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ReviewMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Electrospun Nanofibers and Electrochemical Techniques for the Detection of Heavy Metal Ions.

Angela Malara, Antonio Fotia, Emilia Paone, Giulia Serrano

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Review in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Angela MalaraDepartment of Civil, Energy, Environment and Material Engineering, Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, Via Graziella Loc Feo di Vito, 89124 Reggio Calabria, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8771-8485
Antonio FotiaDepartment of Information Engineering, Infrastructures and Sustainable Energy, Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, Via Graziella Loc Feo di Vito, 89124 Reggio Calabria, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1555-0606
Emilia PaoneDepartment of Civil, Energy, Environment and Material Engineering, Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, Via Graziella Loc Feo di Vito, 89124 Reggio Calabria, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8184-750X
Giulia SerranoConsorzio Interuniversitario per la Scienza e la Tecnologia dei Materiali (INSTM), 50121 Firenze, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7953-7780

Funding

Regione Toscana POR-FESR 2014-2020, call FAR-FAS, project SENSOR
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Contamination by heavy metals is currently one of the most environmental concerns especially due to the toxicity, pervasiveness, and persistence of these substances. As they are not biodegradable, heavy metals are harmful not only for water, air, and soil but also for human health, even in very low traces. There is therefore a pressing need to develop an efficient, economic, and rapid analysis method to be applied in a wide range of conditions and able to detect very low contaminants concentrations. Currently, the most novel solution in this field is represented by the combination of electrospun nanofibers and highly sensitive electrochemical techniques. It has been proved that nanofibers, due to their outstanding properties, perfectly fit as sensing material when trace concentrations of heavy metals were investigated by anodic stripping voltammetry, envisaged as the most sensitive electrochemical technique for this kind of measurements. This work aims to provide an overview of the latest trends in the detection of contaminants by the simultaneous use of electrospun fibers and anodic stripping voltammetry. Indeed, a clear and comprehensive vision of the current status of this research may drive future improvements and new challenges.

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electrochemical techniqueselectrospinningheavy metalsnanofibers

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PMID34206003
PMCPMC8197985

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