Table Of ContentNanotechnology in the Life Sciences
Inamuddin
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Nanosensor
Technologies
for Environmental
Monitoring
Nanotechnology in the Life Sciences
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Nano and biotechnology are two of the 21st century’s most promising technologies.
Nanotechnology is demarcated as the design, development, and application of
materials and devices whose least functional make up is on a nanometer scale (1 to
100 nm). Meanwhile, biotechnology deals with metabolic and other physiological
developments of biological subjects including microorganisms. These microbial
processes have opened up new opportunities to explore novel applications, for
example, the biosynthesis of metal nanomaterials, with the implication that these
two technologies (i.e., thus nanobiotechnology) can play a vital role in developing
and executing many valuable tools in the study of life. Nanotechnology is very
diverse, ranging from extensions of conventional device physics to completely new
approaches based upon molecular self-assembly, from developing new materials
with dimensions on the nanoscale, to investigating whether we can directly control
matters on/in the atomic scale level. This idea entails its application to diverse fields
of science such as plant biology, organic chemistry, agriculture, the food industry,
and more.
Nanobiotechnology offers a wide range of uses in medicine, agriculture, and the
environment. Many diseases that do not have cures today may be cured by
nanotechnology in the future. Use of nanotechnology in medical therapeutics needs
adequate evaluation of its risk and safety factors. Scientists who are against the use
of nanotechnology also agree that advancement in nanotechnology should continue
because this field promises great benefits, but testing should be carried out to ensure
its safety in people. It is possible that nanomedicine in the future will play a crucial
role in the treatment of human and plant diseases, and also in the enhancement of
normal human physiology and plant systems, respectively. If everything proceeds as
expected, nanobiotechnology will, one day, become an inevitable part of our
everyday life and will help save many lives.
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Nanosensor Technologies for
Environmental Monitoring
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Inamuddin Abdullah M. Asiri
Chemistry Department Chemistry Department
King Abdulaziz University King Abdulaziz University
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Department of Applied Chemistry
Aligarh Muslim University
Aligarh, India
ISSN 2523-8027 ISSN 2523-8035 (electronic)
Nanotechnology in the Life Sciences
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Preface
Due to the rapid development of industrialization and urbanization, toxic chemicals
are released, which leads to a greater risk to human health and the environment.
Today environmental pollution issues exist all over the world at different levels and
have attracted increasing attention. Environmental security is one of the major con-
cerns for our well-being. Nanomaterials in nanotechnology are a game-changer
which can resolve both issues and improve the quality of human life, especially in
recent years. Based on various recognition elements, sensor technologies have been
widely used as effective analytical tools to achieve the accurate detection of various
pollutants. Therefore, it is necessary to understand how sensor technologies impact
environmental monitoring applications.
Nanosensor Technologies for Environmental Monitoring describes a wide range
of topics and methods, beginning with an overview of sensors for environmental
applications. Chapters discuss the biosensors, gas sensors, and electrochemical sen-
sors responsible for monitoring various environmental pollutants, such as pesti-
cides, toxins, pathogens, heavy metals, and phenols. Green solvent-modified
sensors, screen-printed sensors, lab-on-chip devices, and modern portable sensors
are discussed in detail. This book should be useful for faculty, researchers, students
from academics and laboratories which are linked to nanotechnologies, analytical
chemistry, toxicology, and environmental sciences. Based on thematic topics, the
book edition contains the following 17 chapters:
Chapter 1 summarizes the latest development of electrochemical sensors and
biosensors for environmental contaminant detection in the past five years. It mainly
discusses the synthesis of novel electrode materials and new proposed electrochem-
ical (bio)sensing strategies for the detection of various pollutants.
Chapter 2 discusses the classification of different biosensors elaborately. It also
focuses on electrochemical biosensors, namely, amperometric, cyclic voltammo-
gram, potentiometric, conductometric and electrochemical impedance spectros-
copy. It also futher discusses the application of biosensors in the detection of
contamination in air, soil, and water.
Chapter 3 discusses the demand for consumer products and crises in energy
sectors. The serious consequence of toxic gases and their adverse impact on our
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endangered health and environment over the long term. The major focus of this
chapter reviews gas sensing and biosensor materials and their sensitivity to the oper-
ating conditions reported in the literature.
Chapter 4 discusses the various types of biosensors that can be implemented for
monitoring various environmental parameters like heavy metals, pathogens, poten-
tially toxic elements, toxins, endocrine disrupting chemicals, and pesticides. It
focuses on various advantages of using a biosensor-based monitoring system.
Chapter 5 discusses the significance of disposable screen-printed electrodes for
the electrochemical quantification of hazardous environmental contaminants. The
fabrication of miniature sensing systems and the basic principles and methodologies
reported in the literature for the on-site detection of major environmental contami-
nants is also discussed in detail.
Chapter 6 discusses the potential role of nanosensors as sustainable tools that can
assist in the real-time monitoring of generated or released environmental contami-
nants within a process. Illustration of the nanosensors compositions with different
recognition elements is presented. Besides, the green synthesis methodology of
nanoparticles is discussed.
Chapter 7 offers an overview of the new trends in the employment of ultrasound
and microwave technologies, as well as the use of biosynthesis routes and hybrid
green synthetic pathways for the synthesis of (nano)materials. The applications of
these (nano)materials for analytical (bio)sensing are also highlighted. Finally, some
key points about the industrial application of (bio)sensing devices are reported.
Chapter 8 focuses on green and biological-assisted synthesis of plasmonic metal
nanoparticles using various microorganisms as nano-factories. It also discusses the
successful application of biosynthesized metal nanoparticles as an eco-friendly
plasmonic sensing platform for the detection of several toxic heavy metal ions and
organic pollutants in the environmental samples.
