Issue 23, 2016
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Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Optical chemosensors for water sample analysis

Hemant Sharma,a   Navneet Kaur,b   Amanpreet Singh,a   Anil Kuwar*c  and  Narinder Singh*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar (IIT Ropar), Rupnagar, Punjab, India
E-mail: nsingh@iitrpr.ac.in

b Department of Chemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India

c School of Chemical Sciences, North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon, India
E-mail: kuwaras@gmail.com

Abstract

Molecular recognition is an emerging field of Supramolecular Chemistry. The major challenge for supramolecular chemists is detection in an aqueous medium. However, most biological and environmental processes happen in an aqueous medium; therefore, chemosensors that can operate in water are highly demanded. This review mainly focuses on the recognition of analytes (metal, anion and biomolecules) in an aqueous medium (≥90% water) and demonstrates that sensing in an aqueous medium can be achieved without compromising the selectivity and sensitivity. The detail discussion on the design of chemosensors and the mechanism of action for detection of metal ions, anions and biomolecules in an aqueous medium has been provided, reported in the period of 2001–2015.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6TC00605A
Article type
Review Article
Submitted
10 Feb 2016
Accepted
14 Apr 2016
First published
14 Apr 2016

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2016,4, 5154-5194

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H. Sharma, N. Kaur, A. Singh, A. Kuwar and N. Singh, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2016, 4, 5154 DOI: 10.1039/C6TC00605A

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