Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
Volume 28, Issue 42, Pages 58994-59002Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-07865-7
Keywords
Heavy metals; Nanomaterial; Chemical synthesis; Green synthesis; Electrochemical and colorimetric analysis; Fluorescence
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- Higher Education Commission of Pakistan [6719/Sindh/NRPU/RD/HEC/HEC/2015]
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The extensive release of heavy metals poses a serious threat to human health and the environment, while nano sensors have emerged as a new technology for detecting toxic heavy metals, offering enhanced detection capabilities.
The extensive release of heavy metals into the natural water bodies has become globally prevalent from past few decades. Heavy metal toxicity is becoming a serious threat to human and the environment. Due to their prolonged half-life, potential accumulation in different parts of body, and non-biodegradability, metal ions are being obvious entities that can cause several hazardous health risks. A number of methods have been developed for the detection of heavy/toxic metals based on sensors. Among the various new technologies, chemical and optical nano sensors are emerging technology to detect toxic heavy metals. Several nano sensors have been developed using nano materials, synthesized from green or chemical methods. The nano sensors are convenient to prepare and provide enhanced limit of detection, limit of quantification, and onsite detection. This review covers the recent work reported from 2013 to 2019 for the detection of heavy metals using sensors based on nano materials synthesized by different routes. Graphical abstract
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