This is the first comprehensive review on methods and materials for use in optical sensing of
pH values and on applications of such sensors. The Review starts with an introduction that …

The interest in functional supramolecular systems for the design of innovative materials and
technologies, able to fundamentally change the world, is growing at a high pace. The huge …

Hybrid functional materials, constituting both inorganic and organic components, are
considered potential platforms for applications in extremely diverse fields such as optics …

There has been a consistent increase in output related to the development and application
of optical chemical sensors since∼ 1980. The rise of activity was linked to the major …

With the evolution of nanoscience and nanotechnology, studies have been focused on
manipulating nanoparticle properties through the control of their size, composition, and …

Research on hybrid inorganic‐organic materials has experienced an explosive growth since
the 1980s, with the expansion of soft inorganic chemistry based processes. Indeed, mild …

A general quantitative pH sensor for environmental and intracellular applications was
developed by the facile hydrothermal preparation of dicyandiamide (DCD) N-doped high …

CO-selective metals (eg, Ag) on Cu catalysts improve the selectivity of multi-carbon (C 2+)
products in electrochemical CO 2 reduction. However, the origin of the improvement remains …

Controllable integration of noble metals (eg, Au, Ag, Pt, and Pd) and metal oxides (eg, TiO2,
CeO2, and ZrO2) into single nanostructures has attracted immense research interest in …

A dual-mode colorimetric/fluorescence pH sensor was fabricated from carbon dots (CDs). It
exhibited a pH response via both fluorescence and visible colorimetric observation. The …