Nanosensor Technologies for Environmental Monitoring

Advanced materials and nanotechnology is a promising, emerging field involving the use of nanoparticles to facilitate the detection of various physical and chemical parameters, including temperature, humidity, pH, metal ion, anion, small organic or inorganic molecules, gases, and biomolecules responsible for environmental issues that can lead to diseases like cancer, diabetes, osteoarthritis, bacterial infections, and brain, retinal, and cardiovascular diseases. By monitoring environmental samples and detecting these environmental issues, advanced nanotechnology in this type of sensory technology is able to improve daily quality of life.

Although these sensors are commercially available for the detection of monovalent cations, anions, gases, volatile organic molecules, heavy metal ions, and toxic metal ions, many existing models require significant power and lack advanced technology for more quality selectivity and sensitivity. There is room in these sensors to optimize their selectivity, reversibility, on/off ratio, response time, and their environmental stability in real-world operating conditions.

This book explores the methods for the development and design of environmentally-friendly, simple, reliable, and cost effective electrochemical nanosensors using powerful nanostructured materials. More specifically, it highlights the use of various electrochemical-based biosensor sensors involved in the detection of monovalent cations, anions, gases, volatile organic molecules, heavy metal ions, and toxic metal ions, with the ultimate goal of seeing these technologies reach market.

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Inamuddin, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Chemistry Department, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and is also an assistant professor in the Department of Applied Chemistry, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India. He has extensive research experience in multidisciplinary fields of analytical chemistry, materials chemistry, electrochemistry, renewable energy and environmental science. He has published about 150 research articles in various international scientific journals, 18 book chapters, and 83 edited books with multiple well-known publishers. His current research interests include ion exchange materials, a sensor for heavy metal ions, biofuel cells, supercapacitors and bending actuators.

Abdullah M. Asiri is the Head of the Chemistry Department at King Abdulaziz University and the founder and Director of the Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research (CEAMR). He is placed on list of prestigious highly cited (Hi-Ci) researchers' of the year 2018 powered by Web of Science. He serves on the editorial boards of multiple scientific journals and is the Vice President of the Saudi Chemical Society (Western Province Branch). He holds multiple patents, has authored many books, more than one thousand publications in international journals, and multiple book chapters.

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Preface
Chapter 1: Recent Advances in Electrochemical Sensor and Biosensors for Environmental ContaminantsWei-Wei Zhao, Nanjing University, China
Chapter 2: Research Insights on the Development of BiosensorsMohan Kumar A., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kongu Engineering College, India
Chapter 3: Toxic Gas Sensors and BiosensorsUmesh Arun Fegade, Bhusawal Arts Science and P.O. Nahata Commerce College, India
Chapter 4: Biosensors Used for Monitoring Environmental ContaminantsNaveen Patel, Department of Civil Engineering, NIT, Agartala, India
Chapter 5: Screen Printed Electrochemical Sensors for Environmental ContaminantsVinu Mohan A.M., Electrodics & Electrocatalysis Division, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, India
Chapter 6: Sensors and Biosensors for Environmental ContaminantsHeba M. Mohamed, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Egypt
Chapter 7: Green Synthesis of (Nano)Materials for (Bio)SensingJose Maria Palacios-Santander, Institute of Research on ElectronMicroscopy and Materials (IMEYMAT), Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Cadiz, Spain
Chapter 8: Green Synthesis of Plasmonic Metal Nanoparticles and Their Application of Environmental ContaminantsAli Mehdinia, Iran
Chapter 9: Ionic Liquids Modified Sensors and Biosensors for Detection of Environmental ContaminantsAbdur Rahim, Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Biomedical Materials (IRCBM), COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan
Chapter 10: Nano-Biosensors for Detection of Phenolic CompoundsFethi Achi, Kasdi Merbah University, Algeria
Chapter 11: Noble Metal: Metal Oxide Hybrid Nanoparticles for SERS-Based SensorsNeena S. John, Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences, India
Chapter 12: Molecularly Imprinted Nanosensors for Microbial Contaminants
Neslihan Idil, Turkey
Chapter 13: Nanomaterials as Toxic Gas Sensors and BiosensorsMichael Kobina Danquah, Chemical Engineering Department, University of Tennessee, USA
Chapter 14: Flexible Substrate-Based Sensors in Healthcare and Biosensing ApplicationsRashmi Madhuri, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines, India
Chapter 15: Lab-On-A-Chip Devises for Water Quality MonitoringPrabhakar Sivaraman, Department of Chemical Engineering, SRM IST, India
Chapter 16: Advanced Nanostructure-Based Electrochemical Sensors for Pharmaceutical Drug DetectionRazium Ali Soomro, Iran
Chapter 17: Green Sensors for Environmental ContaminantsMahmoud Hamed El-Maghrabey, Department of Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry, Mansoura University, Egypt
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