Bio- and Biomimetic Receptors for Electrochemical Sensing of Heavy Metal Ions.

ABSTRACT: Heavy metals ions (HMI), if not properly handled, used and disposed, are a hazard for the ecosystem and pose serious risks for human health. They are counted among the most common environmental pollutants, mainly originating from anthropogenic sources, such as agricultural, industrial and/or domestic effluents, atmospheric emissions, etc. To face this issue, it is necessary not only to determine the origin, distribution and the concentration of HMI but also to rapidly (possibly in real-time) monitor their concentration levels in situ. Therefore, portable, low-cost and high performing analytical tools are urgently needed. Even though in the last decades many analytical tools and methodologies have been designed to this aim, there are still several open challenges. Compared with the traditio

SUBMITTER: Stortini AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7731017 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature