Review
Agricultural Engineering
Hui Zhu, Qing An, Amirah Syafika Mohd Nasir, Alexandre Babin, Sofia Lucero Saucedo, Amzy Vallenas, Loretta Li, Susan Anne Baldwin, Anthony Lau, Xiaotao Bi
Summary: This article reviewed the emerging applications of biochar in removing contaminants and mine remediation, and proposed methods to increase biochar production and improve its surface properties through customized pyrolysis treatments.
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Chemistry, Analytical
Francisco Pena-Pereira, Carlos Bendicho, Dragana Mutavdzic Pavlovic, Antonio Martin-Esteban, Myriam Diaz-Alvarez, Yuwei Pan, Jon Cooper, Zhugen Yang, Ivo Safarik, Kristyna Pospiskova, Marcela A. Segundo, Elefteria Psillakis
Summary: This paper reviews miniaturized analytical methods for the determination of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) in environmental samples, covering the importance of monitoring CECs, downsized sample preparation methods, microextraction techniques, and miniaturized analytical flow techniques.
ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA
(2021)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Benhang Li, Dandan Xu, Xiaohong Zhou, Yijun Yin, Li Feng, Yongze Liu, Liqiu Zhang
Summary: Persistent exposure of emerging contaminants in freshwater ecosystem has raised global concerns. Freshwater ecosystem dominated by submerged plants has been widely used to control eutrophic water. However, the environmental behaviors of contaminants in this ecosystem have not been well studied and summarized. This review provides a comprehensive summary of the sources and pathways of contaminants entering into the ecosystem, as well as their environmental behaviors and removal feasibility. Future challenges and perspectives are also discussed.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2023)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Elizabeth A. A. Pozzebon, Lars Seifert
Summary: More than 40% of the annually produced 6 million dry metric tons of sewage sludge in the United States is applied to land, yet the fate of emerging pollutants in biosolids and their impacts on human health have not been well studied. This lack of understanding is further worsened by the absence of systematic monitoring programs and defined standards for human health protection. Therefore, evidence-based testing standards and regulatory frameworks are needed to ensure human health protection when biosolids are land applied.
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
(2023)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Anastasia Memetova, Inderjeet Tyagi, Lipi Singh, Rama Rao Karri, Suhas, Kaomud Tyagi, Vikas Kumar, Nariman Memetov, Andrey Zelenin, Alexey Tkachev, Vladimir Bogoslovskiy, Gulnara Shigabaeva, Evgeny Galunin, Nabisab Mujawar Mubarak, Shilpi Agarwal
Summary: This paper presents the application of nanoporous carbon materials in environmental pollution remediation and summarizes the effects of synthesis factors on the characteristics of porous carbon materials and the role of activating agents.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Felix Hardy, Larissa Takser, Viginie Gillet, Andrea A. Baccarelli, Jean-Philippe Bellenger
Summary: Children are frequently exposed to various environmental contaminants, and the effects on health outcomes are still not well understood. Fecal samples provide a non-invasive and direct assessment of gut microbiome exposure to contaminants. This study analyzed organic compounds and elements in the feces of middle-class, semi-urban children in Eastern Canada, and found that most targeted compounds and elements were detected, with caffeine and acetaminophen being the most common substances.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2023)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Ivon Vazquez-Tapia, Tania Salazar-Martinez, Mariana Acosta-Castro, Karen Andrea Melendez-Castolo, Jurgen Mahlknecht, Pabel Cervantes-Aviles, Mariana Capparelli, Abrahan Mora
Summary: This review examines the occurrence of emerging organic contaminants and endocrine disruptors in wastewater, surface water, and groundwater in Mexico. The study found that the types and concentrations of these contaminants varied in different samples and locations. While raw wastewater had the highest number of detected compounds, surface waters also showed concentrations of some compounds exceeding international guidelines. Groundwater was primarily affected by the irrigation of croplands with raw wastewater. However, soils and aquifers were found to have a capacity to attenuate the presence of contaminants from wastewater. Despite water pollution being a major environmental concern in Mexico, there is a lack of studies on the occurrence of emerging organic contaminants in Mexican waters.
