Low-level hydrophilic carbon dots disintegrate the intracellular-extracellular polymeric structure of sludge-EPS conjugates during thermal hydrolysis: solid-aqueous interfacial insights and active water-soluble molecular evolution - Yimeng Jiao; Yuxin Liu; Yinxi Chen; Yifei Wu; Jingqi Yuan; Tao Liu; Jun Zhang (Chemical Engineering Journal, 2026)