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Nanobiosensors: Diagnostic Tools for Environmental Contaminants

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Environmental pollution, a growing global concern, adversely affects human health and socio-economic development. Besides the presence of various environmental contaminants like chemical substances, heavy metals, viruses, bacteria, parasitic pathogens and their toxins, emerging environmental contaminants (also called micropollutants) have drawn scientific attention and public concerns. The growing demand for environmental pollution control necessitates the development of rapid analytical tools with greater efficacy and precision for the on-site and real-time monitoring of a broader spectrum of various pollutants without extensive sample preparation. Nanobiosensors thus appear as a powerful alternative to conventional analytical techniques that are associated with the issues such as the requirement of sophisticated and expensive instruments and expert personnel for their operation. Nanobiosensors are the fabrication products of nanoscale hybrid materials, such as complexes consisting of nanoparticles (NPs) and biological molecules which are ideal for the detection of contaminants with ultrahigh sensitivity, selectivity and rapid responses. Thus, the use of nanobiosensors will significantly improve environmental monitoring approaches in the future. This chapter emphasizes on nanobiosensor approaches for environmental pollutants monitoring, challenges and future perspectives.

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  3. Department of Environmental Sciences, College of Basic Sciences, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India

    Jai Prakash Narain Rai

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Pal, R., Rashmi, I., Rai, J.P.N. (2022). Nanobiosensors: Diagnostic Tools for Environmental Contaminants. In: Rai, J.P.N., Saraswat, S. (eds) Nano-biotechnology for Waste Water Treatment. Water Science and Technology Library, vol 111. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-00812-2_17

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