TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry
TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry
5 years ago

Nanomaterial-based optical chemical sensors for the detection of heavy metals in water: Recent advances and challenges

Nanomaterial-based optical chemical sensors for the detection of heavy metals in water: Recent advances and challenges
The anthropogenic release of heavy metals into the natural water has become a global epidemic. Heavy metal contamination poses serious threats to human health and the environment. Therefore, the development of sensors for monitoring of these toxic metals in different matrices, especially in water, is very important. As a powerful analytical tool, nanomaterial-based chemical sensors have been extensively employed for the detection of heavy metals. These nanosensors offer several advantages including high sensitivity, selectivity, portability, on-site detection ability and improved performance of devices. Moreover, the deployment of molecular recognition probe on the nanostructures for the selective binding have enhanced the selectivity and detection ability. In this review, we critically engross on the recent progress in the design of nanomaterial-based sensors for the detection of heavy metals using various sensing strategies. The optical sensors focused and discussed in the review include fluorescent, surface enhanced Raman scattering and surface plasmon resonance sensors.

Publisher URL: www.sciencedirect.com/science

DOI: S0165993617303795

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