Detection of heavy metal ions has drawn significant attention in environmental and food
area due to their threats to the human health and ecosystem. Colorimetry is one of the most …

Because of the high catalytic activities and substrate specificity, natural enzymes have been
widely used in industrial, medical, and biological fields, etc. Although promising, they often …

The noble metal nanoparticle has been widely utilized as a plasmonic unit to enhance
biosensors, by leveraging its electric and/or optical properties. Integrated with the “flexible” …

The demand for portable and wearable chemical or biosensors and their expeditious
development in recent years has created a scientific challenge in terms of their continuous …

A rapid increase in world population is leading to the rise in global demand of food and
agriculture (agri) products. Nanotechnology and its applications have emerged as one of the …

G-Quadruplexes attract growing interest as functional constituents in biology, chemistry,
nanotechnology, and material science. In particular, the reversible dynamic reconfiguration …

With air pollution increasing around 75% in the past 30 years, 80% of the globe's wasted
water flowing into Earth's oceans and rivers untreated, and more than 22 million hectares of …

Functionalization of gold nanoparticles is crucial for the effective utilization of these materials
in health-related applications. Health-related applications of gold nanoparticles rely on the …

The rapid advancement of nanotechnology has provided opportunities for the development
of new sensing and food packaging solutions, addressing long-standing challenges in the …

Gold is a precious metal with a characteristic bright and beautiful hue known as the golden
yellow color.(1) As of 2012, a total of 174,100 tons of Au has been mined in human history …