Recent advances in graphite carbon nitride-based nanocomposites: structure, antibacterial properties and synergies

Abstract

Bacterial infections and transmission threaten human health and well-being. Graphite carbon nitride (g-C3N4), a promising photocatalytic antibacterial nanomaterial, has attracted increasing attention to combat bacterial transmission, due to the outstanding...

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