Recent progress in controlling the synthesis and assembly of nanostructures: Application for electrochemical determination of p-nitroaniline in water

Selective identification of p-nitroaniline by bromine-mediated polarization of carbon dots

“…Although a variety of methods have been established to detect PNA, such as surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy, 6 high performance liquid chromatography, 7 gas chromato-graphy-mass spectrometry, 8 electrochemical methods, [9][10][11] ion migration spectrometry, 12 etc., their application is limited due to their high cost, complex operation, long test time and weak anti-interference ability. Recently, fluorescent sensors have been widely used for the detection of anions, cations and some small organic molecules because of their advantages of simple operation, fast reaction speed and high sensitivity.…”

Synthesis of Prussian Blue Analogue and Its Catalytic Activity toward Reduction of Environmentally Toxic Nitroaromatic Pollutants

“…These amino derivatives are essential intermediates in the synthesis of polymers, dyes, surfactants, and pharmaceutical products. Numerous techniques, including electrolytic reduction, photoreduction, , homogeneous catalysis, heterogeneous catalytic hydrogenation and the use of reducing agents like hydrazine hydrates, are available for reducing nitroaromatics to the respective aminoaromatics. However, these procedures have one or more drawbacks, such as low efficacy (microbial degradation), overpriced photosetups (photocatalysis), and harmful effects of the utilized chemicals.…”

An ultra-sensitive electrochemical sensor of Ni/Fe-LDH toward nitrobenzene with the assistance of surface functionalization engineering

“…Among the pollutions, nitroaromatic compounds are very harmful to human health [1][2][3]. They have been classified as highly toxic carcinogens, which remain their carcinogenic activities even at trace level, especially nitrobenzene (NB) [4,5]. NB is a popular product in agricultural chemicals, dyes and explosive industries, and has been considered as one of priority strictly controlled pollutions by many countries [6][7][8][9].…”