Recent years have witnessed an exponential increase in the research on gold nanoparticles
(AuNPs)-based colorimetric sensors to revolutionize point-of-use sensing devices. Hence …

To achieve economical and efficient decolorization, two novel flocculants, weakly
hydrophobic comb-like chitosan-graft-poly (N, N-Dimethylacrylamide)(CSPD) and strongly …

An orthogonal strategy was utilized for synthesizing a novel water-soluble pillar [5] arene (m-
TPEWP5) with tetraphenylethene-functionalized on the bridged methylene group (meso …

The surface plasmon resonance (SPR) property of colloidal silver nanoparticles (AgNPs)
has been widely adopted for designing colourimetric assays. However, their light scattering …

The composition of seaweeds is complex, with vitamins, phenolic compounds, minerals, and
polysaccharides being some of the factions comprising their structure. The main …

This work initially reports a new nanosening method for simple, sensitive, specific, visual
detection of mercury (II)(Hg 2+) and glutathione (GSH) using the Tyndall Effect (TE) of the …

Silver metal, being a 3d transition metal in group 11 in the periodic table, is widely used in
material science for its distinguished plasmonic properties. Nanoparticles (NPs) and …

Innovative modes of response can greatly push forward chemical sensing processes and
subsequently improve sensing performance. Classical chemical sensing modes seldom …

This work reports a new methodology for naked-eye nanosensing of Hg2+ where the
Tyndall effect of gold nanoparticles (GNPs) acts as a light scattering signalling readout. Its …

Nanofiltration (NF) membranes usually exhibit poor chemical stability when treating
acidic/alkaline wastewater and using acidic or alkaline surface fouling cleaners. In this …