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  • Sensing Heavy Metals Using Mesoporous-Based Optical Chemical Sensors [Elektronski vir]
    Korent Urek, Špela ...
    Heavymetal pollution is one of themore serious environmental problems; therefore, there is a constant demand for the development of new analytical tools for its monitoring. An optical chemical sensor ... represents a good alternative to classical instrumental methods.The mesoporous materials used in optical chemical sensorsʼ fabrications have properties such as high porosity, exceptional adsorption capacity, tuneable 3D shape, geometry, and morphology, which enable improved limit of detection, response time, and selectivity properties of optical sensors. In this review, we firstly present the properties of mesoporous materials, provide a brief description of sensing mechanisms, and briefly discuss the importance of continuous monitoring. Recent advances in those mesoporous silica-based optical sensors used for heavy metal detection have been reported and their advantages and limitations also discussed. This review covers publications that have appeared since 2008.
    Source: Journal of Nanomaterials [Elektronski vir]. - ISSN 1687-4129 (Vol. 2013, art. no. 501320, 2013, str. 1-13)
    Type of material - e-article
    Publish date - 2013
    Language - english
    COBISS.SI-ID - 17425430