Recent advances in nanomaterials based biosensors for point of care (PoC) diagnosis of Covid-19 - A minireview.

Early diagnosis and ultrahigh sample throughput screening are the need of the hour to control the geological spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Traditional laboratory tests such as enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and computed tomography are implemented for the detection of COVID-19. However, they are limited by the laborious sample collection and processing procedures, longer wait time for test results and skilled technicians to operate sophisticated facilities.

A simple and ubiquitous device for picric acid detection in latent fingerprints using carbon dots.

This work addresses the synthetic optimization of carbon dots (CDs) and their application in sensing picric acid from latent fingerprints by exploiting a smartphone-based RGB tool. The optimization of the synthesis of CDs is investigated towards achieving shorter reaction time, better product yield and fluorescence quantum efficiency. Precursors such as citric acid and thiourea were chosen for the synthesis of CDs.

Pyrene-Based Chemosensor for Picric Acid-Fundamentals to Smartphone Device Design.

Developing a fluorescent probe for the selective and sensitive detection of explosives is a topic of continuous research interest. Additionally, underlying the principles behind the detection mechanism is indeed providing substantial information about the design of an efficient fluorescence probe. In this context, a pyrene-tethered 1-(pyridin-2-yl)imidazo[1,5-]pyridine-based fluorescent probe (TL18) was developed and employed as a fluorescent chemosensor for nitro explosives.

Anthracene based AIEgen for picric acid detection in real water samples.

In this work, a new anthracene Schiff base derivative (AS) was successfully synthesized and characterized by pivotal analytical techniques. Based on the contented results, the AS molecule was employed for photophysical investigation using UV-Visible absorption, steady state and time resolved fluorescence techniques. The photophysical studies reveal that the AS possesses modest molar absorption coefficient (10) and weak fluorescence (ϕ = 0.