Shujat Ali

TL;DR: In order to establish SERS as a routine tool for the monitoring of food safety and quality, future research should focus on minimizing technical costs, standardizing experimental protocols, developing new SERS substrates, and integrating SERS with other methods to overcome its shortcomings.

TL;DR: A sensitive biosensor was developed based on aptamer functionalized polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) film for the detection of Staphylococcus aureus using surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) technology and a 92.5-110% recovery rate was achieved.

TL;DR: Magnesium and zinc oxide nano-adsorbents were prepared for the removal of copper from industrial waste water as discussed by the authors, and the maximum adsorption capacities obtained for ZnO and MgO are 226 and 593mg/g, respectively at initial pH of 3-4 when 0.3 and 0.2 g of adsorbent dose was utilized while maintaining the temperature at 70°C.

TL;DR: Schiff bases are used as fluorescent turn-on/turn-off and colorimetric chemosensors for the detection of different metal cations including Ag+, Cu2+, Co2+, Mn2+, Cd2+, Hg2+, Ni2+, Zn2+, Pd2++, Fe3+, and Al3+ in different samples as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: Conjugation to Ag and Au nanoparticles increased the antibacterial activity of ceftriaxone by about 2 times, and conjugation to Au by about 6 times and appeared to improve the kinetics of the antibiotic.