SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
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2023
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IF 8.4
Jiaojiao Yang,Lijun Feng,Jing Liu,Sheng Li,Na Li,Xinfeng Zhang
Mercury (Hg) is an important environmental pollutant because of its high toxicity. With the rapid industrialization, on-site monitoring Hg 2+ contamination becomes increasingly important. In this work, a facile colorimetric sensing system based on DNA-mediated charge neutralization of AuNPs as well as smartphone data acquisition was developed for on-site monitoring of Hg 2+ . The designed both-end block dsDNA system (probe DNA and block DNA) can interact with the replacement DNA and formed T-Hg 2+ -T mismatched dsDNA in the presence of Hg 2+ , thus releasing the long block DNA as well as preventing the ThT-induced neutralization of AuNPs. The color change for the AuNPs neutralization can be pictured and analyzed by a portable smartphone. This on-site Hg 2+ monitoring system was quite simple and sensitive with a low limit of detection (2.8 nM), lower than the maximum permitted amount of Hg 2+ in drinking water regulated by EPA. The accuracy of the proposed method was verified through analysis of two certified water samples, four real water samples and seven cosmetic samples, and the results agreed well with the certified values or those by atomic fluorescence spectrometry . Overall, this facile and simple sensing system is an appealing tool for on-site monitoring of Hg 2+ in water and cosmetic samples.
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环境科学
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分析化学
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生物传感
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TALANTA
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2025
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IF 6.1
Huifang Wu,Qiqi Wang,Lingfeng Zhu,Haoliang Zhang,Lizhong Liu
Anthrax, a fatal infectious disease caused by Bacillus anthracis ( B. anthracis ), poses a significant threat to public health. Herein, a novel type of carbon dots rich in π → π∗ transitions ( R -CDs) was developed to fabricate an R -CDs/Eu 3+ hybrid for the rapid on-site detection of the B. anthracis biomarker dipicolinic acid (DPA). The R -CDs/Eu 3+ hybrid exhibits two distinct fluorescence responses to DPA: (1) quenching of the R -CDs fluorescence due to the internal filter effect, and (2) enhancement of Eu 3+ fluorescence resulting from the antenna effect and the protective role of R -CDs, enabling ratiometric detection of DPA over a range of 0.1–100 μM with excellent selectivity. Furthermore, a portable, cost-effective device based on the hybrid was developed, enabling in-filed detection of DPA in lake water and real-time monitoring of DPA release from bacterial spores, which holds great promise for monitoring pathogenic biomarkers, with significant implications water safety and human health.
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生物化学
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分析化学
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公共卫生
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ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA
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2021
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IF 6.558
Xiwen Liu,Qingkun Hu,Yuanjun Tong,Nan Li,Sai Ouyang,Huangsheng Yang,Jianqiao Xu,Gangfeng Ouyang
Solid-phase extraction (SPE) is a popular technique for environmental sample pretreatment . However, SPE usually requires complex sample pretreatment processes, which is time-consuming and inconvenient for real-time and on-site monitoring. Herein, a solvent-free, rapid, and user-friendly SPE device was developed by coating the polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)/divinylbenzene (DVB) sorbent on the inner wall of a sample bottle. The extraction process and desorption process were both carried out in the bottle. The analytes trapped in the sorbent were thermally desorbed and simultaneously sucked out from the bottle by an air sampling tube equipped on field-portable GC-MS. Different to previous work, the sample pretreatment process didn’t require any complicated and time-consuming steps, such as centrifugation or filtration. The total analysis time for each sample was less than 25 min, which was feasible for rapid on-site detection, and thus avoided the losses and contamination of samples in conventional sample storage and transportation processes. Under optimal conditions, the proposed SPE method exhibited wide linear ranges, low detection limits (0.010–0.036 μg L −1 , which were much lower than the maximum levels restricted by the US Environmental Protection Agency and the Chinese GB3838-2002 standard), good intra-bottle repeatability (6.13–7.17%, n = 3) and satisfactory inter-bottle reproducibility (4.73–6.47%, n = 3). Finally, the method was successfully applied to the rapid detection of BTEX in the field. The recoveries of BTEX in spiked water samples ranged from 89.1% to 116.2%. This work presents a novel SPE approach for rapid on-site monitoring in water samples.
