Detection and spatial mapping of mercury contamination in water samples using a smart-phone

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1121-1129

  Wei, Qingshan ^a,b   Nagi, Richie ^b   Sadeghi, Kayvon ^a,b   Feng, Steve ^a   Yan, Eddie ^a   Ki, So Jung ^b   Caire, Romain ^a   Tseng, Derek ^a   Ozcan, Aydogan ^a,b  

^a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

aptamers; colorimetric sensor; gold nanoparticles; mercury detection; smart phone sensor

Indexed keywords

GOLD; MERCURY; METAL NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLORIMETRY; MICROCOMPUTER; MOBILE PHONE; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT;

CALIFORNIA; CELLULAR PHONE; COLORIMETRY; GOLD; MERCURY; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROCOMPUTERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84894611120     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn406571t     Document Type: Article

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