Chapter 9 discusses the ionic liquid (IL)-modified sensors and biosensors for the
detection of environmental contaminants. ILs can act as both binder and conductor.
Different materials have been modified with various ILs. The IL-modified s ensors are
potentially used for the detection of phenolic compounds, heavy metals, and pesticides.
Chapter 10 provides an overview of technical challenges and recent develop-
ments of biosensors for monitoring phenolic compounds. The chapter highlights
research activities carried out on the preparation of nano-biosensors using nanoma-
terials and conducting polymers. Analytical parameters affecting the performance
of phenolic compound-based biosensors are discussed.
Chapter 11 describes the potential application and superiority of hybrid
nanostructures of noble metals and metal oxides for the detection of various analyte
molecules, employing surface-enhanced Raman scattering technique. The role of
charge transfer, coupled with the electromagnetic mechanism for improving the
enhancement factor, is discussed. Additionally, degradation approaches of probe
molecules towards renewable substrates are discussed.
Chapter 12 presents molecular imprinting-based sensing systems for the detection
of microorganisms. Nanosensor applications for the detection of microorganisms are
discussed by highlighting the principles, advantages, and limitations of sensing strat-
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egies. The main focus is given to offer directions to the future feasibility of nanosen-
sors for the rapid detection of microorganisms.
Chapter 13 discusses various examples of nanomaterials that are used to f abricate
sensors with the ability to detect toxic gases and biological molecules. Besides, the
drawbacks of nanomaterials as sensors, the efficiency and limitations of green syn-
thesized nanomaterials for sustainable toxic gas detection and biosensing applica-
tions are also discussed.
Chapter 14 discusses various types of flexible pressure, temperature, and pH
sensors, which are mainly used for point care diagnosis.
Chapter 15 deals with lab-on-a-chip (LOC) technologies for water quality moni-
toring and highlights the advantages offered by LOC sensors over conventional
techniques. Besides discussing fabrication materials for the sensors, monitoring of
chemical and biological contaminants in water are discussed. Future directions and
challenges of LOC technology are indicated.
Chapter 16 discusses the advance electrochemical sensors designed particularly
for the sensitive detection of pharmaceutical drugs. The provided discussion empha-
sizes the surface-modification methods, where interfacial electrode engineering is
comprehensively described as a straightforward approach to produce responsive
and economically feasible sensors for the detection of antibiotics and therapeu-
tic drugs.
Chapter 17 discusses in detail different types of green chemical sensors for envi-
ronmental monitoring, including carbon quantum dots, greenly produced metal
nanoparticles, and greenly functionalized metal nanoparticles. The basic principles
of different environmental biosensors are also presented with an overview of recent
review articles covering this type of sensor.
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Contents
Recent Advances in Electrochemical Sensor
and Biosensors for Environmental Contaminants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Li-Ping Mei, Pei Song, Yuan-Cheng Zhu, Yi-Fan Ruan, Xiao-Mei Shi,
Wei-Wei Zhao, Jing-Juan Xu, and Hong-Yuan Chen
Research Insights on the Development of Biosensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Mohan Kumar Anand Raj, Rajasekar Rathanasamy, Gobinath Velu
Kaliyannan, and Mohan Raj Thangamuthu
Toxic Gas Sensors and Biosensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Umesh Fegade
Biosensors Used for Monitoring of Environmental Contaminants . . . . . . 69
Naveen Patel, Pankaj Pathak, Dhananjai Rai,
and Vinod Kumar Chaudhary
Screen-Printed Electrochemical Sensors
for Environmental Contaminants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
A. M. Vinu Mohan
Sensors and Biosensors for Environment Contaminants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Heba M. Mohamed
Green Synthesis of NanoMaterials for BioSensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Juan José García-Guzmán, David López-Iglesias, Dolores Bellido-Milla,
José María Palacios-Santander, and Laura Cubillana-Aguilera
Green Synthesis of Plasmonic Metal Nanoparticles
and Their Application as Enviromental Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Ali Mehdinia and Simindokht Rostami
Ionic Liquids Modified Sensors and Biosensors
for Detection of Environmental Contaminants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Amina Saleem, Abdur Rahim, Nawshad Muhammad, and Fatima Abbas
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Nanobiosensors for Detection of Phenolic Compounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Fethi Achi, Amira Bensana, Abdallah Bouguettoucha,
and Derradji Chebli
Noble Metal-Metal Oxide Hybrid Nanoparticles
for Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy-Based Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Bramhaiah Kommula and Neena S. John
Molecularly Imprinted Nanosensors for Microbial Contaminants . . . . . . 353
Neslihan Idil, Monireh Bakhshpour, Işık Perçin, and Adil Denizli
Nanomaterials as Toxic Gas Sensors and Biosensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
Jaison Jeevanandam, Abirami Kaliyaperumal, Mohanarangan
Sundararam, and Michael K. Danquah
Flexible Substrate-Based Sensors in Health Care
and Biosensing Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
Paramita Karfa, Kartick Chandra Majhi, and Rashmi Madhuri
Lab-on-a-Chip Devices for Water Quality Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455
Ashish Kapoor, Sivasamy Balasubramanian, Ponnuchamy Muthamilselvi,
Vijay Vaishampayan, and Sivaraman Prabhakar
Advance Nanostructure-Based Electrochemical Sensors
for Pharmaceutical Drugs Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471
Razium Ali Soomro, Nazar Hussain Kalwar, Sana Jawaid,
and Mawada Mohamed Tunesi
Green Sensors for Environmental Contaminants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491
Mahmoud El-Maghrabey, Rania El-Shaheny, Fathalla Belal,
Naoya Kishikawa, and Naotaka Kuroda
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517