Review
Environmental Sciences
Yan Wu, Ruihe Jin, Qiqing Chen, Xinyu Du, Jing Yang, Min Liu
Summary: This review outlines the current knowledge on the environmental occurrence and fate, as well as bioavailability, of nine classes of emerging organic contaminants (OCECs) in global estuaries. The data show that OCECs are prevalent in estuarine compartments around the world, particularly in North America, Europe, and Asia. Their distribution and bioaccumulation are influenced by anthropogenic impacts, hydrodynamics, meteorological conditions, and physiochemical properties.
CRITICAL REVIEWS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Soledad Gonzalez-Rubio, Ana Ballesteros-Gomez, Alexandros G. Asimakopoulos, Veerle L. B. Jaspers
Summary: Raptors are widely used as indicators of environmental pollution due to their high trophic position and bioaccumulation of persistent pollutants. However, their role in current research on contaminants of emerging concern is limited. More information on the levels and effects of CECs on raptors is urgently needed, along with research covering all major classes of CECs.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Review
Engineering, Environmental
Suhail Ayoub Khan, Tabrez Alam Khan
Summary: This review highlights the importance and applications of clay-hydrogel nanocomposites in wastewater treatment, emphasizing their high sorption capacity and environmental viability, and summarizing their adsorption and regeneration mechanisms.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
(2021)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Miao Han, Zaifeng Zhang, Si Liu, Youying Sheng, Michael Gatheru Waigi, Xiaojie Hu, Chao Qin, Wanting Ling
Summary: Organic contaminants are widespread in the environment and pose significant threats to human health and ecological balance. This review utilized bibliometric analysis to examine the research on the genotoxicity of organic contaminants in soil. The findings highlight the contributions of China and the United States in this field, as well as the research focus on biological risks, damage mechanisms, and testing methods. The review summarizes the manifestations and influencing factors of genotoxicity, the main damage mechanisms, and commonly used testing methods.
Review
Engineering, Environmental
Jian Zhang, Ni Zhang, Filip M. G. Tack, Shinjiro Sato, Daniel S. Alessi, Patryk Oleszczuk, Hailong Wang, Xiaozhi Wang, Shengsen Wang
Summary: This paper systematically reviewed the modification techniques of OMC, including nonmetallic doping modification and the impregnation of nano-metals and metal oxides. The reaction conditions play a critical role in the removal performance of contaminants onto OMC. The study also investigated the removal of a range of contaminants by both pristine and modified OMC.
JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
(2021)
Review
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Aurora Ghirardelli, Paolo Tarolli, Mangalaa Kameswari Rajasekaran, Amogh Mudbhatkal, Mark G. Macklin, Roberta Masin
Summary: The Ganga basin is facing increasing anthropogenic pressure due to high demographic and economic growth rates. Despite the rise in human activities, the pollution status of the Ganga remains poorly understood. This systematic literature review highlights the prevalence of organic pollutants in surface water and sediment of the Ganga basin, with a focus on emerging contaminants and the need for more comprehensive studies in under-investigated areas.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yixia Chen, Mingwei Lin, Dan Zhuang
Summary: This study provides a comprehensive summary of wastewater treatment and emerging contaminants research from 1998 to 2021 using bibliometric analysis. The analysis reveals that China has the highest number of publications and the closest cooperation with the United States. The most cited papers indicate that purification or removal techniques such as ozonation or membrane filtration can effectively remove pharmaceutical compounds from the water environment. Efficient detection of emerging contaminants and optimization of removal methods are identified as current challenges.
