Heavy-metal pollution, especially Hg 2+, Pb 2+ and Cd 2+, have become a serious issue
worldwide. Exposure to even very low concentrations of these metals will threaten human …

The emerging aptamer, developed through the systematic evolution of ligands by
exponential enrichment (SELEX) process, has revolutionized and facilitated the discoveries …

All life forms have an absolute requirement for metals, as metals play critical roles in
fundamental processes, including osmotic regulation, catalysis, metabolism …

Chromogenic and fluorogenic probes may be described as the reagents that can interact
with analytes (targets) accompanied by the changes of their spectroscopic (chromogenic, or …

Exposure to even very low levels of lead, cadmium, and mercury ions is known to cause
neurological, reproductive, cardiovascular, and developmental disorders, which are more …

The development of new fluorescent turn-on probes has attracted much attention due to the
selective and sensitive detection of biologically important metal ions and their applicability in …

The demand for selection of aptamers against various small chemical molecules has
substantially increased in recent years. To incubate and separate target-specific aptamers …

Heavy metal pollution has severe threats to the ecological environment and human health.
Thus, it is urgent to achieve the rapid, selective, sensitive and portable detection of heavy …

Quantifying the amount and defining the location of metal ions in cells and organisms are
critical steps in understanding metal homeostasis and how dyshomeostasis causes or is a …

Pollution by toxic metals is a worldwide health issue, yet analytical methods to monitor
selectively metal ions in complex media are limited. Fluorescence sensing using pyrazolines …