Critical review on hazardous pollutants in water environment: Occurrence, monitoring, fate, removal technologies and risk assessment

BS Rathi, PS Kumar, DVN Vo - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Water is required for the existence of all living things. Water pollution has grown significantly,
over the decades and now it has developed as a serious worldwide problem. The presence …

Soil sensors and plant wearables for smart and precision agriculture

H Yin, Y Cao, B Marelli, X Zeng, AJ Mason… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Soil sensors and plant wearables play a critical role in smart and precision agriculture via
monitoring real‐time physical and chemical signals in the soil, such as temperature …

A repertoire of biomedical applications of noble metal nanoparticles

M Azharuddin, GH Zhu, D Das, E Ozgur… - Chemical …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Noble metals comprise any of several metallic chemical elements that are outstandingly
resistant to corrosion and oxidation, even at elevated temperatures. This group is not strictly …

Synthesis of doped metal sulfide nanoparticles and their graphene reinforced nanohybrid for Pb (II) detection

G Nazik, M Aadil, S Zulfiqar, W Hassan… - Zeitschrift für …, 2023 - degruyter.com
This paper explores different techniques to combine and improve the electrochemical
sensing activities of the transition metal chalcogenide. The transition metal chalcogenide …

UV–vis spectroscopic method for detection and removal of heavy metal ions in water using Ag doped ZnO nanoparticles

A Ahmed, A Singh, B Padha, AK Sundramoorthy… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The primary source of heavy metal discharge into the water is human activity and
urbanization near water bodies. Contamination of drinking water sources with heavy metals …

Recent trends in macro-, micro-, and nanomaterial-based tools and strategies for heavy-metal detection

G Aragay, J Pons, A Merkoçi - Chemical reviews, 2011 - ACS Publications
In small quantities, certain heavy metals (eg, iron, copper, manganese, and zinc) are
nutritionally essential for a healthy life. However, heavy metals show a great trend to form …

Sensing colorimetric approaches based on gold and silver nanoparticles aggregation: Chemical creativity behind the assay. A review

D Vilela, MC González, A Escarpa - Analytica chimica acta, 2012 - Elsevier
Localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) is one of the most remarkable features of gold
nanoparticles (Au NPs) and silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs). Due to these inherent optical …

Lignin-mediated green synthesis of functionalized gold nanoparticles via pulsed laser technique for selective colorimetric detection of lead ions in aqueous media

Y Yu, SS Naik, Y Oh, J Theerthagiri, SJ Lee… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
A versatile green synthesis technique of pulsed laser irradiation and the sonochemical
process was used for the production of functionalized gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) in the …

A review on detection of heavy metals from aqueous media using nanomaterial-based sensors

JA Buledi, S Amin, SI Haider, MI Bhanger… - … Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
The extensive release of heavy metals into the natural water bodies has become globally
prevalent from past few decades. Heavy metal toxicity is becoming a serious threat to human …

Advances in biosensors for the detection of ochratoxin A: Bio-receptors, nanomaterials, and their applications

Y Alhamoud, D Yang, SSF Kenston, G Liu, L Liu… - Biosensors and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Ochratoxin A (OTA) is a class of mycotoxin mainly produced by the genera Aspergillus and
Penicillium. OTA can cause various forms of kidney, liver and brain diseases in both humans …