“…However, these methods are expensive and in-efficient because they require a lot of samples and special treatment during preparation (Bansod et al, 2017;Dalmieda & Kruse, 2019;Hyalij, Bhagure & Chavan, 2017;Kumar et al, 2017;March, Nguyen, & Piro, 2015;Topcu et al, 2018). A low-cost and efficient ion monitoring and measuring can be carried out using colorimetric cation chemosensors (Aderinto & Imhanria, 2018;Chen et al, 2020;Kaur & Kumar, 2011;Normaya et al, 2019;Pham et al, 2019;Upadhyay et al, 2019;Wang, Fang & Cao, 2015).…”