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分析化学
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环境科学
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MICROCHEMICAL JOURNAL
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2023
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IF 4.8
Lanlan Li,Xiaoyu Dong,Jihong Chen,Jing Xiao,Li Zeng,Zhengwen Huang,Zhirong Zou
A rapid and easy-used colorimetric method was developed for on-site and rapid analysis of Cr(VI). Under acidic condition, Cr(VI) was reacted with 1, 5-diphenylcarbazide (DPC) and a purple-red complex was formed subsequently, inducing the color changed from colorless to purple-red, this color variance can be detected by ultraviolet–visible spectrophotometer (UV–Vis), smartphone and even naked-eye. For realizing the goal of on-site analysis, this method was integrated in a three dimensional (3D) printed analytical kit, smartphone was used as a portable detector. Under the optimized conditions, limit of detections (LODs) of 0.0014 μg/mL and 0.0016 μg/mL were obtained by smartphone and UV–Vis, respectively. Concentration of Cr(VI) as low as 0.05 μg/mL was still visible by naked-eye. This colorimetric system was further applied to the analysis of several environmental water samples, recoveries of 90–107 % were obtained. It is a promising portable analytical device/system for Cr(VI) on-site and rapid analysis.
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Chemosensors
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2025
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IF 3.7
Yuanxin Wan,Shixiang Ma,Peichao Zheng,Xiande Zhao,Zhen Xing,Leizi Jiao,Hongwu Tian,Daming Dong
Ca and Mg are key constituents in surface water that are essential nutrients and vital indicators of water hardness. Rapid on-site measurement of Ca and Mg concentrations in surface water is important. However, traditional laboratory detection methods are complex and time-consuming, and on-site detection is difficult. In this study, a portable surface water detection method was developed using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy with a miniaturized spectrometer LIBS and a liquid jet device for sample introduction. The device enables the rapid online in situ measurement of elemental concentrations in the water. The limits of detection for the rapid on-site detection of Ca and Mg in surface water were 11.58 and 2.57 mg/L, respectively. We applied this method to assess the concentrations of Ca and Mg in authentic water samples collected from rivers and ponds. The recovery rates for Ca and Mg were 90.83–101.74% and 93.43–108.74%, respectively. This method is suitable for rapid, on-site, and highly sensitive monitoring of Ca and Mg concentrations in the environment.
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环境科学
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分析化学
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FOOD CHEMISTRY
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2025
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IF 9.8
Rubing Zou,Qianyi Yu,Zexiang Wang,Peiyu Yang,Ying Zhao,Yihua Liu,Yan Fu,Yirong Guo
Unexpected interferences from the food matrix pose challenges to achieving high-performance on-site monitoring of pesticide residues. In this study, we employed 3D printing technology to fabricate a miniaturized lab-on-a-chip (LOC) device for in-situ sample pretreatment. Serving as the analytical component, a lateral flow immunochromatographic strip was developed for thiamethoxam, a representative neonicotinoid insecticide. Results showed that the composite LOC device enabled on-site determination of thiamethoxam in 13 different food samples using a multi-step analysis approach. Similar to the buffer-based calibration curve (IC 50 : 0.11 ng·mL −1 ), the matrix-based calibration curves for celery (IC 50 : 0.15 ng·mL −1 ) and cucumber (IC 50 :0.10 ng·mL −1 ) samples exhibited ultrahigh sensitivities, with a total analysis time within 15 min. The average recovery rates were 87.2 % ~ 107.4 %, with relative standard deviations of 2.1 % ~ 7.6 % at the spiked levels of 1 and 5 ng·g −1 . Furthermore, this LOC device was applied to unknown food samples, achieving excellent accordance with LC-MS/MS confirmation.
