Wastewater quality is usually assessed using physical, chemical and microbiological tests,
which are not suitable for online monitoring, provide unreliable results, or use hazardous …

Water pollution and habitat degradation are the cause of increasing water scarcity and
decline in aquatic biodiversity. While the freshwater availability has been declining through …

Water is essential for human survival. Although approximately 71% of the world is covered in
water, only 2.5% of this is fresh water; hence, fresh water is a valuable resource that must be …

A microbial biosensor is an analytical device which integrates microorganism (s) with a
physical transducer to generate a measurable signal proportional to the concentration of …

A rapid, highly sensitive and selective detector is urgently required to detect contamination
events in recycled water systems–for example, cross-connection events in dual reticulation …

Cyclodextrins (CDs) are a family of cyclic oligosaccharides that constitute one of the most
widely used molecular hosts in supramolecular chemistry. Encapsulation in the hydrophobic …

In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in diets rich in fruits and vegetables
and this is mostly due to their presumed role in the prevention of various degenerative …

The food and drink industries need rapid and affordable methods to assure the quality of
products and process control, where the use of analytical methods such as high …

In water treatment dissolved organic matter (DOM) is typically the major sink for chemical
oxidants. The resulting changes in DOM, such as its optical properties have been measured …

Electronic nose applications in environmental monitoring are nowadays of great interest,
because of the instruments' proven capability of recognizing and discriminating between a …