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{"title":"Nanomaterial decorated electrodes in flow-through electrochemical sensing of environmental pollutants: A critical review","authors":"Ali Sahragard ,&nbsp;Pakorn Varanusupakul ,&nbsp;Manuel Miró","doi":"10.1016/j.teac.2023.e00208","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.teac.2023.e00208","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The current state-of-the-art of nanomaterial-based electrochemical sensors in flow injection (NBES-FI) platforms for in-line determination of environmental pollutants (since 2013 to mid-2023) is herein critically reviewed. The synergistic effects of FI platforms and nanomaterial-based modifiers, such as metal nanoparticles and carbon-based nanomaterials, for minimizing electrode fouling, alleviating overpotential, and boosting the overall figures of merit are discussed in detail. The role of experimental parameters including (i) the electrode nature, shape, design and configuration, (ii) the synthetic routes of (nano)materials, and (iii) the electrochemical detection technique on the analytical performance of NBES-FI is thoroughly evaluated. Current challenges and needs for real-world exploitation of NBES-FI in environmental settings are outlined along with perspectives for the integration of NBES-FI with microextraction approaches and the exploitation of 3D printing technology for fabrication of customized fluidic platforms.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56032,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry","volume":"39 ","pages":"Article e00208"},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47579797","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Insights of nanomaterials integrated analytical approaches for detection of plant hormones in agricultural and environmental samples","authors":"Juhi Bhadresh Raval ,&nbsp;Vaibhavkumar N. Mehta ,&nbsp;Rakesh Kumar Singhal ,&nbsp;Hirakendu Basu ,&nbsp;Sanjay Jha ,&nbsp;Suresh Kumar Kailasa","doi":"10.1016/j.teac.2023.e00205","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.teac.2023.e00205","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>Hormones are an important class of biomolecules as they regulate the physiological responses in the living organisms. Recently, nanomaterials-based biosensors have been widely researched due to their outstanding merits like stabilty, selectivity, biocompatibility, facile synthetic approach, and cost-effectiveness. In this review, we cover in detail the recent advancements of nanomaterials<span> (carbon dots, carbon nanotubes, </span></span>metal nanoparticles<span>, metal oxides, metal-organic frameworks, metal nanoclusters<span> and quantum dots) in electrochemcial, colorimetric and fluorescence sensing of plant hormones. This review also provides a brief outline on the classificaiton of phytohormones and the sample preparation appraoches for the extraction of phytohormones prior to their identification by various analytical techniques. This review will focus on the selected research papers on nanomaterials as electrochemical, colorimetric and fluorescent sensors for the plant hormones detection from the last twelve years (i.e., 2011 −2023). Nanomaterials integrated analytical techniques (electrochemcial, colorimetric and fluorescence) offer to detect plat hormones with lower detection limits (fM to µM and ng/mL to pg/mL). Importantly, nanomaterials integrated analytical strategies have been successfully detected plant hormones with minimal volumes and sample preparations. The various advantages and limitations of techniques have been also overviewed. The challenges and future perspectives of nanomaterials-based electro- and optical sensors for the analysis of plant hormones are discussed in detail.</span></span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":56032,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry","volume":"39 ","pages":"Article e00205"},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47589956","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Surface engineering of MXene quantum dots for the designing of optical metal sensors","authors":"Imtiaz Ahmad ,&nbsp;Yanuardi Raharjo ,&nbsp;Ateeqa Batool ,&nbsp;Ayesha Zakir ,&nbsp;Hirra Manzoor ,&nbsp;Aqsa Arooj ,&nbsp;Jaweria Khalid ,&nbsp;Nisar Ali ,&nbsp;Kashif Rasool","doi":"10.1016/j.teac.2023.e00210","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.teac.2023.e00210","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>One of the newly developed two-dimensional (2D) materials, MXenes Quantum dots (MQDs) has become a hot topic in materials science over the past ten years. Their potential in fluorescent sensing applications has also gained a lot of attention after the recognition of their distinctive features.</p></div><div><h3>Aim of review</h3><p>The review signifies the understanding of the synthesis, mechanism, and surface engineering of MQDs for their application as fluorescence sensors.