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Contaminant Detection: Optical Reading of Contaminants in Aqueous Media Based on Gold Nanoparticles (Small 17/2014)
Author(s) -
Du Jianjun,
Zhu Bowen,
Peng Xiaojun,
Chen Xiaodong
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.201470101
Subject(s) - contamination , nanoparticle , aqueous medium , aqueous solution , colloidal gold , environmental science , environmental chemistry , nanotechnology , optical sensing , pollution , materials science , chemistry , ecology , optoelectronics , biology
Water pollution is a serious global issue for public health and environmental safety. To ensure safe water supply, a rapid, specific, low‐cost, and robust platform is needed for monitoring contaminants in aqueous media. On page 3461, X. Peng, X. Chen, and co‐workers summarize the recent efforts to design and apply gold nanoparticle‐based optical assays, in the form of colorimetric, scattering, and fluorescence detection, for detecting contaminants in water with high performance.