Quasi-2D MIL-100 (Fe) synthesis benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylic acid self-assembly: organic dye adsorption at room temperature with dramatically enhanced kinetics.

Amid increasing environmental pollution, two-dimensional materials have played pivotal roles in environmental remediation. However, two-dimensional metal-organic frameworks (2D-MOFs) have yet to be thoroughly explored. This study introduces a novel approach to synthesize 2D-MOFs, particularly focusing on MIL-100-(Fe), for the adsorption of emerging organic dyes.

Functionalization of TiC MXene with Diethylenetriamine for a Column-Based Solid-Phase Extraction of Heavy Metals.

Transition metal carbides, nitrides, and carbonitrides, known as MXenes, are attracting attention for their potential application in trace detection of heavy metals. This study presents diethylenetriamine-functionalized TiC MXene for trace detection of cadmium and lead ions. Functionalization of TiC significantly improves the adsorption properties of MXenes by replacing native functional groups with silane moieties that contain three amine groups, offering higher affinity for heavy metals.

Early diagnosis of disease using microbead array technology: A review.

Early diagnosis of diseases (before they become advanced and incurable) is essential to reduce morbidity and mortality rates. With the advent of novel technologies in clinical laboratory diagnosis, microbead-based arrays have come to be recognized as an efficient approach, that demonstrates useful advantages over traditional assay methods for multiple disease-related biomarkers. Multiplexed microbead assays provide a robust, rapid, specific, and cost-effective approach for high-throughput and simultaneous screening of many different targets.

Multiplexed microarrays based on optically encoded microbeads.

In recent years, there has been growing interest in optically-encoded or tagged functionalized microbeads as a solid support platform to capture proteins or nucleotides which may serve as biomarkers of various diseases. Multiplexing technologies (suspension array or planar array) based on optically encoded microspheres have made possible the observation of relatively minor changes in biomarkers related to specific diseases. The ability to identify these changes at an early stage may allow the diagnosis of serious diseases (e.