“…Based on Figure a, the fingerprint absorption peaks for CoNi 2 S 4 , which are 3450, 1630, 1370, 901 , and 610 cm –1 , match up with the stretching and bending vibrations of the water compartment (O–H) on the surface of the Co (Co–O–H), C–O–C vibrations, N–CS, and CS vibrations of thiourea, respectively, ,− thus affirming the successful in situ and one-pot synthesis of the nanocomposite along with CoNi 2 S 4 . It should be noted that the synthesis method for Ni 3 S 2 is the same as that of CoNi 2 S 4 with some minor modifications; however, the fingerprints of the Ni 3 S 2 are 2217, 2108, 1870 , and 618 cm –1 , which clearly differ from the present spectrum. − By addition of DOX to the synthesized nanocomposite, three new peaks were represented at 810, 1120 , and 1730 cm –1 , which correspond to the stretching bands of DOX on the surface of the carbon-based nanocomposite . It should be noted that the synthesized nanocomposite has not any covalent interactions with the DOX due to the absence of the peaks at around 1099, 920 , and also 802 cm –1 , which are indicative of the covalent bonding between the cobalt or zinc and the DOX structure.…”