</p></div><div><h3>Findings</h3><p><span><span>The MQDs are prepared by simple top-bottom, bottom-up, and advanced microwave approaches. The mechanism is based on quenching which involves Forster Resonance Energy Transfer<span> (FRET), Inner Filter Effect (IFE), or Photo Induced Electron Transfer (PET) in a broad range of sensing applications. However, sometimes a new analyte is added to recover the fluorescence quenching. Doping with a </span></span>heteroatom<span> (N, P, S or metal atoms) and co-doping (N-P, N-S, N-, Pt, etc.) has been frequently used to overcome the drawbacks of MQDs such as aggregation, oxidation, and low quantum yield. MQDs modification can be realized by covalent bonding, aryl diazonium </span></span>chemistry<span><span>, or non-covalent interactions. Moreover, surface defects are removed to enhance the </span>Photoluminescence<span><span> Quantum Yield (PLQY) by passivation. However, overcoming the challenges of MQDs synthesis restricted to Ti, detail sensing </span>mechanistic study<span>, and advancement in surface engineering (modification and passivation) could lead to future highly efficient and vast MQDs sensors applications.</span></span></span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":56032,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry","volume":"39 ","pages":"Article e00210"},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49343624","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Unraveling the chemistry of ionic liquid mediated carbon dots as sensing probe – A review","authors":"Hafiz Muhammad Junaid ,&nbsp;Shahid Munir ,&nbsp;Madeeha Batool","doi":"10.1016/j.teac.2023.e00214","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.teac.2023.e00214","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>Ionic liquid<span> mediated carbon dots<span> (IL-CDs) are being emerged as new sensing probe for the detection of various chemical entities. Their unique features i.e. physical, chemical and optical properties along with their eco-friendly nature are the main sources of attraction for researchers. The induction of ionic moieties in addition to their naturally existing surface functionalities such as ―OH, ―COOH, ―NH</span></span></span>₂<span> on CDs make them a good option for sensing applications. This review focuses on a systematic literature related to the employment of IL-CDs as sensing probes for various chemical species. Moreover, IL-CDs have been critically evaluated compared to ordinary CDs in terms of structural difference, versatility in mode of sensing, types of entities being sensed and performance efficiency to highlight the spaces which have to address in near future.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":56032,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry","volume":"40 ","pages":"Article e00214"},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2023-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47956961","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Fluorescent nanosensors based on green carbon dots (CDs) and molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) for environmental pollutants: Emerging trends and future prospects","authors":"Rüstem Keçili ,&nbsp;Chaudhery Ghazanfar Hussain ,&nbsp;Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain","doi":"10.1016/j.teac.2023.e00213","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.teac.2023.e00213","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>Extraordinary features of carbon dots<span> (CDs) including their biocompatibility, water solubility, stability, tunability, low cost and scalability make them as promising nanomaterials for a number of application areas such as fluorescent </span></span>nanosensors<span>. Combination of these superiorities with the advantages of molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) such as high affinity, selectivity, robustness and reusability provides the development of novel fluorescent nanosensors with enhanced sensitivity and selectivity towards the target compounds. This paper provides an overview of green approaches for the synthesis of CDs, integration of CDs with MIPs and recent developments on the design and construction of sensitive green CDs/MIPs-based fluorescent nanosensors for the detection of various pollutants (i.e. antibiotics, pesticides, heavy metals and explosive compounds etc.) in environmental samples.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":56032,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry","volume":"40 ","pages":"Article e00213"},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2023-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48861558","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Environmental petroleomics – Application of ultrahigh-resolution mass spectrometry for molecular-level understanding of the fate of spilled oils","authors":"Thamina Acter ,&nbsp;Seungwoo Son ,&nbsp;Donghwi Kim ,&nbsp;Un Hyuk Yim ,&nbsp;Mark P. Barrow ,&nbsp;Quan Shi ,&nbsp;Nizam Uddin ,&nbsp;Sunghwan Kim","doi":"10.1016/j.teac.2023.e00212","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.teac.2023.e00212","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span><span>Molecular-level investigation of crude oil has become an essential part of oil spill research, It facilitates the assessment of oil behavior, fate, impacts, as well as the evaluation of oil spill origins, toxic substances, and the effect of such incidents. Notable oil spill incidents, such as the Deepwater Horizon, have emphasized the need for molecular-level information on spilled oil to evaluate and monitor