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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Bovine Serum Albumin Protein-Based Liquid Crystal Biosensors for Optical Detection of Toxic Heavy Metals in Water.

Noor Ul Amin, Humaira Masood Siddiqi, Yang Kun Lin, Zakir Hussain, Nasir Majeed

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Noor Ul AminDepartment of Chemistry, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan.
Humaira Masood SiddiqiDepartment of Chemistry, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan.
Yang Kun LinDepartment of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, Singapore 117585, Singapore.
Zakir HussainSchool of Chemical and Materials Engineering (SCME), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), H-12, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0003-4850-362X
Nasir MajeedDepartment of Chemistry, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan.
Quaid-i-Azam University · PKNational University of Sciences and Technology · PKNational University of Singapore · SG

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A new methodology involving the use of Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA) as a probe and liquid crystal (LC) as a signal reporter for the detection of heavy metal ions in water at neutral pH was developed. BSA acted as a multi-dentate ligand for the detection of multiple metal ions. The LC sensor was fabricated by immobilizing 3 µg mL

Indexed as

Biosensing TechniquesAnimalsCattleHumansLiquid CrystalsMetals, HeavySerum Albumin, BovineWaterMetals, HeavySerum Albumin, BovineWaterbovine serum albuminheavy metal ionsliquid crystalspolarized optical microscope

Identifiers

PMID31948064
PMCPMC6982898
OpenAlexW2998554046

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