Electrochemical Sensor Platforms Based on Nanostructured Metal Oxides,and Zeolite‐Based Materials

Electrochemical sensors have drawn significant attention over the last couple of decades because of their ability to improve detection of organic and inorganic analytes found in the field of biotechnology, environmental sciences, medicine, and food quality control. This personal account summarizes the state‐of‐art research carried out in the construction and evaluation of nanostructured metal oxides and zeolite based electrochemical sensors. Metal oxides and zeolite‐based nanomaterials have many unique and extraordinary properties such as tunable redox activity, surface functionalization ability, optimum conductivity, large surface area, biocompatibility and so forth. In this personal account, the current advances in electrochemical sensor applications of metal oxides, zeolite‐based nanomaterials, and their nanocomposites are described for the single and simultaneous determination of organic & inorganic contaminants present in water bodies, physiological bio‐molecules present in human blood & urine samples, and organic contaminants present in food materials.Moreover, concluding section focuses discussion on the future developments and applications of these materials in various emerging technologies.     

An overview on enzyme-mimicking nanomaterials for use in electrochemical and optical assays

Various kinds of nanomaterials have been described in recent years that represent stable and low-cost alternatives to biomolecules (such as enzymes) for use in (bio)analytical methods. The materials typically include, metal/metal oxides, metal complexes, nanocomposites, porphyrins, phthalocyanines, smart polymers, and carbonaceous nanomaterials. Due to their biomimetic and other properties, such nano-materials may replace natural enzymes in chemical sensors, biosensors, and in various kinds of bioassays. This overview (with 252 references) highlights the analytical potential of such nanomaterials. It is divided into sections on (a) the types of nanomaterials according to their intrinsic nature, (b) non-enzymatic sensor designs (including electrochemical, colorimetric, fluorescent and chemiluminescent methods), and (c), applications of non-enzymatic sensors in the biomedical, environmental and food analysis fields. We finally address current challenges and future directions.

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Graphical abstract This review discusses different types of nanomaterials, which are explored as a potential biomimetic material to replace the natural enzyme in the field of biosensors, and have found widespread applications in biomedical, food and environmental analysis.

     

Recent Progress in Two-dimensional Nanomaterials Following Graphene for Improving Fire Safety of Polymer (Nano)composites

The high fire safety of polymer nanocomposites is being pursued by research institutions around the world. In addition to intrinsic flame retardancy strategy, the additive-type flame retardants have attracted increasing attention due to low commercial cost and easy fabrication craft. However, traditional additive-type flame retardants usually need high addition amount to achieve a desirable effect, which causes many side-effects on the overall performance of polymer materials, such as deteriorated mechanical property and processability. At present, two-dimensional(2 D) nanomaterials have also been applied to reduce the fire hazards of polymer(nano)composites with the coupling of barrier function and catalysis as well as carbonization effect. Even though most research work mainly focus on graphene-based flame retardants, more emerging two-dimensional nanomaterials are taking away research attention, due to their complementary and unique properties, mainly including hexagonal boron nitride(h-BN), molybdenum disulfide(MoS_2), metal organic frameworks(MOF), carbon nitride(CN),titanium carbide(MXene) and black phosphorene(BP). In this review, except for graphene, the flame retardant mechanism involving different layered nanomaterials are also reviewed. Meanwhile, the functionalization method and flame retardancy effect of different layered nanomaterials are emphatically discussed for offering an effective reference to solve the fire hazards of polymer materials. Moreover, this work objectively evaluates the practical significance of polymer/layered nanomaterials composites for industrial application.     

Advanced functional polymer nanocomposites and their use in water ultra-purification

The application of nanotechnology has become inevitable in almost all sectors such as pharmaceuticals, food and beverages, electronics, transport, etc. The continuous development in the area has led to the emergence of the polymer nanocomposites. The polymer nanocomposites due to their improved mechanical, thermal, electrical, optical, and magnetic properties are widely used in various fields and slowly they have become an integral part of our life. As the application of polymer nanocomposite is going to be inexorable in the near future, this review aims to provide some insight on the need for the polymer nanocomposites, their basic classification, and their manufacturing methods. The study also outlines the analyses that are required to characterize the polymer nanocomposites. Further, the study discusses the existing application of polymer nanocomposites in various fields. As the polymer nanocomposites are going to play a major role in the field of waste water treatment for the years to come, the study has also attempted to shed some light on the application of nanocomposites in water purification.     

