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Paper-based plasmonic nanosensor monitors environmental lead pollution in real field

Journal

NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
Volume 46, Issue 17, Pages 8177-8184

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ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d2nj00541g

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  1. West Bengal Pollution Control Board [0756-1M-24/2010 (Part-II)]
  2. Deanship of Scientific Research at Umm Al-Qura University [22UQU4320545DSR09]
  3. DST-INSPIRE
  4. DST, India [INAE/121/AKF]

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We report a completely portable colorimetric prototype device for the selective monitoring of lead (Pb) pollution, mainly in air. This device relies on analyzing the colorimetric assays on paper strips by measuring the retroreflective information. Our study found that citrate-functionalized silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) embedded in cellulose paper strips can be used to monitor changes in lead concentration by measuring the LSPR bands in the blue and green regions. This research provides a low-cost field-deployable technique for environmental lead sensing, opening up new perspectives for future advancement in paper-based sensing.
The sustainable goal of technological advancement is to go from lab to site through the development of a sensitive, specific and portable sensor for pollution monitoring. Herein, we report a completely portable colorimetric prototype device for the selective monitoring of lead (Pb) pollution, mainly in air, which relies on a new aspect of analysing the colorimetric assays on paper strips by the direct measurement of the retroreflective information, other than the available tedious image analysis methods. Our indigenously developed citrate-functionalized silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) embedded in cellulose paper strips showed significant localized surface plasmonic resonance (LSPR) peaks in the blue region and with the increase in the Pb concentration, the LSPR band in the blue region decreased and a new peak appeared in the green region of the electromagnetic spectrum due to the formation of larger aggregates. The prototype device monitored these spectral changes and accordingly gave the Pb content present in the sample. In this work, we made the sample under study by the acid digestion of one of the widely present air-suspended particulates, i.e., PbO2. The prototype device is a suitable field-deployable technique for environmental Pb sensing and will open up new perspectives for future advancement in low-cost paper-based sensing.

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