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Dongli Guo, Shijie You, Fang Li, Yanbiao Liu
Summary: This article provides a comprehensive review of the engineering of carbon nanocatalysts for the persulfate activated elimination of emerging organic contaminants (EOCs). The review highlights the advantages of carbon nanocatalysts, such as high stability and low toxicity, compared to metal-based counterparts. Current trends, applications, challenges, and future perspectives in this area are discussed, emphasizing the need for interdisciplinary collaborations.
CHINESE CHEMICAL LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Yujia Ying, Huilin Li
Summary: Enzymes play a crucial role as biological catalysts in accelerating biochemical reactions in living organisms. This study proposes a convenient method for monitoring enzymatic catalytic processes using native top-down mass spectrometry. By exploring the heterogeneity of the chymotrypsin sample and using tandem mass spectrometry, the researchers were able to monitor covalent and noncovalent enzymatic complexes, substrates, and products during catalysis. The results demonstrate that this method has the potential to be a promising tool for characterizing biocatalysts.
ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Kang Yang, Shuaibo Shi, Jinyu Wu, Shaolong Han, Shengdi Tai, Shishen Zhang, Kun Zhang
Summary: H2O and D2O are important analogues closely related to various industries and monitoring fields. This study successfully distinguishes and detects H2O and D2O by designing a novel eu(III)-macrocycle with dual emitters, Eu-2a, and conducting fluorescence titration experiments.
ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Julia Kuligowski, Alvaro Perez-Rubio, Marta Moreno-Torres, Polina Soluyanova, Judith Perez-Rojas, Ivan Rienda, David Perez-Guaita, Eugenia Pareja, Ramon Trullenque-Juan, Jose Castell, Marcha Verheijen, Florian Caiment, Ramiro Jover, Guillermo Quintas
Summary: This study introduces a novel variable selection approach called cluster PLS (c-PLS) to assess the joint impact of variable groups selected based on biological characteristics on the predictive performance of a multivariate model. The usefulness of c-PLS is shown using miRNomic and metabolomic datasets obtained from the analysis of liver tissue biopsies.
ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Meixue Lai, Lijie Zhong, Siyi Liu, Yitian Tang, Tingting Han, Huali Deng, Yu Bao, Yingming Ma, Wei Wang, Li Niu, Shiyu Gan
Summary: This study presents a method for constructing wearable sweat electrolyte sensors using carbon fiber-based solid-contact ion-selective electrodes (SC-ISEs). By using carbon fibers extracted from commercial cloth as electrode material, the cost and reproducibility issues of flexible SC-ISEs were addressed. The results showed that the carbon fiber-based SC-ISEs exhibited reversible voltammetric and stable impedance performances, and had high reproducibility of standard potentials between normal and bending states.
ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Ke Yang, Ying Liu, Min Deng, Peipei Wang, Dan Cheng, Songjiao Li, Longwei He
Summary: A near-infrared fluorescent probe has been developed to accurately measure the levels of peroxynitrite (ONOO-) in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) in acute lung injury (ALI). The probe demonstrated rapid response, high selectivity, good sensitivity, and enhanced fluorescence intensity in response to ONOO-. It was successfully used to detect changes in ONOO- levels and showed significant increases in an ALI cell model and an ALI mouse model.
ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Yanping Wang, Yuemei Chen, Kejun Li, Jinrong Zhou, Xin Yuan, Mei Zhang, Ke Huang
Summary: In this work, a portable analytical system based on point discharge chemical vapor generation atomic emission spectrometry (PD-CVG-AES) coupling with gold filament enrichment was designed. The highly sensitive analysis of Hg2+ indirectly realized the detection of ascorbic acid (AA). The measurement is based on the fact that Ag+ can decrease the concentration of Hg2+ by forming Ag-Hg amalgam in the presence of the reductant SnCl2, while AA can pre-reduce Ag+ to Ag0, leading to the generation of silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs). The developed novel analytical strategy broadens the application of microplasma-based AES and offers a higher level of sensitivity compared to current AA detection techniques.
ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Yundi Huang, Bo Song, Kaiwen Chen, Deshu Kong, Jingli Yuan
Summary: This study developed two lysosome-targetable background-free TGL probes for efficient and accurate detection of 1O2, which can be used for monitoring endogenous 1O2 concentrations in lysosomes and discriminating variability induced by different photosensitizers. Furthermore, a smart luminescent sensor film was successfully prepared for on-site 1O2 production detection during PDT processes, offering a promising clinical monitoring tool for skin diseases.
ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Wei Lang, Jia-Mei Qin, Qian-Yong Cao
Summary: A novel polymer-based probe P1 was successfully synthesized for fluorescently ratiometric sensing of H2S with high selectivity and sensitivity. A smartphone sensing platform was constructed to conduct visual quantitative detection of H2S. P1 can be employed in evaluating the level fluctuations of H2S in living cells, testing water samples/wine samples, and monitoring food freshness.
ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Yuanyuan Qin, Shuda Liu, Shuyun Meng, Dong Liu, Tianyan You
Summary: The study developed a split aptamer-based sandwich-type ratiometric biosensor for the detection of 17 beta-estradiol (E2) using photoelectrochemical and electrochemical assays. The biosensor utilized split aptamer fragments to recognize E2 and trigger a hybridization chain reaction, resulting in the production of double-stranded DNA labeled with CdTe quantum dots. This DNA complex was able to sensitize CdTe quantum dots and generate response signals for E2 detection. The developed biosensor demonstrated high sensitivity and accuracy with two linear ranges and low detection limits.
ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Siriwan Teepoo, Jongjit Jantra, Khaunnapa Panapong, David Taiwo Ajayi
Summary: A novel immunochromatographic assay based on hyperbranched Au plasmonic blackbodies with a smartphone readout was developed for rapid and sensitive detection of leucomalachite green residues in fish and shrimp products.
ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Andrea L. Larraga-Urdaz, Borja Moreira-Alvarez, Jorge Ruiz Encinar, Jose M. Costa-Fernandez, Maria Luisa Fernandez-Sanchez
Summary: A major challenge in the 21st century is the development of point-of-care diagnostic tools. In this study, a highly sensitive and simple bioassay using AuNPs and MNAzymes was developed for rapid detection and quantification of miRNA-4739. The proposed strategy shows potential for breast cancer diagnosis.
ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Xiaohan Zhao, Anyu Wang, Lingzi Zhai, Jiuhe Gao, Sizhe Lyu, Yingshan Jiang, Tian Zhong, Ying Xiao, Xi Yu
Summary: A novel method using polystyrene-coated magnetic nanoparticles for extracting monohydroxy polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from urine samples was investigated. The proposed method is simple, sensitive, and efficient, with desirable sensitivity for analyzing low-abundance metabolites in large volumes of complex urine samples.
ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Ke Quan, Yuqing Zeng, Wenke Zhang, Fengfeng Li, Mengjiao Li, Zhihe Qing, Linlin Wu
Summary: In this study, a visual and reusable biosensor was developed for detecting substrates that are closely associated with human physiological health. The immobilized oxidase showed higher stability and sensitivity under harsh conditions, enabling reliable detection of substrates in complex fluids.
ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Dongjuan Wang, Xiuqian Ding, Jinling Xie, Juan Wang, Guanhao Li, Xin Zhou
Summary: In this study, a three-in-one sensor was developed for real-time detection of biogenic amines (BAs) with high sensitivity and selectivity. The sensor showed multimodal responses and could be used to fabricate portable devices for on-site non-destructive assessment of food spoilage indicators.
ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Jinting Meng, Zihao Xu, Shasha Zheng, Hongqun Yang, Tianfu Wang, Hong Wang, Yingwei Zhang
Summary: This study demonstrates the development of a cascade signal amplification system using a multi-pedal DNA walker and strand displacement reactions for the electrochemical detection of miRNA-155. The biosensor exhibited high sensitivity, selectivity, and the potential for clinical applications.
ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA
(2024)