About 71% of the Earth's surface is covered with water. Human beings, animals, and plants
need water in order to survive. Therefore, it is one of the most important substances that exist …

Seafood processing waste is a potentially rich source of several useful products including
chitin (Meanwell and Shama 2008), and has long been generated in large tonnages …

As a highly toxic heavy metal ion, divalent mercuric ion (Hg2+) is one of the most widely
diffused and hazardous environmental pollutants. In this work, a simple, portable, and …

The synthesis and characterization of novel cobalt (II) tetraamide benzimidazole
phthalocyanine (CoTABImPc) has been reported for the first time and applied for the …

Great efforts have been devoted to the invention of environmental sensors as the amount of
water pollution has increased in recent decades. Chitosan, cellulose and nanocrystalline …

Undoubtedly the applications of polymers are rapidly evolving. Technology is continually
changing and quickly advancing as polymers are needed to solve a variety of day-to-day …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to review the novel application of surface plasmon
resonance (SPR) in sensing heavy metal ions and the development of SPR to become an …

In this research, surface plasmon resonance (SPR) spectroscopy was used for sensing
copper ion by combining the SPR with nanocrystalline cellulose modified by …

In this study, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) was used to study chitosan–graphene
oxide (chitosan–GO) incorporated with 4-(2-pyridylazo) resorcinol (PAR) and cadmium …

The year 2004 represents a milestone for the biosensor research community: in this year,
over 1000 articles were published describing experiments performed using commercially …