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分析化学
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食品安全
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环境科学
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FOOD CHEMISTRY
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2020
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IF 6.306
Long Li,Ying Zhu,Feiyu Zhang,Hui Li,Jibran Iqbal,Ting Wu,Yiping Du
In this work, in-syringe membrane solid-phase extraction (MSPE) device was fabricated for the on-site sampling of sulfamethoxazole (SMX) in food samples followed by solid-phase fluorescence spectra analysis. The samples and fluorescamine (FA) were added to a syringe for derivation. Then, the derivative of SMX was extracted by a membrane in the syringe SPE device. Subsequently, the derivative on the membrane was measured immediately without additional elution procedure. The method was successfully applied in plasma, milk, and egg samples for the trace SMX detection, with the recovery of 98%–102%, RSDs from 1% to 6%. Compared with liquid chromatography, direct detection of the concentrated analyte significantly improved the sensitivity. Moreover, fluorescamine made it unnecessary to separate SMX from the interference. Consequently, it was a time-saving, low-cost, and easy-operation method, which demonstrated the potential of in-syringe SPE as a promising candidate for on-site analysis.
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分析化学
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食品安全
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药物分析
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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
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2024
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IF 12.2
Zhenhao Wang,Yu Wan,Yu Zhang,Ben Zhang,Mubing Li,Xi Jin,Tao Yang,Guozhe Meng
Nitrite plays a critical role in a variety of nitrification and denitrification processes in the nitrogen cycle. Due to the high surface energy, tendency to aggregate, and poor conductivity, current nitrite ZnS-based sensing platform could not meet the need of on-site nitrite detection in smart agriculture. In order to address these issues, the carboxylated carbon nanotube (CNT) was introduced to reduce the surface energy and prevented aggregation of ZnS, while ZnS-carboxylated CNT (ZnS-CNT) composite also provided excellent electrochemical conductivity. Furthermore, the introduction of phase transition BSA (PTB) created a three-dimensional porous conductive matrix without interfering with the mass transfer process of nitrite. The resulting sensing platform exhibited a linear detection range of 10 nM to 0.4 mM for nitrite, with a detection limit of 0.73 nM. And this sensing platform had the excellent antifouling ability to direct detection nitrite in real soil suspension. In addition, the sensing platform demonstrated remarkable resistance to interferences from pH variations, microbial presence, and organic pollutants that usually present in soil environment. Therefore, on-site detection of nitrite ions in soil environment was realized no needing complex pretreatments.
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环境科学
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材料科学
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生物化学
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SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY
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2022
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IF 4.831
Shengjun Wang,Qian Yu,Jiaqi Guo,Changquan Yuan,Xianming Kong
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are a kind of persistent organic pollutants, which bring harmful effects to the ecological environment and human health. Therefore, it is critical to identify PAHs. In this study, we developed a highly efficient device for on-site identification of pyrene in edible oil using high performance plasmonic thin layer chromatography (PTLC) and dynamic surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (DSERS). PAHs in the mixture sample were efficiently separated on the PTLC plate and visualized under UV light, in which the plasmonic feature of the stationary phase could enhance the fluorescence of PAH. Then DSERS measurement was developed on a portable Raman spectrometer. The smaller size of Au NPs in the stationary phase could provide a lower theoretical plate height and provide higher separation efficiency. The sensitivity of the PTLC-DSERS method is down to 0.1 ppb, that nearly 4 orders of magnitude higher than current TLC-SERS method. The results indicate that this PTLC-DSERS method has the potential for on-site and sensitive identification of pyrene in the mixture.
