Clean water through nanotechnology: needs, gaps, and fulfillment

A Nagar, T Pradeep - ACS nano, 2020 - ACS Publications
Sustainable nanotechnology has made substantial contributions in providing contaminant-
free water to humanity. In this Review, we present the compelling need for providing access …

Synthesis of metal nanoclusters and their application in Hg2+ ions detection: a review

G Panthi, M Park - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Mercuric (Hg 2+) ions released from human activities, natural phenomena, and
industrial sources are regarded as the global pollutant of world's water. Hg 2+ ions …

Nanocellulose for sensing applications

LH Nguyen, S Naficy, R Chandrawati… - Advanced Materials …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Nanocellulose market is estimated to be worth $660 million by 2023. Rapid advances in
nanotechnology and material sciences have facilitated investigation of nanocellulose, giving …

Recent insights into functionalized electrospun nanofibrous films for chemo-/bio-sensors

T Yang, L Zhan, CZ Huang - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
Because of increasing demands for point-of-care chemo-/bio-sensor in analytical sciences,
films-based sensing platforms experience a great upsurge. Electrospinning is recognized as …

Confining an Ag10 Core in an Ag12 Shell: A Four-Electron Superatom with Enhanced Photoluminescence upon Crystallization

E Khatun, M Bodiuzzaman, KS Sugi, P Chakraborty… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
We introduce a cluster coprotected by thiol and diphosphine ligands,[Ag22 (dppe) 4 (2, 5-
DMBT) 12Cl4] 2+(dppe= 1, 2-bis (diphenylphosphino) ethane; 2, 5-DMBT= 2, 5 …

Diffusion-controlled simultaneous sensing and scavenging of heavy metal ions in water using atomically precise cluster–cellulose nanocrystal composites

N Mohammed, A Baidya, V Murugesan… - ACS Sustainable …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Development of a system that can simultaneously sense and scavenge toxic heavy metal
ions at low concentrations is an ideal solution for in situ monitoring and purification of …

Application trends of nanofibers in analytical chemistry

BT Zhang, H Liu, Y Liu, Y Teng - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
Nanofibers are solid fibers with diameters ranging from a few to hundreds of nanometers
and lengths up to several meters. Nanofibers can offer many attractive properties, such as …

Metal nanocluster‐based devices: Challenges and opportunities: Nanoscience: Special Issue Dedicated to Professor Paul S. Weiss

L Chen, A Black, WJ Parak, C Klinke… - Aggregate, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Atomically precise nanoclusters (NCs) with fascinating physicochemical characteristics
different from their nanoparticles (NPs) counterparts have gained increasing attention in …

Direct versus ligand-exchange synthesis of [PtAg 28 (BDT) 12 (TPP) 4] 4− nanoclusters: effect of a single-atom dopant on the optoelectronic and chemical properties

MS Bootharaju, SM Kozlov, Z Cao, M Harb, MR Parida… - Nanoscale, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Heteroatom do** of atomically precise nanoclusters (NCs) often yields a mixture of doped
and undoped products of single-atom difference, whose separation is extremely difficult. To …

Sensitive fluorescence sensor for point-of-care detection of trypsin using glutathione-stabilized gold nanoclusters

H Li, M Yang, D Kong, R **, X Zhao, F Liu… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2019 - Elsevier
There is an urgent demand for on-site detection of biomarker, particularly in clinical
diagnosis and therapeutics applications. Herein, we designed a convenient and sensitive …