Applications of Fluorescent Chemical Sensors and Photocatalytic Materials in Environmental Monitoring and Remediation
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Chemical Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 October 2024 | Viewed by 2596
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Interests: the preparation of nano-photocatalytic materials and their application in environmental pollutant treatment; energy (photohydrolytic hydrogen production and CO2 reduction); green organic synthesis and antibacterial research
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Dear Colleagues,
With the rapid development of industrialization, the increasingly extensive release of environmental pollutants (antibodies, pesticides, heavy metal ions, pathogens, etc.) has become an issue that poses a severe threat to human health and ecological safety. Therefore, it is very essential to find ways to efficiently monitor and remediate environmental pollutants. In this respect, fluorescent chemical sensing has received significant research attention as a rapid, low-cost, on-site, and versatile technique to monitor various environmental pollutants. Meanwhile, photocatalysis has emerged as a promising technique to remediate a variety of environmental contaminants by utilizing green and sustainable solar energy.
This Special Issue aims to showcase original research papers on chemical fluorescent sensors and photocatalytic materials used for the detection/remediation of environmental pollutants. These materials include organic materials, inorganic materials, polymers, hybrid materials, and so on, while the applications consist of the detection and remediation of the environmental pollutants in water, air, and soil.
Prof. Dr. Baozhu Tian
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- fluorescent sensors
- fluorescence imaging
- photocatalytic materials
- photocatalytic degradation
- sensing/decomposing of antibodies
- sensing/eliminating of pesticides
- sensing/eliminating of organic contaminants
- sensing/eliminating of toxic metals (metal ions)
- sensing eliminating of pathogens
- sensing/eliminating of air pollutants
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