Carbon dots, an emerging class within the carbon allotrope family, have gained significant
attention largely due to their versatile and tunable physico-chemical and optical properties …

A diverse range of materials (eg, metallic nanoparticles, semiconductor oxides, composites,
polymers, and MOFs) have been reported for sensing applications in water samples based …

Fluorescent nanodots have become increasingly prevalent in a wide variety of applications
with special interest in analytical and biomedical fields. The present overview focuses on …

Heavy metal ions (HMIs) have been mainly originated from natural and anthropogenic
agents. It has become one of biggest societal issues due to their recognised accumulative …

Lead (Pb) poisoning has been a scourge to the human to pose sighnificant health risks (eg,
organ disorders, carcinogenicity, and genotoxicity) as observed from many different parts of …

The abnormal concentration of the metal ions in the environment threatens the health of
Earth and human beings. At present, many methods have been employed to detect metal …

Recent advances in nanoscale science and engineering have generated nanomaterials
with unique optical properties. Over the past decade, numerous fluorescent nanoprobes …

Recent developments in biotechnology offer the new methods for the sensitive detection of
heavy metals based on the affinity and specificity of aptamers, as nucleic acid ligands …

Unique optical, electrical, and mechanical properties of continuous semiconductor helices
with nanoscale and mesoscale dimensions represent a previously unexplored materials …

Recently, it was observed that there is an increasing application of nanoparticles (NPs) in
aquaculture. Manufacturers are trying to use nano-based tools to remove the barriers about …