Advances in Detection and Instrument for Environmental Pollutants and Food Monitoring
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sustainability and Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2022) | Viewed by 276
Special Issue Editors
Interests: surface plasmon; surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy; photocatalysis; photoelectrochemical cell; electrocatalytic reduction of nitrate
Interests: surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy; photocatalysis; electrocatalysis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Pollutants and contaminants in the environment and food, including organic pollutants, heavy metals, illegal or excessive additives, pesticide residue, and biotoxins, are extemly harmful to our heath. Relevant government departments in various countries attach great importance to and use supervision and punishment to prevent this kind of food contamination. The detection of pollutants and contaminants is the foundation of these policies. Conventional methods are mainly based on chromatographic techniques and immunoassays such as gas chromatography combined with mass spectrometry, liquid chromatography combined with mass spectrometry, high-performance liquid chromatography, and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. However, these methods are time consuming, expensive, and not easily portable. Recently, some new detection strategies and instruments for environmental pollutants and food monitoring have been developed, such as surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, fluorescence, and various miniaturized devices, sensors, and instruments. This Special Issue aims to report on the newest advances in the rapid detection of environmental pollutants and food contaminants, covering active materials, structural designs, sensor or device designs, development of detection methodology, data processing methods, and chemometrics. Thanks to your contributions, readers will be able to keep up to date with the cutting edge findings in this field.
Dr. Haibin Tang
Dr. Chuhong Zhu
Dr. Zhongbo Li
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- surface plasmon
- LSPR
- surface-enhanced Raman scattering
- surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy
- SERS
- fluorescence
- detection
- instrument
- environmental pollutants
- organic pollutant
- heavy metal
- food monitoring
- additive
- pesticide residue
- mildew
- biotoxin
