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  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,727 Views
15 Pages

Hydrazine is considered a powerful reducing agent and catalyst, showing diverse applications in agricultural industries, toxic degradation research, and wastewater management. Additionally, hydrazine can trigger some specific reactions when combined...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
5,038 Views
13 Pages

Iron-Doped Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles As Potential Scaffold for Hydrazine Chemical Sensor Applications

  • Ahmad Umar,
  • Farid A. Harraz,
  • Ahmed A. Ibrahim,
  • Tubia Almas,
  • Rajesh Kumar,
  • M. S. Al-Assiri and
  • Sotirios Baskoutas

17 February 2020

Herein, we report the fabrication of a modified glassy carbon electrode (GCE) with high-performance hydrazine sensor based on Fe-doped TiO2 nanoparticles prepared via a facile and low-cost hydrothermal method. The structural morphology, crystalline,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,380 Views
11 Pages

MOFs-Derived Nano-CuO Modified Electrode as a Sensor for Determination of Hydrazine Hydrate in Aqueous Medium

  • Yaqi Lu,
  • Dan Wu,
  • Ziyin Li,
  • Quanjie Lin,
  • Xiuling Ma,
  • Zhangjing Zhang and
  • Shengchang Xiang

24 December 2019

It very important to be able to efficiently detect hydrazine hydrate in an aqueous medium due to its high toxicity. Here, we have proposed a new idea: to construct a sensor for the rapid determination of hydrazine hydrate based on the nano-CuO derive...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,340 Views
16 Pages

Hydrazine, a highly toxic compound, demands sensitive and selective detection methods. Building upon our previous studies with pre-coumarin OFF–ON sensors for fluoride anions, we extended our strategy to hydrazine sensing by adapting phenol pro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,511 Views
12 Pages

17 January 2023

Due to its hazardous nature, the determination of hydrazine is of great significance. This study designed and fabricated a hydrazine electrochemical sensor. Two-dimensional (2-D) molybdenum diselenide (MoSe2) has been synthesized by using the sol-gel...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
6,879 Views
11 Pages

Arrays of TiO2 Nanowires as Photoelectrochemical Sensors for Hydrazine Detection

  • Michael Ongaro,
  • Michela Signoretto,
  • Valentina Trevisan,
  • Angela Maria Stortini and
  • Paolo Ugo

Electrodes based on arrays of TiO2 nanowires were prepared by template sol-gel synthesis with the goal of developing a hydrazine photoelectrochemical sensor. Experimental conditions were chosen so that the gelation reaction occurred inside the nanopo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
91 Citations
5,569 Views
10 Pages

Electrochemical Sensor Based on ZnFe2O4/RGO Nanocomposite for Ultrasensitive Detection of Hydrazine in Real Samples

  • Somayeh Tajik,
  • Mohammad Bagher Askari,
  • Sayed Ali Ahmadi,
  • Fraiba Garkani Nejad,
  • Zahra Dourandish,
  • Razieh Razavi,
  • Hadi Beitollahi and
  • Antonio Di Bartolomeo

29 January 2022

We have developed a highly sensitive sensor of ZnFe2O4/reduced graphene oxide (ZnFe2O4/RGO) nanocomposite for electrochemical detection of hydrazine, fabricated by a simple hydrothermal protocol. Subsequently, a screen-printed electrode (SPE) surface...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,257 Views
18 Pages

Electrochemical Sensors Based on Au Nanoparticles Decorated Pyrene-Reduced Graphene Oxide for Hydrazine, 4-Nitrophenol and Hg2+ Detection in Water

  • Alma Mejri,
  • Giacomo Mandriota,
  • Hamza Elfil,
  • Maria Lucia Curri,
  • Chiara Ingrosso and
  • Abdelmoneim Mars

2 December 2022

Monitoring hazardous chemical compounds such as hydrazine (N2H4), 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) and Hg2+ in natural water resources is a crucial issue due to their toxic effects on human health and catastrophic impact on the environment. Electrochemical nanos...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
7,564 Views
9 Pages

Concentric-Electrode Organic Electrochemical Transistors: Case Study for Selective Hydrazine Sensing