environmental damage. In this study, the term 'Environmental Petroleomics' is defined. During the weathering of spilled oil, various effects can alter the oil's chemical composition, including evaporation, dispersion, photo-oxidation, and </span>microbial degradation. The major toxic compounds in the spilled oil are </span>aromatic compounds, followed by polar oxygenated aromatic compounds. Although gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) is an effective approach for compositional analysis of crude oil, it falls short in its ability to separate individual compounds in the weathered oil. This is particularly challenging when dealing with weathered oil enriched with polar oxygen- and sulfur-containing compounds that emerge during the weathering process . Ultra-high-resolution mass spectrometry (UHR-MS) has played a key role in the development of Environmental Petroleomics, proving effective in characterizing various polar species. This review explores the application of ultra-high-resolution mass spectrometry for oil spill research. The study concludes that the toxicity of weathered crude oils results from the photo-oxidation of crude oil molecules into highly oxygenated, water-soluble species. Prospective research in environmental petroleomics concerning the analysis of oil spills may direct its attention towards innovating novel methodologies. These could encompass high-resolution imaging of oil spills, time-resolved analysis of spill dynamics, integration of ultra-high-resolution mass spectrometry (UHR-MS) with complementary techniques, and the utilization of UHR-MS for biomarker analysis.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56032,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry","volume":"40 ","pages":"Article e00212"},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2023-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44856668","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Fluorescent probes for ozone-specific recognition: An historical overview and future perspectives","authors":"Dongbin Zheng ,&nbsp;Jianjun Huang ,&nbsp;Yuyu Fang ,&nbsp;Yun Deng ,&nbsp;Cheng Peng ,&nbsp;Wim Dehaen","doi":"10.1016/j.teac.2023.e00201","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.teac.2023.e00201","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Ozone (O₃<span><span>) is not only an environment pollutant at tropospheric or ground-level that poses a potential threat to human health, but it also belongs to the class of reactive oxygen species (ROS) which has been demonstrated to be deeply involved in significant physiological and pharmacological functions. Additionally, this reactive molecule has been widely applied in modern society, for example in air sterilization, and in both food and medical disinfection. Hence, effective detection methods for ozone in both the environment and in biological systems are a necessity. In recent years, the detection systems based on fluorescent strategy have manifested as promising methods for rapid, effective, and quantitative detection, specifically for the spatial and temporal sampling for in vivo bioimaging analysis. Despite a huge surge in the rationally-designed </span>fluorescent probes for specific ROS, relatively limited attention has been paid to the fluorescent recognition of O</span>₃. Particularly, there is no systematic summarization for O₃-specific fluorescent probes. In this review, a general overview was provided with the aim of summarizing the progress made so far in this subject. The chemical structures of the probes, and their sensing mechanisms with O₃ and application in biological and environmental science are discussed in detail. Hopefully, this timely review can give useful information to the researchers in this field, resulting in this emerging area gaining more traction.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56032,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry","volume":"38 ","pages":"Article e00201"},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43931165","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"How environmentally friendly is the analytical process? A paradigm overview of ten greenness assessment metric approaches for analytical methods","authors":"Mohamed S. Imam ,&nbsp;Maha M. Abdelrahman","doi":"10.1016/j.teac.2023.e00202","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.teac.2023.e00202","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>Green chemistry<span> principles have been incorporated into various disciplines of chemistry, including analytical chemistry, as an ongoing awareness and interest in the state of the ecosystem. The negative impacts of analytical procedures may cause environmental damage and pose major threats to operators. Therefore, it is critical to consider the consequences and the implications of researchers' and users' activities of analytical techniques. This review provides a comprehensive overview of the history of Green Analytical Chemistry (GAC) and the existing greenness assessment metric tools, including criteria, concepts, principles, fundamentals, strengths, and weaknesses (merits and demerits). Additionally, a comparison between the metric tools is given, and their relevance in various analytical approaches is explored. For the first time, ten