Abstract
Colorimetric sensors have emerged as a powerful tool in the detection of water pollutants. Plasmonic nanoparticles use localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR)-based colorimetric sensing. LSPR-based sensing can be accomplished through different strategies such as etching, growth, aggregation, and anti-aggregation. Based on these strategies, various sensors have been developed. This review focuses on the newly developed anti-aggregation-based strategy of plasmonic nanoparticles. Sensors based on this strategy have attracted increasing interest because of their exciting properties of high sensitivity, selectivity, and applicability. This review highlights LSPR-based anti-aggregation sensors, their classification, and role of plasmonic nanoparticles in these sensors for the detection of water pollutants. The anti-aggregation based sensing of major water pollutants such as heavy metal ions, anions, and small organic molecules has been summarized herein. This review also provides some personal insights into current challenges associated with anti-aggregation strategy of LSPR-based colorimetric sensors and proposes future research directions.
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Abbreviations
- LSPR:
-
Localized surface plasmon resonance
- SERS:
-
Surface-enhanced Raman scattering
- SPR:
-
Surface plasmon resonance
- AuNPs:
-
Gold nanoparticles
- AgNPs:
-
Silver nanoparticles
- CuNPs:
-
Copper nanoparticles
- LDA:
-
Linear discriminant analysis
- QRMAE:
-
Quaternary amine of diethylaminoethyl rosin ester
- BSA:
-
Bovine serum albumin
- rGO@AgNPs:
-
Graphene oxide silver nanoparticles
- MPBA:
-
4-Mercaptophenylboronic acid
- TCA:
-
Thiocyanuric acid
- CTAB:
-
Hexadecyl trimethyl ammonium bromide
- AAS:
-
Atomic absorption spectroscopy
- ICP-OES:
-
Inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry
- ICP-MS:
-
Inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry
- MBT:
-
2-Mercaptobenzothiazole
- WHO:
-
World Health Organization
- GSH:
-
Glutathione
- D-PC:
-
D-penicillamine
- DTT:
-
Dithiothreitol
- MBI:
-
Mercaptobenzimidazole
- EDTA:
-
Ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid
- MCL:
-
Maximal contamination level
- LOR:
-
Limit of recognition
- EPA:
-
Environmental Protection Agency
- SA-CAT-AgNPs:
-
Sulfanilic acid-catechol-silver nanoparticles
- 4-ATP:
-
4-Aminothiophenol
- OBA:
-
Oxytetracycline-binding aptamers
- SNG:
-
Sanguinarine
- Ct-DNA:
-
Calf thymus DNA
- PDDA:
-
Poly diallyldimethylammonium chloride
- PVP:
-
Polyvinyl pyrrolidone
- DAA:
-
D-amino acids
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Pandey, S., Gupta, S.M. & Sharma, S.K. Plasmonic nanoparticle’s anti-aggregation application in sensor development for water and wastewater analysis. Environ Monit Assess 195, 874 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-023-11355-x
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