分子印迹表面等离子共振传感器在食品安全检测中的最新研究进展

分子印迹聚合物具有空间结构选择性高、稳定性好和制备过程简单等特点,结合表面等离子共振传感器,可用于分子间相互作用和结合特性的研究。随着石墨烯、量子点等纳米材料的出现和广泛应用,基于分子印迹技术的表面等离子共振传感器的灵敏度获得了改善,促进了该技术在食品安全检测领域的快速发展。该文基于分子印迹技术简要介绍了表面等离子共振传感器芯片的制备技术、分析体系及其优点,重点分析了国内外将分子印迹-表面等离子共振传感器用于食品安全检测的最新研究成果,阐释了分子印迹-表面等离子共振技术的优势,并展望了该技术在食品安全分析领域的发展趋势。     

Advantages of Carbon Nanomaterials in Electrochemical Aptasensors for Food Analysis

Electrochemical aptasensors appear as promising tools in food analysis, able to provide sensitive, fast and cost‐effective analysis, with the added advantage of portability. Carbon nanomaterials and in particular carbon nanotubes and graphene are among the nanomaterials most often used to build electrochemical aptasensors due to their good electrical conductivity, large surface area and multiple functionalisation possibilities. This review aims to give an overview of the types of carbon nanomaterials and their composites which have been used to enhance the performance of electrochemical aptasensors. Examples are detailed for the biosensors which were tested with real food samples. In these aptasensors, carbon nanomaterials have played different roles, from facilitating the immobilization of high amounts of aptamer and enhancing the electroactive area of the sensors to roles as nanocarrier for signaling probes in amplification schemes or even as electroactive probes generating the output signal. The survey of recent literature shows a positive evolution towards increased aptasensor testing with food samples. However, many challenges remain related to the better characterization of nanomaterials used, clarifying the roles of specific components in multi‐component nanocomposites and widening the types of food matrices and analytes tested with the aptasensors. Although we are still far from knowing when these novel tools will replace classic analytical methods in food analysis, carbon nanomaterials will certainly continue to play an important role in the design of future electrochemical aptasensors for food analysis.     

Electroanalytical methods based on bimetallic nanomaterials for determination of pesticides: Past,present, and future

The excessive use of pesticides in agricultural or non-agricultural fields causes the emergence of environmental and human health problems. Therefore, there is a need to develop simple, fast, sensitive, selective, and low-cost methods for analyzing pesticides from different matrices. Although many analysis methods have been developed to determine pesticides, nanomaterial-based electroanalytical methods offer numerous advantages such as rapid and low cost of analysis, low sample volume requirement, field deployability, and miniaturization to improve the performance of the developed methods. Among different nanomaterials, bimetallic nanomaterials such as gold, platinum, palladium, nickel, and iron-based nanomaterials in combination with other metals have been extensively used as electrode modification agents due to their electrocatalytic characteristics and the synergistic effect of two metals. In this review, firstly, the basic information of pesticides and bimetallic nanomaterials was summarized. Properties, synthesize, and architectures of bimetallic nanomaterials and their nanocomposites were explained in detail. Current applications and utilization of bimetallic nanomaterials for pesticides detection were reviewed by selected studies with working range, the limit of detection, sensitivity, analytical application, and some experimental conditions. In conclusion, the current challenges and future trends for analyzing pesticides based on electroanalytical methods combined with bimetallic nanomaterials were highlighted.     