greenness appraisal approaches are thoroughly investigated, conveyed, and implemented. These ten approaches comprise the following: National Environmental Method Index (NEMI), Modified NEMI, analytical Eco-Scale, HPLC-EAT (Environmental Assessment Tool), Analytical Method Volume Intensity (AMVI), Green Analytical Procedure Index (GAPI), Complementary Green Analytical Procedure Index (ComplexGAPI</span></span><strong>)</strong>, Analytical Method Greenness Score (AMGS) Calculator, Analytical Greenness (AGREE), Analytical Greenness for sample preparation (AGREEprep), and other assessment tools. Furthermore, the applicability of the discussed assessment tools is examined by evaluating some research articles for determining pharmaceutical residues in water as a case study. With this review, researchers' knowledge to comprehend and remain fully up-to-date with the current greenness evaluation tools is expanded, and selecting and applying the most appropriate approach through a realistic appraisal and comparison of the tools are realized.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56032,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry","volume":"38 ","pages":"Article e00202"},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47854850","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Modern designs of electrochemical sensor platforms for environmental analyses: Principles, nanofabrication opportunities, and challenges","authors":"Ahmed Barhoum ,&nbsp;Selma Hamimed ,&nbsp;Hamda Slimi ,&nbsp;Amina Othmani ,&nbsp;Fatehy M. Abdel-Haleem ,&nbsp;Mikhael Bechelany","doi":"10.1016/j.teac.2023.e00199","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.teac.2023.e00199","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In recent decades, much attention has been paid to using nanomaterials in the development of highly-sensitive sensors for environmental monitoring. This review describes how nanomaterials are being used to develop electrochemical sensing platforms for environmental analysis (air pollution, water quality, soil nutrients, and soil pathogens). In particular, we discuss the use of nanofabrication techniques (e.g., monolayer self-assembly, drop-casting, molecular imprinting, electrodeposition, in situ polymerization, hydrogenation, and 3D printing) in the fabrication of high-sensitive electrodes is addressed. The potential use of carbon, organic, inorganic, and hybrid nanomaterials in electrochemical sensing platforms and to enable automation, real-time detection, and multiplexed test development are also addressed. Recent applications of mobile, disposable, wearable, implantable, and self-powered electrochemical sensors for monitoring ions, particles, compounds, nutrients, microorganisms, and contaminants in real environmental samples are covered. Finally, the opportunities and challenges in nanofabrication high-performance electrochemical sensors and optimizing their performance in testing real samples are highlighted.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56032,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry","volume":"38 ","pages":"Article e00199"},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42671101","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Blanks and bias in microplastic research: Implications for future quality assurance","authors":"V.C. Shruti ,&nbsp;Gurusamy Kutralam-Muniasamy","doi":"10.1016/j.teac.2023.e00203","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.teac.2023.e00203","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The prevalence of microplastics has heightened awareness of cross-contamination concerns in recent years, making quality control and assurance critical for the quantitative assessment of microplastics. Environmental scientists dealing with microplastics employ both field and laboratory blanks to determine the extent of cross-contamination in unknown samples (samples of interest) in their analyses, but this source of uncertainty has yet to be assessed and is being overlooked. This paper intends to present: (1) an overview of the approaches for monitoring external contamination; (2) issues related to unwanted variation or bias introduced into the results; and (3) strategies for improving quality assessment procedures. Our analysis of existing evaluations of blanks in the literature revealed that methods for designing, assessing, and correcting blanks, as well as the expression of results, are likely to be inconsistent. From it, we found that blank data are potentially biased and introduce unwanted variation in unknown sample measurements, which is mostly impacted by the method of sampling, type of matrix material and extraction protocol, approximations in the observation operators used to obtain the data, limitations in characterization, and the correction itself. These findings have broad implications for implementing significant changes in future microplastic investigations, emphasizing the necessity of reducing bias in blank settings as early as the protocol design stage.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":56032,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry","volume":"38 ","pages":"Article e00203"},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45182906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}