Nanomaterial-based strategies for enhanced mercury trace analysis in environmental and drinking waters

TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 80, Issue , 2016, Pages 280-292

  Huber, Jessica ^a   Leopold, Kerstin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Environmental monitoring; Mercury species; Mercury trace analysis; Natural water; NMs as analytical tools; Sensors; Solid phase extraction

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DETECTION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; MERCURY (METAL); NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHASE SEPARATION; POTABLE WATER; SENSORS; WATER;

ANALYTICAL TOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MERCURY SPECIES; MERCURY TRACE ANALYSIS; NATURAL WATERS; SOLID-PHASE EXTRACTION;

TRACE ANALYSIS;

CARBON NANOTUBE; DRINKING WATER; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; GROUND WATER; MERCURY; NANOMATERIAL; SILVER NANOPARTICLE;

ANODIC STRIPPING POTENTIOMETRY; COLORIMETRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REVIEW; SENSOR; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; WATER ANALYSIS;

EID: 84962393723     PISSN: 01659936     EISSN: 18793142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2015.09.007     Document Type: Review

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