Current Analytical Chemistry - Volume 21, Issue 3, 2025

Nanoplastics (NPs) have emerged as a concerning environmental pollutant due to their ubiquitous presence and potential adverse effects on human health. This review aims to elucidate the routes of NP contamination and their associated toxic effects on various systems within the human body. The inhalation of NPs presents a significant route of exposure, where particles can deposit deep within the respiratory tract, leadin Read More

Access to clean air, a vital necessity for life, faces severe constraints globally due to industrialization and urbanization, leading to widespread air quality deterioration. To safeguard human health and the environment from detrimental effects, the essential components of proper monitoring, assessment, and management of air quality are paramount. Conventional air quality analytical techniques such as gas chromatography/ Read More

In recent years, research and development efforts have been heavily focused on conductive diamond electrodes for electrochemical applications. Such initiatives may have been spurred by their broad potential window, low background current, chemical inertness, and mechanical robustness. Compared to other carbon-based materials, conducting diamond can oxidize several analytes before the breakdown of water in aqueou Read More

A new material of SiO2-(1-(bis(2-aminoethyl)amino)-3-(silyl)propane-2-ol) (SiO2-BAEASP) has been successfully synthesized as a promising SiO2-based material for the filtration and capturing UO22+ ions. In this study, the chemical structure and possible uses of SiO2-BAEASP in environmental remediation are explored. Moreover, the methodologies and procedures for synthesizing and characterizing SiO2-BAEASP are also descr Read More

AimThe ashlar belongs to a classic palace located in the city of Milan (Italy), built in 1883 by a renowned architect of the time. It was studied in detail in order to establish the material it is made of and to highlight its degradation and what caused it.MethodsThe study was carried out by combining different techniques, for example, a detailed minero-petrographic study was performed, together with classical chemical qua Read More

BackgroundThe present study is focused on the collection of honey samples from the different geographical and climatic conditions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and analyzing them for the determination of riboflavin. Quantification of riboflavin, being natively fluorescent, was accomplished using spectrofluorimetric method. Riboflavin has characteristic fluorescence spectra with maximum excitation at 464 nm followed by an Read More