  • Sébastien Pecqueur,
  • Stéphane Lenfant,
  • David Guérin,
  • Fabien Alibart and
  • Dominique Vuillaume

11 March 2017

We report on hydrazine-sensing organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) with a design consisting of concentric annular electrodes. The design engineering of these OECTs was motivated by the great potential of using OECT sensing arrays in fields su...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,618 Views
10 Pages

A Novel Turn-On Fluorescent Sensor Based on Sulfur Quantum Dots and MnO2 Nanosheet Architectures for Detection of Hydrazine

  • Xin Li,
  • Xiaobin Wang,
  • Wei Guo,
  • Feng Luan,
  • Chunyuan Tian,
  • Xuming Zhuang and
  • Lijun Zhao

27 June 2022

In this paper, the SQDs@MnO2 NS as the probe was applied to construct a novel “turn-on” fluorescent sensor for sensitive and selective detection of hydrazine (N2H4). Sulfur quantum dots (SQDs) and MnO2 nanosheets (MnO2 NS) were simply mix...

  • Review
  • Open Access
30 Citations
6,918 Views
32 Pages

Recent Advances in Perylene Diimide-Based Active Materials in Electrical Mode Gas Sensing

  • Salman Ali,
  • Akhil Gupta,
  • Mahnaz Shafiei and
  • Steven J. Langford

This review provides an update on advances in the area of electrical mode sensors using organic small molecule n-type semiconductors based on perylene. Among small organic molecules, perylene diimides (PDIs) are an important class of materials due to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,614 Views
15 Pages

Effective Fluorescence Detection of Hydrazine and the Photocatalytic Degradation of Rhodamine B Dye Using CdO-ZnO Nanocomposites

  • Ahmad Umar,
  • Ramesh Kumar,
  • Mohinder Singh Chauhan,
  • Rajesh Kumar,
  • Ahmed A. Ibrahim,
  • Mohsen A. M. Alhamami,
  • Hassan Algadi and
  • Mohammad Shaheer Akhtar

14 December 2022

CdO-ZnO nanocomposites were synthesized using a simple solution approach, and several characterization approaches were used to examine the morphological, structural, phase, vibrational, optical, and compositional properties of these CdO-ZnO nanocompo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,818 Views
14 Pages

28 October 2023

Novel nanostructured platforms based on Pencil Graphite Electrodes (PGEs), modified with pyrene carboxylic acid (PCA) functionalized Reduced Graphene Oxide (rGO), and then decorated by chronoamperometry electrodeposition of MoS2 nanoroses (NRs) (MoS2...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
6,275 Views
14 Pages

In-Doped ZnO Hexagonal Stepped Nanorods and Nanodisks as Potential Scaffold for Highly-Sensitive Phenyl Hydrazine Chemical Sensors

  • Ahmad Umar,
  • Sang Hoon Kim,
  • Rajesh Kumar,
  • Mohammad S. Al-Assiri,
  • A. E. Al-Salami,
  • Ahmed A. Ibrahim and
  • Sotirios Baskoutas

21 November 2017

Herein, we report the growth of In-doped ZnO (IZO) nanomaterials, i.e., stepped hexagonal nanorods and nanodisks by the thermal evaporation process using metallic zinc and indium powders in the presence of oxygen. The as-grown IZO nanomaterials were...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,779 Views
19 Pages

A novel dual-response fluorescence probe (XBT-CN) was developed by using a fluorescence priming strategy for quantitative monitoring and visualization of hydrazine (N2H4) and hypochlorite (ClO). With the addition of N2H4/ClO, the cleava...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
4,371 Views
15 Pages

1 October 2019

The current work reports the successful synthesis of ethylene glycol functionalized gadolinium oxide nanoparticles (Gd2O3 Nps) as a proficient electrocatalytic material for the detection of hydrazine and p-nitrophenol. A facile hydrothermal approach...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,282 Views
15 Pages

Covalent Organic Frameworks-TpPa-1 as an Emerging Platform for Electrochemical Sensing

  • Gang Li,
  • Baiqing Yuan,
  • Sidi Chen,
  • Liju Gan and
  • Chunying Xu

26 August 2022

Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are a new type of metal-free porous architecture with a well-designed pore structure and high stability. Here an efficient electrochemical sensing platform was demonstrated based on COFs TpPa-1 constructed by 1,3,5-...

