, Rana Rashad Mahmood Khan, Muhammad Pervaiz, Zohaib Saeed, Muhammad Summer, Umer Younas, Akhtar Hayat

Synthetic Metals· Volume 319
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