Environmental remediation and monitoring of cadmium

TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 56-68

  Khairy, M ^a   El Safty, Sherif A ^a,b   Shenashen, M A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Cadmium; Colorimetric sensor; Detection; Fluorescence sensor; Mesoporous captor; Removal; Sensing; Toxicity; Waste management

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CADMIUM; CHROMOPHORES; COLOR; COLORIMETRY; ERROR DETECTION; LIFE CYCLE; METAL IONS; POLLUTION; REMOVAL; TOXICITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

COLORIMETRIC SENSORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MATRIXES; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FLUORESCENCE SENSORS; MESOPOROUS; SENSING; TOXIC ELEMENTS; TOXIC METAL IONS;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS;

CADMIUM;

ADSORPTION; AIR POLLUTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COLORIMETRY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; ION EXCHANGE; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; REVIEW; SENSOR; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SYNTHESIS; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84907476437     PISSN: 01659936     EISSN: 18793142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2014.06.013     Document Type: Review

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