  • Article
  • Open Access
517 Views
24 Pages

From Cellulose to Functional Electrode SCNF:rGO Hybrid Films for Electrochemical Applications

  • Josefa Silva,
  • José Raúl Sosa-Acosta,
  • Galo Ramírez,
  • Katherina Fernández and
  • Rodrigo del Rio

4 December 2025

Sulfated nanocellulose (SCNF) and reduced graphene oxide (rGO) films were fabricated through environmentally friendly methods to develop an effective platform for electrochemical applications. The hybrid materials were extensively characterized by FT...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,942 Views
20 Pages

13 October 2023

This paper presents a novel modified electrode for an amperometric hydrazine sensor based on multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) modified with lignosulfonate (LS) and decorated with palladium nanoparticles (NPds). The MWCNT/LS/NPd hybrid was chara...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,223 Views
10 Pages

MoS2 Quantum Dot Modified Electrode: An Efficient Probe for Electrochemical Detection of Hydrazine

  • Susmita Roy,
  • Sarda Sharma,
  • Karumbaiah N. Chappanda and
  • Chanchal Chakraborty

12 January 2023

The development of an effective sensor system that can detect carcinogenic hydrazine is of prime scientific interest for the protection of human health and the environment. In the present study, MoS2 quantum dots (QDs) with an average diameter of ~5...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
8,260 Views
11 Pages

Electrochemical Immunoassay Using Open Circuit Potential Detection Labeled by Platinum Nanoparticles

  • Kanokwan Charoenkitamorn,
  • Phan Trong Tue,
  • Keiko Kawai,
  • Orawon Chailapakul and
  • Yuzuru Takamura

3 February 2018

In this work, a simple electrochemical immunoassay based on platinum nanoparticles (PtNPs) using open circuit potential (OCP) detection was developed. The detection of human chorionic gonadotropin hormone (hCG) as a model analyte, was demonstrated by...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
23 Citations
8,026 Views
11 Pages

7 May 2013

The surface of a glassy carbon (GC) electrode was modified with reduced graphene oxide (rGO) to evaluate the electrochemical response of the modified GC electrodes to hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and hydrazine. The electrode potential of the GC electrode...

  • Review
  • Open Access
31 Citations
7,210 Views
24 Pages

Graphene and Perovskite-Based Nanocomposite for Both Electrochemical and Gas Sensor Applications: An Overview

  • Tse-Wei Chen,
  • Rasu Ramachandran,
  • Shen-Ming Chen,
  • Ganesan Anushya and
  • Kumarasamy Ramachandran

26 November 2020

Perovskite and graphene-based nanocomposites have attracted much attention and been proven as promising candidates for both gas (H2S and NH3) and electrochemical (H2O2, CH3OH and glucose) sensor applications. In this review, the development of portab...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,505 Views
21 Pages

This study presents the synthesis, electrochemical characterization, and sensor application of Na3[Fe(CN)5(PZT)], a novel pentacyanidoferrate-based coordination compound incorporating 2-pyrazinylethanethiol (PZT) as a ligand. Unlike conventional Prus...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,950 Views
10 Pages

12 August 2021

Copper in ionic form (Cu2+) should be removed from wastewater because of its harmful effects on human health. Meanwhile, Cu-metal nanoparticles (Cu0 NPs) are widely used in various applications such as catalysts, optical materials, sensors, and antib...

