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Nat Sci Nanosci Nanotechnol 6:045012. (11pp)
Salvato M, Scagliotti M, Crescenzi MD, Bpscardin M, Attanasio C, Avallone G, Cirillo C,
Prosposito P, Matteis FD, Messi R, Castrucci P (2019) Time response in carbon nanotube/Si
based photodetectors. Sensors Actuators A Phys 292:71–76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2019.
04.004
Sannino F, Pirozzi D, Vitiello G, Derrico G, Aronne A, Fanelli E, Pernice P (2014) Oxidative
degradation of phenanthrene in the absence of light irradiation by hybrid ZrO 2 -acetylacetonate
gel-derived catalyst. Appl Catal B Environ 156–157:101–107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.
2014.03.006
Sawicki E, Elbert WC, Hauser TR, Fox FT, Stanley TW (1960) Benzo(a)pyrene content of the air of
American communities. Am Ind Hyg Assoc J 21:443–451. https://doi.org/10.1080/
00028896009344103
Severson RF, Snook ME, Arrendale RF, Chortyk OT (1976) Gas chromatographic quantitation of
polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons in tobacco smoke. Analytical Chemistry 48(13):1866–1872
Sekar AD, Muthukumar H, Chandrasekaran NI, Matheswaran M (2018) Photocatalytic degradation
of naphthalene using calcined Fe-ZnO/PVA nanofibers. Chemosphere 205:610–617. https://doi.
org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.04.131
Shahrezaei F, Akhbari A, Rostami A (2012) Photodegradation and removal of phenol and phenolic
derivatives from petroleum refinery wastewater using nanoparticles of TiO 2 . Energy Environ
3:267–274, ISSN 2076-2895, ISSN 2076-2909
Shanker U, Jassal V, Rani M (2017a) Degradation of toxic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in
water and soil using potassium zinc hexacyanoferratenanocubes. J Environ Manag
204:337–348. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.09.015
Shanker U, Jassal V, Rani M (2017b) Green synthesis of iron hexacyanoferrate nanoparticles:
potential candidate for the degradation of toxic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. J Environ
Chem Eng 5:4108–4120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2017.07.042
Sharma A, Lee B (2015) Adsorptive/photo-catalytic process for naphthalene removal from aqueous
media using in-situ nickel doped titanium nanocomposite. J Environ Manag 155:114–122.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.03.008
Shen H, Huang Y, Wang R, Zhu D, Li W, Shen G, Wang B, Zhang Y, Chen Y, Lu Y, Chen H, Li T,
Sun K, Li B, Liu W, Liu J, Tao S (2013) Global atmospheric emissions of polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons from 1960 to 2008 and future predictions. Environ Sci Technol 47:6415–6424.
https://doi.org/10.1021/es400857z
Shujuan Zhang (2012) Synergistic effects of C–Cr codoping in TiO2 and enhanced sonocatalytic
activi under ultrasonic irradiation 19:767–771. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultsonch.2011.12.
016ty
Shukla N, Gupta V, Rawat AS, Gahlot VK, Shrivastava S, Rai PK (2018) 2, 4-Dinitrotoluene
(DNT) and 2, 4, 6-Trinitrotoluene (TNT) removal kinetics and degradation mechanism using
zero valent iron-silica nanocomposite. J Environ Chem Eng 6:5196–5203. https://doi.org/10.
1016/j.jece.2018.08.018
Singh AK, Xu Q (2013) Synergistic catalysis over bimetallic alloy nanoparticles. ChemCatChem
5:652–676. https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201200591
Srinivas G, Burress J, Yildirim T (2012) Graphene oxide derived carbons (GODCs): synthesis and
gas adsorption properties. Energy Environ Sci 5:6453–6459. https://doi.org/10.1039/
C2EE21100A
Subramanian Y, Ramasamy V, Karthikeyan RJ, Srinivasan GR, Arulmozhi D, Gubendiran RK,
Sriramalu M (2019) Investigations on the enhanced dye degradation activity of heterogeneous
BiFeO3–GdFeO3 nanocomposite photocatalyst. Heliyon 5:e01831. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.
heliyon.2019.e01831
5 Degradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Functionalized Nanomaterials
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