基于功能性纳米材料的新型电化学界面的构筑以及相关应用(英文)

由于独特的光、电、磁以及催化性质,功能性纳米材料的研究已经渗透到各个学科并在不同领域展示出潜在的应用前景,尤其是利用纳米材料构建功能性电极界面、研究其电化学行为并发展新颖的电化学纳米器件引起了了人们的广泛关注. 本篇综述中,主要介绍作者研究小组在以功能性纳米材料构建新颖的电化学界面的最新进展,集中关注其在电化学传感器、燃料电池以及光谱电化学中的应用. 这些纳米材料的应用极大地增强了电子转移、提高了电化学传感器的灵敏度以及燃料电池的催化效率. 作者也通过合成一些光谱匹配的荧光以及电致变色纳米材料构建新颖的荧光光谱电化学器件,同时在材料的合成组装、多重刺激响应体系以及多功能化进行探索. 最后,作者对这类基于纳米材料的电化学器件的发展和应用予以展望.     

Green Carbon Materials for the Analysis of Environmental Pollutants

Green carbon materials (GCMs) have attracted great attention as they have unique mechanical, optical, and electrical properties that make them suitable for the development of the next generation of miniature, low-power, and mobile sensors. In this review paper, an attempt has been made to explore green carbon materials where their synthesis methods, conjugation with other types of nanomaterials to form nanocomposites, thus combining different properties into one single novel material, and environmental analysis applications are detailed. Green carbon materials have great significance in the analysis of environmental pollutants because they increase the effective area of an electrode, improve the rate of electron transfer between the analytes and the electrode, and help in catalysis, which in turn increases the efficacy of an electrochemical reaction, absorption, detection, and elimination. Moreover, functionalized green carbon materials when used in sensors for fast, economic environmental pollutant analysis are found to be highly sensitive to monitoring heavy metals and other polluting impurities in air, water sources, soils, etc. This review covers research and advancements in a broad span from 2013 to 2021, and some of the leading and fascinating research articles from the early years of the century have also been incorporated.     

新型量子点基分子印迹荧光传感器在快速检测中的应用

作为一种新型荧光纳米材料,量子点具有十分优异的光学特性,是分析化学、生物科学、医学等领域研究的热点标记材料。分子印迹聚合物是能够进行特异性识别和选择性吸附的“仿生”材料,它易于制备且具有较好的重现性和稳定性,因而分子印迹技术已成为具有广阔应用前景的识别技术。量子点基分子印迹荧光传感器结合了量子点和分子印迹技术的优势,由于其高选择性和高灵敏度,在环境监测、食品检测、生物分析等领域得到快速发展。但该传感器在应用中也还存在亲水性不足、识别单一、便携性不足等问题。该文引用了近5年来发表在American Chemical Society、Elsevier等数据库约20篇相关文献,对量子点基分子印迹荧光传感器的构建及该传感器在快速检测分析痕量物质中的应用进展进行了综述。首先根据荧光光谱图中发射峰个数的不同分别介绍了3种量子点基分子印迹荧光传感器的类型及相关识别机理,其次根据待测物的不同归纳介绍了近五年来该传感器在离子、有机小分子、生物大分子等检测分析中的最新研究进展,最后对当前该传感器在制备及应用中仍存在的问题进行了总结并对其发展趋势进行了展望。     

Trends in the sample preparation and analysis of nanomaterials as environmental contaminants

Much research on the use of nanomaterials in different applications is being conducted in areas such as water treatment, catalysis, oil processing, medicine, food, sensors, energy storage, building materials, constructions, and others. Nanoparticles are ultra-small particles with exceptional properties, but some nanoparticles and nanomaterials may exhibit harmful properties when leaked into the environment. Due to the lack of analytical methods for the detection and analysis of nanoparticles in complex matrices, not much is known about the potential risks associated with nanomaterials. Therefore, more knowledge is needed of the sampling and analysis of nanomaterials (NMs) as environmental contaminants. This review is undertaken to identify and assess key characteristics in potential sampling and analysis methods for identifying and quantifying the occurrence of NMs in numerous types of environmental media. To select suitable sampling and analysis methods, information on NM sources and transformation in environmental media is essential and thus is also discussed. This provides more information about the negative impacts of NMs on the environment. Challenges and future perspectives on the determination of NMs are also discussed.     

