Recent advances in nanotechnology-based biosensors development for detection of arsenic, lead, mercury, and cadmium

A Salek Maghsoudi, S Hassani, K Mirnia… - International Journal …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Heavy metals cause considerable environmental pollution due to their extent and non-
degradability in the environment. Analysis and trace levels of arsenic, lead, mercury, and …

DNAzyme-based biosensors for mercury (Ⅱ) detection: Rational construction, advances and perspectives

Z Cheng, J Wei, L Gu, L Zou, T Wang, L Chen… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Mercury contamination is one of the most severe issues in society due to its threats to public
health and the ecological system. However, traditional methods for mercury ion detection …

Fluorescent aptasensors: design strategies and applications in analyzing chemical contamination of food

Y Li, R Su, H Li, J Guo, N Hildebrandt… - Analytical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Caused by various factors, including planting, breeding, production, processing, packaging,
and environmental pollution, most food is inevitably contaminated at a certain degree by …

Versatile Bovine Serum Albumin as Ingenious Electron Operator-Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Biosensing for Ultrasensitive Detection of miRNA

H Jian, X Wang, J Li, L Liu, H Zeng, P Li… - Analytical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Bovine serum albumin (BSA) has been widely used in biosensors as a blocking agent.
Herein, conformist BSA was first exploited as an ingenious operator to enhance the …

Dual-recognition aptazyme-driven DNA nanomachine for two-in-one electrochemical detection of pesticides and heavy metal ions

W Wang, Y Xu, N Cheng, Y Xie, K Huang… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2020 - Elsevier
Bi-detection of chemical risks in different kinds exhibited an increasing significance for food
security considering their general concurrence and synergetic toxicity. In this study, a simple …

Recent advances on functional nucleic-acid biosensors

X Yu, S Zhang, W Guo, B Li, Y Yang, B Xie, K Li… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
In the past few decades, biosensors have been gradually developed for the rapid detection
and monitoring of human diseases. Recently, functional nucleic-acid (FNA) biosensors have …

Mass-produced flexible Br doped PEDOT modified carbon paper electrodes for constructing mercury ion photoelectrochemical sensor

L Ding, Z Dai, L Xiao, H Hong, J Wei, Y Li, N Hao… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•Br doped PEDOT modified carbon paper electrode is constructed through situ
thermal polymerization.•The photocurrent of Br doped PEDOT was enhanced due to the …

Single 3′-exonuclease-based multifragment DNA assembly method (SENAX)

VL Dao, S Chan, J Zhang, RKJ Ngo, CL Poh - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
DNA assembly is a vital process in biotechnology and synthetic biology research, during
which DNA plasmids are designed and constructed using bioparts to engineer …

The ultrathin palladium nanosheets for sensitive and visual Hg2+ detection in the food chain

L Kong, C Wang, W Yang, L Zhou, S Wei - Journal of hazardous materials, 2022 - Elsevier
The detection of mercury, one of the ten most dangerous chemicals, is significant to provide
helpful information for assessing mercury toxicity and health risks. However, it is a challenge …

Next-generation diagnostics: Augmented sensitivity in amplification-powered biosensing

M De Falco, M De Felice, F Rota, D Zappi… - TrAC Trends in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Among the ultimate requirements of biosensor technology, sensitivity, stability, and
specificity are undoubtedly crucial features to enter the market. Actually, sensitivity is a major …