
Fluorescent Sensors for the Detection of Toxic Elements and Environmentally-Related Pollutants
- 1st Edition - March 14, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Author: Tahir Rasheed
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 3 2 5 5 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 3 2 5 6 - 8
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Fluorescent Sensors for the Detection of Toxic Elements and Environmentally-Related Pollutants highlights the recent technological advancements of sensing applications for a variety of toxic elements and pollutants using small and supra-molecular materials as advanced chemical sensors. During the past decade, there has been an increasing amount of research on the detection of these pollutants due to the growing awareness of environmental contamination. This book focuses on increasing scientific and technological awareness in order to tackle pollutants arising from various industrial and biotechnological sectors.
In addition, the book discusses the most advanced industrial scale sensing materials and addresses current challenges during manufacturing and application. It will be a valuable reference source for materializing the synthesis of predesigned small and supramolecular fluorescent sensors of interest by presenting different strategies that can serve as a promising tool for researchers.
- Presents systematic approaches for detecting various chemical toxic analytes and different toxic species
- Offers modern designs for industrial scale sensing applications for various environmental pollutants
- Addresses chronological advancements of small and supra-molecular materials as advanced chemical sensors
1: Introduction Introduction and Basics of sensing Technology types of sensing materials Classification of sensors Structural design to Sensing Methodologies Conclusion References To include evaluation parameters for sensors. Mechanism and performance of these type of sensor with the fluorescent sensors will be addressed
2: Strategies to improve sensitivity and selectivity 2.1. Factors affecting the sensitivity and selectivity 2.2. Methods to improve sensitivity and selectivity 2.3. Conclusion 2.4. References
PART II: Detection of Toxic Pollutants
3: Alkali and alkaline earth Metal sensing 3.1. Effects of alkali and alkaline earth metal 3.2. Detection of alkali metals 3.3. Detection of Alkaline earth metals 3.4. Conclusion 3.5. References
4: Heavy Metals Sensing 4.1. Role of heavy metals 4.2. Sensing of d-block heavy metals 4.3. Sensing of f-block metals 4.4. Conclusion 4.5. References
5: Radio Nuclide Sensing 5.1. Introduction to radionuclides 5.2. Detection of radionuclides 5.3. Conclusion 5.4. References
6: Anion Sensing 6.1. Classification of Anions 6.2. Detection of Anions 6.3. Conclusion 6.4. References
7: Gas Sensing 7.1. Introduction to gas sensing 7.2. Materials used for gas sensing 7.3. Gas sensors 7.4. Conclusion 7.5. References
8: Volatile Organic Compound Sensing 8.1. Effects of VOCs 8.2. Detection of different VOCs 8.3. Conclusion 8.4. References
9: Nitroaromatics Sensing 9.1. Introduction to nitroaromatic based explosives 9.2. Detection of Nitroaromatics 9.3. Conclusion 9.4. References
10: Biological molecules Sensing 10.1. Classification of biomolecules 10.2. Detection of biological molecules 10.3. Conclusion 10.4. References
11: Food toxins sensing 11.1. Introduction to food Toxins 11.2. Detection of food toxins 11.3. Conclusion 11.4. References
12: Miscellaneous Species Sensing 12.1. Introduction 12.2. Detection of miscellaneous species 12.3. Conclusion 12.4. References
13: Challenges and future Prospects in fluorescent optical sensing
- Edition: 1
- Published: March 14, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
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Tahir Rasheed
Tahir Rasheed is a researcher at the Interdisciplinary Research Center for Advanced Materials, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia. His research interests focus on multiple disciplines including controllable synthesis, characterization and self-assembly of polymeric materials, polymer-based composites, nanomaterials and nanocomposites, and hybrid nanocomposites, with special emphasis on their potential applications in the field of sensing and biosensing, electrocatalysis, and the degradation and quantification of various emerging pollutants.