  • Article
  • Open Access
42 Citations
10,112 Views
10 Pages

A Ratiometric Fluorescent Sensor for Cd2+ Based on Internal Charge Transfer

  • Dandan Cheng,
  • Xingliang Liu,
  • Yadian Xie,
  • Haitang Lv,
  • Zhaoqian Wang,
  • Hongzhi Yang,
  • Aixia Han,
  • Xiaomei Yang and
  • Ling Zang

2 November 2017

This work reports on a novel fluorescent sensor 1 for Cd2+ ion based on the fluorophore of tetramethyl substituted bis(difluoroboron)-1,2-bis[(1H-pyrrol-2-yl)methylene]hydrazine (Me4BOPHY), which is modified with an electron donor moiety of N,N-bis(p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
62 Citations
14,868 Views
18 Pages

24 August 2006

This paper describes the electrocatalytic behaviour of a glassy carbon electrode (GCE)modified with cobalt(II)phthalocyanine (CoPc) complex peripherally tetrasubstituted withcobalt(II)tetraphenylporphyrin (CoTPP) complexes via ether linkages (i.e., C...

  • Article
  • Open Access
75 Citations
9,903 Views
18 Pages

19 November 2014

Cobalt phthalocyanine (CoPC) compounds have been reported to provide electrocatalytic performances towards a substantial number of analytes. In these configurations, electrodes are typically constructed via drop casting the CoPC onto a supporting ele...

  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
5,390 Views
16 Pages

29 January 2018

In this paper, we systematically investigated the influence of fluoride on the morphology and electrochemical property of Co3O4 nanostructures for hydrazine detection. The results showed that with the introduction of NH4F during the synthesis process...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
3,221 Views
18 Pages

Fabrication of Curcumin-Based Electrochemical Nanosensors for the Detection of Environmental Pollutants: 1,4-Dioxane and Hydrazine

  • Renjith Kumar Rasal,
  • Iffath Badsha,
  • Muthaiah Shellaiah,
  • Kumaran Subramanian,
  • Abinaya Gayathri,
  • Abdurahman Hajinur Hirad,
  • Kumaravel Kaliaperumal and
  • Thiyagarajan Devasena

4 June 2024

This work reports the development of novel curcuminoid-based electrochemical sensors for the detection of environmental pollutants from water. In this study, the first set of electrochemical experiments was carried out using curcumin-conjugated multi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
101 Citations
16,054 Views
19 Pages

Fiber Optic Sensors For Detection of Toxic and Biological Threats

  • Mahmoud El-Sherif,
  • Lalitkumar Bansal and
  • Jianming Yuan

4 December 2007

Protection of public and military personnel from chemical and biological warfareagents is an urgent and growing national security need. Along with this idea, we havedeveloped a novel class of fiber optic chemical sensors, for detection of toxic and b...

  • Article
  • Open Access
60 Citations
5,186 Views
16 Pages

A New Fluorescent Chemosensor for Cobalt(II) Ions in Living Cells Based on 1,8-Naphthalimide

  • Yu-Long Liu,
  • Liu Yang,
  • Lu Li,
  • You-Quan Guo,
  • Xiao-Xiao Pang,
  • Ping Li,
  • Fei Ye and
  • Ying Fu

26 August 2019

In this work, a highly selective fluorescent chemosensor N-(2-(2-butyl-1,3-dioxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-benzo[de]isoquinolin-6-yl)hydrazine-1-carbonothioyl)benzamide (L) was prepared and characterized. An assay to detect the presence of cobalt(II) ions was d...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,102 Views
13 Pages

Highly Sensitive Voltammetric Determination of Acrylamide Based on Ibuprofen Capped Mercury Nanoparticles

  • Sirajuddin,
  • Zulfiqar Ali Tagar,
  • Muhammad Anwar Ul Haq,
  • Muhammad Raza Shah,
  • Mujeeb-ur-Rehman,
  • Syed Tufail Hussain Sherazi,
  • Jiri Barek and
  • Muhammad Siddique Kalhoro

2 November 2021

Highly stable, small-sized and evenly distributed solid mercury nanoparticles capped with ibuprofen (Ibu-HgNPs) were prepared via reduction with hydrazine and capped with ibuprofen as a stabilizing agent. Characterization of Ibu-HgNPs was carried out...

  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
5,820 Views
12 Pages

Ranolazine-Functionalized Copper Nanoparticles as a Colorimetric Sensor for Trace Level Detection of As3+

  • Gul Naz Laghari,
  • Ayman Nafady,
  • Sameerah I. Al-Saeedi,
  • Sirajuddin,
  • Syed Tufail H. Sherazi,
  • Jan Nisar,
  • Muhammad Raza Shah,
  • Mohammad I. Abro,
  • Munazza Arain and
  • Suresh K. Bhargava

10 January 2019

This study involves environmentally friendly synthesis of copper nanoparticles in aqueous medium without inert gas protection, using ranolazine as a capping material. UV-Visible (UV-Vis) spectrometry showed that ranolazine-derived copper nanoparticle...

