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ReviewNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Application of Nanotechnology in Analysis and Removal of Heavy Metals in Food and Water Resources.

Zhaoyuan Gong, Hiu Ting Chan, Qilei Chen, Hubiao Chen

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Review in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Zhaoyuan GongSchool of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong 999077, China.
Hiu Ting ChanSchool of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong 999077, China.
Qilei ChenSchool of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong 999077, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4127-5524
Hubiao ChenSchool of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong 999077, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0708-6073

Funding

Health and Medical Research Fund in Hong Kong 16170251Innovation and Technology Fund in Hong Kong MHP/023/20Innovation and Technology Fund in Hong Kong PRP/036/20FXNational Natural Science Foundation of China 82074123
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Toxic heavy metal contamination in food and water from environmental pollution is a significant public health issue. Heavy metals do not biodegrade easily yet can be enriched hundreds of times by biological magnification, where toxic substances move up the food chain and eventually enter the human body. Nanotechnology as an emerging field has provided significant improvement in heavy metal analysis and removal from complex matrices. Various techniques have been adapted based on nanomaterials for heavy metal analysis, such as electrochemical, colorimetric, fluorescent, and biosensing technology. Multiple categories of nanomaterials have been utilized for heavy metal removal, such as metal oxide nanoparticles, magnetic nanoparticles, graphene and derivatives, and carbon nanotubes. Nanotechnology-based heavy metal analysis and removal from food and water resources has the advantages of wide linear range, low detection and quantification limits, high sensitivity, and good selectivity. There is a need for easy and safe field application of nanomaterial-based approaches.

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food safetyheavy metalnanomaterialsnanotechnologywater safety

Identifiers

PMID34361182
PMCPMC8308365

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