Nanobiosensors for Environmental Monitoring, Ravindra Pratap Singh,Kingsley Eghonghon Ukhurebo,Jay Singh,Charles Oluwaseun Adetunji,Kshitij RB Singh Editors, Editör, Springer Nature, Zürich, ss.279-295, 2022
In recent years, the spread of pollutants including toxins, pesticides, or
heavy metal ions in soil, water, and air environments has been increasing. Environmental contamination issues are very important for human health. For this reason,
it is necessary to fabricate a quick detection and real-time monitoring system for
hazardous compounds via high correctness and sensitivity in the environmental
sample. Methods that provide the detection of hazardous compounds in real time
by using a colorimetric sensor that is also visual by the naked-eye are extremely
required for applications of environmental control. Plasmonic nanoparticles can be
used to detect these hazardous compounds. Nanomaterials display unique features.
In recent years, noble metal nanoparticles have attracted attention due to their physicochemical features and applications in areas including biotechnology, electronics,
catalysis, and plasmonic. The surface plasmon resonance features of silver and gold
nanomaterials have been helpful for a kind of application. Plasmonic nanoparticles
have recently been utilized as favorable materials in colorimetric detection methods.
As a result, rapid and sensitive detection of hazardous compounds and small contaminants without the requirement of anyone device (i.e., naked-eye watching change of
colors) can be achieved using a UV–visible spectrophotometer. Herein, this chapter
summarizes the importance of plasmonic nanoparticles and the use of these materials
in environmental monitoring and analysis is extensively discussed.