  • Article
  • Open Access
49 Citations
7,561 Views
11 Pages

Facile Fabrication of Conductive Graphene/Polyurethane Foam Composite and Its Application on Flexible Piezo-Resistive Sensors

  • Weibing Zhong,
  • Xincheng Ding,
  • Weixin Li,
  • Chengyandan Shen,
  • Ashish Yadav,
  • Yuanli Chen,
  • Mingze Bao,
  • Haiqing Jiang and
  • Dong Wang

1 August 2019

Flexible pressure sensors have attracted tremendous research interests due to their wide applications in wearable electronics and smart robots. The easy-to-obtain fabrication and stable signal output are meaningful for the practical application of fl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
76 Citations
11,708 Views
10 Pages

Nonenzymatic Glucose Sensor Based on In Situ Reduction of Ni/NiO-Graphene Nanocomposite

  • Xiaohui Zhang,
  • Zheng Zhang,
  • Qingliang Liao,
  • Shuo Liu,
  • Zhuo Kang and
  • Yue Zhang

26 October 2016

Ni/NiO nanoflower modified reduced graphene oxide (rGO) nanocomposite (Ni/NiO-rGO) was introduced to screen printed electrode (SPE) for the construction of a nonenzymatic electrochemical glucose biosensor. The Ni/NiO-rGO nanocomposite was synthesized...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,878 Views
15 Pages

Establishing Compliance between Spectral, Colourimetric and Photometric Indicators in Resazurin Reduction Test

  • Alexander V. Sychev,
  • Anastasia I. Lavrova,
  • Marine Z. Dogonadze and
  • Eugene B. Postnikov

The resazurin reduction test is one of the basic tests for bacterial culture viability and drug resistance endorsed by the World Health Organisation. At the same time, conventional spectrophotometric and spectrofluorimetric methods demand rather bulk...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,990 Views
11 Pages

Electrical Properties of Textiles Treated with Graphene Oxide Suspension

  • Danil Valeriyevich Nikolaev,
  • Zakhar Ivanovich Evseev,
  • Svetlana Afanasyevna Smagulova and
  • Irina Veniaminovna Antonova

16 April 2021

Two-dimensional nanomaterials such as graphene can provide various functional properties to textiles, which have great potential in sportswear, healthcare etc. In this study, the properties of nylon and cotton-based electronic textiles coated with re...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,123 Views
17 Pages

Dynamic Regulation of Mitochondrial [Ca2+] in Hippocampal Neurons

  • Liliya Kushnireva,
  • Kanishka Basnayake,
  • David Holcman,
  • Menahem Segal and
  • Eduard Korkotian

14 October 2022

While neuronal mitochondria have been studied extensively in their role in health and disease, the rules that govern calcium regulation in mitochondria remain somewhat vague. In the present study using cultured rat hippocampal neurons transfected wit...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,961 Views
24 Pages

A Comprehensive Study of Electrocatalytic Degradation of M-Tolylhydrazine with Binary Metal Oxide (Er2O3@NiO) Nanocomposite Modified Glassy Carbon Electrode

  • Tahir Ali Sheikh,
  • Abdullah M. Asiri,
  • Amna Siddique,
  • Hadi M. Marwani,
  • Md. Rezaur Rahman,
  • Muhammad Nadeem Akhtar and
  • Mohammed M. Rahman

19 May 2023

Generally, our ecosystem is continuously contaminated as a result of anthropogenic activities that form the basis of our comfort in our routine life. Thus, most scientists are engaged in the development of new technologies that can be used in environ...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,212 Views
28 Pages

In the current scenario, it is considered that environmental pollution is one of the significant challenges for the global world. Various toxic and hazardous substances such as hydrazine, phenolic compounds, and pharmaceutical waste significantly con...