Electroconductive Green Metal-polyaniline Nanocomposites: Synthesis and Application in Sensors

Polyaniline (PANI) is one of the most extensively used conducting polymer due to its fascinating properties including conducting, thermal, optical, magnetic and electrochemical properties, simple synthesis procedure and low cost of monomer. It has attracted major attention in a variety of applications including electrochemical sensors, catalysts, supercapacitors and biosensors. However, its limitations such as insolubility in common solvents, low process-ability and poor mechanical properties have led to the development of new approaches to improve it properties. Metal nanoparticles (MNPs) such as silver, gold, copper and palladium have been combined with PANI to improve on its properties which has led to a new class of materials known as metal/PANI nanocomposites. These hybrid nanocomposites incorporate advantages of both MNPs and polymers which effectively improves the properties of the individual materials. Various synthesis techniques including in situ polymerization, ɤ-radiolysis, electrodeposition, complexation, vacuum deposition and interfacial polymerization have been used in the formation of metal/PANI nanocomposites. These nanocomposites have been used in various sensor and biosensor applications due to their excellent conductivity, ease of synthesis, excellent redox potentials, chemical and thermal stability. This review highlights the various metal/PANI nanocomposites, their various synthesis techniques and their application in sensors and biosensors. The importance of these nanocomposites in sensing and signaling various toxic heavy metals such as mercury, lead and silver and toxic gases such as hydrogen sulphide, ammonia and chloroform has been discussed. In addition the review covers the applications of metal/PANI nanocomposites in biosensor systems for the detection of glucose, DNA, protein, cholesterol, drugs and hydrogen peroxide.     

手性荧光传感器的研究进展

随着手性化合物在制药、不对称合成、生物科学及临床医学等领域应用的增长,迫切需要发展一种快速、灵敏的对映异构体检测技术。手性荧光传感器引起了人们的高度关注。近年来,发展了很多手性荧光传感器并对手性化合物表现出较高的选择性和灵敏度。该文综述了以1,1'-联-2-萘酚衍生物、杯芳烃衍生物、高分子聚合物、纳米材料、金属有机多孔材料为骨架的手性荧光传感器,总结了其在手性化合物识别中的应用,并展望了手性荧光传感器的发展方向。     

Recent development in chitosan nanocomposites for surface‐based biosensor applications

Recent years have witnessed ever expanding use of biosensors in the fields of environmental monitoring, homeland security, pharmaceutical, food and bioprocessing, and agricultural industries. To produce effective and reliable biosensors, good quality immobilization of biological recognition elements is critical. Chitosan and its nanocomposites emerge as an excellent immobilization matrix on biosensor surface. As a natural polysaccharide, chitosan has many useful characteristics, such as high permeability and mechanical strength, biocompatibility and non‐toxicity, availability, and low cost. Due to the presence of amino and hydroxyl groups on chitosan, chitosan can easily crosslink with a variety of nanomaterials. This investigation of chitosan nanocomposite‐based biosensors presents recent development and innovations in the preparation of chitosan nanocomposites in coordination with biosensors for various bio‐detection applications, including chitosan nanocomposites formed with carbon nanomaterials, various inorganic and biological complexes. These chitosan nanocomposite based biosensors have demonstrated good sensitivity selectivity and stability for the detection of different types of targets ranging from glucose, proteins, DNAs, small biomolecules to bacteria. It is in our hope that this review will offer guidance for the development of novel biosensors and open up opportunities in the field of biosensor research.     

Recent Advances in Nanomaterial Probes for Optical Biothiol Sensing: A Review

The determination of biological aminothiols (mainly cysteine, homocysteine, and glutathione) is an important tool in the clinical diagnosis of many disorders and diseases. Therefore, the development of new chemical sensors and probes has attracted considerable attention. Nanomaterials have a profound role in this endeavor since they offer some unique advantages such as lower cost, faster analysis times, and ease of operation compared to classic instrumental techniques such as liquid chromatography and capillary electrophoresis. In this review, we provide a focused outline on the most recent evolvements in optical biothiol sensing using nanomaterials. The most important reaction mechanisms and detection strategies are summarized and compared in terms of their sensitivity and selectivity against various biothiol species. Critical fields for future research and challenges are discussed and elucidated.     