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分析化学
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JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A
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2025
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IF 4
Liangming Luo,Chenlu Wang,Yong Wu,Hao Zhang,Feng Xu,Keqi Tang,Jiancheng Yu
Screening for illicit drugs in urban wastewater provides an important tool for monitoring and tracing the use of illicit drugs, increasingly leaning towards on-site detection of wastewater samples. This study established an on-site detection method for three illicit drugs—ketamine (KET), cocaine (COC), and codeine(COD)—in wastewater, based on an automatic solid-phase extraction device and a portable mass spectrometer. After enrichment and purification of samples using HLB solid-phase extraction cartridges, a portable mass spectrometer equipped with a sub-atmospheric pressure chemical ionization source was used for quantitative analysis of target drugs in selected ion monitoring mode. The solid-phase extraction conditions and parameters of the subatmospheric pressure chemical ionization source were studied and optimized, and the method was evaluated. The results showed that ketamine, cocaine, and codeine exhibited good linearity (R² > 0.99) within the concentration range of 1∼40 μg/L, with limits of detection (LODs) of 0.30∼0.42 μg/L. The recoveries were between 70.52% and 118.56%. This method can be used for on-site rapid screening of illicit drugs in wastewater. Compared to traditional laboratory analysis methods, it reduces sample transportation and storage costs, shortens the detection cycle. Finally, evaluations based on GAPI, AGREE, and BAGI indicators indicated that this method could serve as a green alternative for the screening of illicit drugs in wastewater.
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环境科学
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分析化学
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JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
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2022
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IF 5.895
Siying Che,Xiutan Peng,Yiwan Zhuge,Xinlan Chen,ChunSong Zhou,Haiyan Fu,Yuanbin She
Detection of pesticide paraquat (PQ) is of considerable significance to ensure food safety, and its rapid and on-site detection is still a challenge. Aimed at the ion characteristics of PQ, an “enrichment and detection” strategy was proposed to improve the sensitivity through electrostatic attractions, and the ion characteristic of probes was adopted to increase the portability through avoiding aggregation-caused quenching effects in the paper strips. Herein, a novel anion-functionalized ionic liquid (IL) probe with a large conjugated plane and rich π-electrons ([Fluo][P66614]2) was designed as a fluorescent and colorimetric dual-channel probe to sensitively and rapidly detect trace amounts of PQ in vegetables and the environment. The proposed probe exhibited good linearity with a detection limit of 64.0 nM in the PQ concentration range of 0.3–7.0 μM (fluorometry) and 0.1 μM in that of 0.1–8.0 μM (colorimetry), respectively. In addition, it displayed a rapid fluorescence quenching response from green to dark (<5 s) and excellent anti-interference (among 23 other pesticides) due to dual effects of electrostatic attraction and π–π stacking. Most importantly, the lipophilic IL probe could be applied in real vegetables and environmental samples with a satisfying recovery rate of 98–103% and assembled into a handy paper strip that achieved the visual semiquantitative detection of PQ. This ionic probe provides a feasible approach for rapidly and conveniently detecting PQ for ensuring agricultural and food safety and opens a new avenue to detect ion-responsive analytes in real complex samples by an “enrichment and detection” strategy.
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分析化学
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食品安全
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2014
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IF 5.9
Zhiyang Zhang,Zhaopeng Chen,Shasha Wang,Chengli Qu,Lingxin Chen
We have described a simple and low-cost visual method for on-site detection of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) in air based on the antiaggregation of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs). The bubbling of H2S into a weak alkaline buffer solution leads to the formation of HS–, which can stabilize the AuNPs and ensure the AuNPs maintain their red color even in a Tris buffer solution containing 80 mM NaCl with the presence of Tween 80. The stabilization of the AuNPs is attributed to the adsorption of negatively charged S2– on the AuNPs surface. In contrast, without the bubbling of H2S, AuNPs aggregate and change color from red to blue. Under optimal conditions, the proposed method exhibits excellent visual sensitivity with a naked-eye detectable limit of 0.5 ppm (v/v), making the on-site detection of H2S possible. This method also possesses good selectivity toward H2S over other gases by using a simple SO2 removal device. The successful determination of the concentrations of H2S in local air indicates the potential application of this cost-effective method.
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分析化学
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环境科学
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纳米技术
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