Recent progress, challenges, and prospects of fully integrated mobile and wearable point-of-care testing systems for self-testing

S Shrivastava, TQ Trung, NE Lee - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The rapid growth of research in the areas of chemical and biochemical sensors, lab-on-a-
chip, mobile technology, and wearable electronics offers an unprecedented opportunity in …

Polysulfone functionalized membranes: Properties and challenges

OS Serbanescu, SI Voicu, VK Thakur - Materials today chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
One of the most important polymers for membranes manufacturing is Polysulfone because of
its remarkable properties, like chemical stability, mechanical and thermal properties, and …

Microalgal metallothioneins and phytochelatins and their potential use in bioremediation

S Balzano, A Sardo, M Blasio, TB Chahine… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The persistence of heavy metals (HMs) in the environment causes adverse effects to all
living organisms; HMs accumulate along the food chain affecting different levels of biological …

Diversity, structure and regulation of microbial metallothionein: metal resistance and possible applications in sequestration of toxic metals

S Chatterjee, S Kumari, S Rath, M Priyadarshanee… - Metallomics, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Metallothioneins (MTs) are a group of cysteine-rich, universal, low molecular weight proteins
distributed widely in almost all major taxonomic groups ranging from tiny microbes to highly …

Evaluating the effect of silver nanoparticles on bacteriophage lytic infection cycle-a mechanistic understanding

E Gilcrease, R Williams, R Goel - Water Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Bacteriophages and engineered nano-material (AgNPS) interactions is a relatively
unexplored area of research. To answer the fundamental question whether bacteriophage …

Immobilization of microalgae

N Mallick - Immobilization of Enzymes and Cells: Methods and …, 2020 - Springer
Several microalgae synthesize metabolites of great commercial interest. Microalgae also act
as filters for wastewater N and P, heavy metals, and xenobiotic compounds. However, the …

Detection of lead in river water samples applying cantilever nanobiosensor

AA Rigo, AM de Cezaro, J Martinazzo, S Ballen… - Water, Air, & Soil …, 2020 - Springer
Contamination of water sources with lead has been a problem because it is a toxic heavy
metal. Detection and monitoring are important for both the environment and human health …

Advances in characterizing microbial community change and resistance upon exposure to lead contamination: Implications for ecological risk assessment

SE George, Y Wan - Critical reviews in environmental science and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Recent advancement in molecular techniques has spurred numerous studies on responses
of microorganisms to lead exposure, leveraging detailed phylogenetic analyses and …

The Transcriptomic Landscape of Cupriavidus metallidurans CH34 Acutely Exposed to Copper

L Maertens, N Leys, JY Matroule, R Van Houdt - Genes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Bacteria are increasingly used for biotechnological applications such as bioremediation,
biorecovery, bioproduction, and biosensing. The development of strains suited for such …

Bacteria poration on modified boron-doped diamond electrode surfaces induced by divalent cation chelation

MH Lin, S Mehraeen, G Cheng, C Rusinek… - … : Water Research & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
This research investigated mechanisms for biofouling control at modified boron-doped
diamond (BDD) electrode surfaces polarized at low applied potentials (eg,− 0.2 to 1 V …