Effective chemical sensors
Research Contents
1. Detection of organic harmful solvents
2. Harmful heavy metal detection
3. Microplastic detection
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Organic toxic molecule detection
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Excessive use of volatile organic chemicals (VOCs) such as aliphatic alcohols, ketones, common laboratory chemicals etc. are continuously polluting the environment and causes health problems. Sensor technology is highly demanding in industries, medicines and for domestic applications to detect pollutants, toxic and harmful chemicals at very low concentrations. Among other sensor technology, the electrochemical sensors have received much attention as promising chemical sensing tool to detect the harmful chemicals. In particular, the use of nanomaterials to fabricate electrochemical sensors has received a considerable attention because of their high surface area, better adsorption characteristics, high-selectivity and sensitivity, lower detection limit, quick responsivity, ease of fabrication and cost effectiveness. AMDL is focused on the development of various nanomaterials with different dimensionalities for the fabrication of electrochemical sensor to detect the hazardous chemicals.
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Heavy metals detection
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Nano/micro plastics detection
Representative Research Achievements
▪ Enticing 3D peony-like ZnGa2O4 microstructures for electrochemical detection of N, N-dimethylmethanamide chemical (Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2020, IF=14.224)
▪ Iron-Nickel co-doped ZnO nanoparticles as scaffold for field effect transistor sensor: Application in electrochemical detection of hexahydropyridine chemical (Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2018, IF=9.221)
▪ Indandione oligomer@graphene oxide functionalized nanocomposites for enhanced and selective detection of trace Cr2+ and Cu2+ ions (Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials, 2022, IF=11.806)