Plant-based gold nanoparticles; a comprehensive review of the decade-long research on synthesis, mechanistic aspects and diverse applications

T Khan, N Ullah, MA Khan, A Nadhman - Advances in colloid and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The worldwide focus on research in the field of green nanotechnology has resulted in the
environmentally and biologically safe applications of a diversity of nanomaterials …

Evolution of electrospun nanofibers fluorescent and colorimetric sensors for environmental toxicants, pH, temperature, and cancer cells–A review with insights on …

M Venkatesan, L Veeramuthu, FC Liang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Heavy metal and other toxicant detection in natural resources like water, air, soil and food is
vital for environmental safety, personal hygiene, and public health care. Abundant number of …

Progress on sensors based on nanomaterials for rapid detection of heavy metal ions

Y Liu, Y Deng, H Dong, K Liu, N He - Science China Chemistry, 2017 - Springer
The heavy metal ions, especially Cd 2+, Pb 2+ and Hg 2+, show extremely hazard to the
environment and human being. The measurement of heavy metal ions using sensors is …

Tilted fiber Bragg grating surface plasmon resonance based optical fiber cadmium ion trace detection

Z Ren, Z Huang, F Wang, J Wu, J Zhou, Z Wang… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2023 - Elsevier
A plasmonic tilted fiber Bragg grating (TFBG)-based sensor for the detection of cadmium ion
(Cd 2+) is proposed and demonstrated experimentally. The TFBG is coated with a thin gold …

Recent progress in detection of chemical and biological toxins in Water using plasmonic nanosensors

V Brahmkhatri, P Pandit, P Rananaware… - Trends in Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The supply of safe drinking water is one of the prominent challenges of the world. Water is
polluted mainly by chemical and biological toxins which can causes a serious threat to …

Monitoring of cobalt and cadmium in daily cosmetics using powder and paper optical chemosensors

A Radwan, IM El-Sewify, HMES Azzazy - ACS omega, 2022 - ACS Publications
Daily used cosmetics may contain high levels of heavy metals which are added to improve
the quality and shine of cosmetics but represent a threat to human health. In this report …

Ultratrace naked-eye colorimetric ratio assay of chromium (III) ion in aqueous solution via stimuli-responsive morphological transformation of silver nanoflakes

X Li, S Zhang, Y Dang, Z Liu, Z Zhang, D Shan… - Analytical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
In this work, we discover an effective domino-effect-based detection mechanism for the
rapid, high-selectivity, and ultrasensitive naked-eye colorimetric ratio assay of chromium (III) …

Green sensors for environmental contaminants

M El-Maghrabey, R El-Shaheny, F Belal… - Nanosensor …, 2020 - Springer
Accumulation of environmental contaminants that increased with the global amplified human
activities has many harmful adverse effects on humans, animals, and the environment …

Reusable polymer-based fluorescent sensor nanoprobe for selective detection of Cd 2+ ions in real water sources

M Karabıyık, Ö Ebil - Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Cadmium, which is classified as a highly toxic metal among all heavy metals, poses a threat
to the environment and human health, even at trace levels. In this study, for the first time in …

Electrochemical detection of gallic acid-capped gold nanoparticles using a multiwalled carbon nanotube-reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite electrode

HVS Ganesh, BR Patel, H Fini, AM Chow… - Analytical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Recently, a plethora of ecofriendly methods have been developed for the synthesis of
AuNPs using a multitude of biogenic agents. Polyphenols from plants are particularly …