Metals and metalloids play fundamental roles in many physiological processes in biological
systems, but imbalance of these elements in the body may cause many diseases, such as …

The synthesis and characterization of novel cobalt (II) tetraamide benzimidazole
phthalocyanine (CoTABImPc) has been reported for the first time and applied for the …

This review describes advances in the XRF group of techniques published approximately
between April 2015 and March 2016. Fundamental contributions in the instrumentation …

Herein the sulfur/nitrogen contained groups, serving as the “hooks” for electrochemical
determination of Hg (II), were assembled on the reduced graphene oxide (hereafter SN-rGO) …

In this paper, N-doped reduced graphene oxide and MnO 2 nanocomposite (N-RGO/MnO 2)
was synthesized via hydrothermal method, which was used to modify the glass carbon …

This review demonstrates advances in XRF instrumentation, techniques and data
processing algorithms published during the last year. Pixellated detectors and EDXRF …

Given their strong affinity for the skeleton, trace elements are often stored in bones and teeth
long term. Diet, geography, health, disease, social status, activity, and occupation are some …

Confocal X-ray fluorescence imaging (CXFI) and confocal X-ray absorption spectroscopy
(CXAS) respectively enable the study of three dimensionally resolved localization and …

Millennial-scale datasets of heavy metals in biota are difficult to obtain but are important for
determining patterns and underlying drivers of toxicant concentrations. This is particularly …

This review covers publications from the second half of 2014 to the middle of 2015. Accounts
of As toxicity in Bangladesh from water supplies with naturally high concentrations of As …