以实践应用为导向的石墨烯非共价功能化

石墨烯的湿法化学修饰,主要包括共价及非共价两种,是目前广泛采用的宏量功能化策略,亦是解决其易团聚充分发挥纳米性能的重要修饰方法。 非共价功能化因可同时保持原有及引入物质的物化性质,并可充分发挥协同作用,近年来已受到比共价修饰更多的研究关注,并已在生物科学与技术、可持续能源储存及转化、医疗和复合材料等诸多领域得到了广泛的应用。在这里,我们精心遴选了近三年的文献,综述了以应用为导向的石墨烯非共价功能化的构建策略,期望文中涉及的湿法组装策略能为进一步构建性能提升的新材料提供参考。     

Preparation,Bioactivities and Applications in Food Industry of Chitosan-Based Maillard Products: A Review

Chitosan, a biopolymer possessing numerous interesting bioactivities and excellent technological properties, has received great attention from scientists in different fields including the food industry, pharmacy, medicine, and environmental fields. A series of recent studies have reported exciting results about improvement of the properties of chitosan using the Maillard reaction. However, there is a lack of a systemic review about the preparation, bioactivities and applications in food industry of chitosan-based Maillard reaction products (CMRPs). The presence of free amino groups in chitosan allows it to acquire some stronger or new functional properties via the Maillard reaction. The present review aims to focus on the current research status of synthesis, optimization and structural identification of CMRPs. The applications of CMRPs in the food industry are also discussed according to their biological and technological properties such as antioxidant, antimicrobial activities and inducing conformational changes of allergens in food. Some promising directions for future research are proposed in this review, aiming to provide theoretical guidance for the further development of chitosan and its derivatives.     

Smart nano-architectures as potential sensing tools for detecting heavy metal ions in aqueous matrices

The discharge of heavy metal ions into water resources as a result of human activities has become a global issue. Contamination with heavy metal ions poses a major threat to the environment and human health. Therefore, there is a dire need to probe the presence of heavy metal ions in a more selective, facile, quick, cost-effective and sensitive way. Conventional sensors are being utilized to sense heavy metal ions; however, various challenges and limitations like interference, overlapping of oxidation potential, selectivity and sensitivity are associated with them that limit their in-field applicability. Hence, nanomaterial based chemical sensors have emerged as an alternative substitute and are extensively employed for the detection of heavy metal ions as a potent analytical tool. The incorporation of nanomaterials in sensors increases their sensitivity, selectivity, portability, on-site detection capability and device performance. Nanomaterial based electrodes exhibit enhanced performance because surface of electrode at nano-scale level offers high catalytic potential, large active surface area and high conductivity. Therefore, this review addresses the recent progress on chemical sensors based on different nanomaterials such as carbon nanotubes (CNTs), metal nanoparticles, graphene, carbon quantum dots and nanocomposites for sensing heavy metals ions using different sensing approaches. Furthermore, various types of optical sensors such as fluorescence, luminescence and colorimetry sensors have been presented in detail.     

Sensing nanomaterials of wearable glucose sensors

The metabolic disorder of glucose in human body will cause diseases such as diabetes and hyperglycemia.Hence the determination of glucose content is very important in clinic diagnosing.In recent years,researchers have proposed various non-invasive wearable sensors for rapid and real-time glucose monitoring from human body fluids.Unlike those reviews which discussed performances,detection environments or substrates of the wearable glucose sensor,this review focuses on the sensing nanomaterials since they are the key elements of most wearable glucose sensors.The sensing nanomaterials such as carbon,metals,and conductive polymers are summarized in detail.And also the structural characteristics of different sensing nanomaterials and the corresponding wearable glucose sensors are highlighted.Finally,we prospect the future development requirements of sensing nanomaterials for wearable glucose sensors.This review would give some insights to the further development of wearable glucose sensors and the modern medical treatment.     

适配体传感器检测凝血酶的研究进展

适配体是通过指数富集配体系统进化技术(SELEX)筛选得到的,能与多种目标物质高特异性、高选择性结合的寡核苷酸序列.适配体因合成简单、稳定性高、设计多样化、修饰方便、成本低等优点被用作为识别探针,并与不同的转导技术相结合,构建了多种类型的适配体传感器,并借助纳米材料独特的光、电特性,提高适配体传感器的性能.凝血酶是一种...