J Nanotechnol Res 2021; 3 (4): 011-028 DOI: 10.26502/ jnr.2688-85210021 Journal of Nanotechnology Research 11 Research Article Fast and Direct Microwave Synthesis of Carbon from Bovine Blood Waste: A Feedstock Material for Extractive Metallurgy, Carbon Dots Production and Graphite Synthesis Nikolaos Chalmpes 1 , Georgios Asimakopoulos 1 , Maria Baikousi 1 , Dimitrios Moschovas 1 , Apostolos Avgeropoulos 1 , Athanasios B. Bourlinos 2* , Veronika Šedajová 3,4 , Aristides Bakandritsos 5,6 , Dimitrios Gournis 1 , Michael A. Karakassides 1,* 1 Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece 2 Physics Department, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece 3 Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute (CATRIN), Palacký University Olomouc,Slechtitelu 27, 77900 Olomouc, Czech Republic 4 Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc, 17. Listopadu 12, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic 5 Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute, Palacký University, Křížkovského 511/8,Olomouc 77900, Czech Republic 6 Nanotechnology Centre, Centre of Energy and Environmental Technologies, VŠB- Technical University of Ostrava 17. Listopadu 2172/15, Ostrava-Poruba 70800, Czech Republic *Corresponding author 1: Dr. Athanasios B. Bourlinos, Physics Department, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece. *Corresponding author 2: Dr. Michael A. Karakassides, Materials Science & Engineering, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece. Received: 10 October 2021; Accepted 15 October 2021; Published: 25 November 2021 Citation: Chalmpes N, Asimakopoulos G, Baikousi M, Moschovas D, Avgeropoulos A, Bourlinos AB, Sedajova V, Bakandritsos A, Gournis D, Karakassides MA. Fast and direct microwave synthesis of carbon from bovine blood waste: a feedstock material for extractive metallurgy, carbon dots production and graphite synthesis. Journal of Nanotechnology Research 3 (2021): 011- 028.