Selective extraction and release using (EDTA-Ni)-layered double hydroxide coupled with catalytic oxidation of 3,3',5,5'-tetramethylbenzidine for sensitive detection of copper ion

Progress in pre-treatment and extraction of organic and inorganic pollutants by layered double hydroxide for trace-level analysis

Continuous release of pollutants into the environment poses serious threats to environmental sustainability and human health. For trace-level analysis of pollutants, layered double hydroxide (LDH) is an attractive option to impart enhanced sorption capability and sensitivity toward pollutants because of its unique layered structure, tunable interior architecture, high anion-exchange capacities, and high porosity (e.g., Zn/Cr LDH/DABCO-IL, Ni/Al LDH, CS-Ni/Fe LDH, SDS-Fe₃O₄@SiO₂@Mg-Al LDH, Boeh/Mg/Al LDH/pC, and Fe@NiAl LDH). In concert with the well-defined analytical methodologies (e.g., HPLC and GC), the LDH materials can be employed to detect trace-level targets (e.g., as low as ∼ 20 fg/L for phenols) in aqueous environments. This review highlights LDH as a promising material for pre-treatment of a variety of organic and inorganic target pollutants in complex real matrices. Challenges and future requirements for research into LDH-based analytical methods are also discussed.

Ni/Fe layered double hydroxide nanosheet/G-quadruplex as a new complex DNAzyme with highly enhanced peroxidase-mimic activity

A novel and low-cost DNAzyme, Ni/Fe layered double hydroxide (LDH) nanosheet/G-quadruplex (without hemin) with enhanced peroxidase-mimic activity was designed. The catalytic mechanism was investigated. The detection of Cu(II) in actual serum samples could be realized sensitively via this efficient DNAzyme-based method.

A review on optical sensors based on layered double hydroxides nanoplatforms

In recent years, significant efforts have been devoted towards the fabrication and application of layered double hydroxides (LDHs) due to their tremendous features such as excellent biocompatibility with negligible toxicity, large surface area, high conductivity, excellent solubility, and ion exchange properties. Most impressive, LDHs offer a favorable environment to attach several substances such as quantum dots, fluorescein dyes, proteins, and enzymes, which leads to strengthening the catalytic properties or increasing the sensing selectivity and sensitivity of the resulted hybrids. With the extensive ongoing research on the application of nanomaterials, many studies have led to remarkable achievements in exploring LDHs as sensing nanoplatforms. In optical sensors, for instance, many sensing strategies were tailored based on the enzyme-mimicking properties of LDHs, including colorimetric and chemiluminescence procedures. Meanwhile, others were designed based on intercalating some fluorogenic substrates on the LDHs, whereby the sensing signal can be acquired by quenching or enhancing their fluorescence after the addition of analytes. In this review, we aim to summarize the recent advances in optical sensors that use layered double hydroxides as sensing platforms for the determination of various analytes. By outlining some representative examples, we accentuate the change of spectral absorbance, chemiluminescence, and photoluminescence phenomena triggered by the interaction of LDH or functionalized-LDH with the indicators and analytes in the system. And finally, current limitations and possible future orientation in designing further LDHs-based optical sensors are presented. It is hoped that this review will be helpful in assisting the establishment of more improved sensors based on LDHs features. Optical sensors based on layered double hydroxides (LDHs) nanoplatforms were reviewed. The sensing system and detection approaches were rationally reviewed. Possible future orientations were highlighted.

Recent advances in the application of layered double hydroxides in analytical chemistry: A review

In recent years, layered double hydroxides (LDHs) have garnered a lot of attention in analytical chemistry, due to their advantages such as relatively simple synthesis, low cost, possession of large specific surface area and high catalytic activity, and biocompatibility. The most common applications of LDH in analytical chemistry such as sorbents in sample extraction, electrode materials in electrochemical sensing and color indicators in colorimetric detection have been well reported. Generally, the LDHs are prepared as composites with nanomaterials, or constructed with specific three-dimensional structures, befitting the applications desired for them. However, the applications of LDHs (as extraction sorbents, color indicators and in electrochemical sensing) are usually limited in these scenarios. To help address these challenges, future trends and developmental prospects of LDHs materials in analytical chemistry are discussed in this article. Besides, the strategies associated with the design of LDHs, including the structural aspects, for potential analytical applications are presented and reviewed.

Insight into the adsorption mechanisms of aqueous hexavalent chromium by EDTA intercalated layered double hydroxides: XRD, FTIR, XPS, and zeta potential studies

To understand the possible mechanisms of Cr(vi) adsorption on the surface of modified LDHs, we synthesized EDTA intercalated MgAl-LDH and its magnetic product, and evaluated their adsorption performance for Cr(vi) by batch experiments.

Citric Acid Capped CdS Quantum Dots for Fluorescence Detection of Copper Ions (II) in Aqueous Solution

Citric acid capped CdS quantum dots (CA-CdS QDs), a new assembled fluorescent probe for copper ions (Cu2+), was synthesized successfully by a simple hydrothermal method. In this work, the fluorescence sensor for the detection of heavy and transition metal (HTM) ions has been extensively studied in aqueous solution. The results of the present study indicate that the obtained CA-CdS QDs could detect Cu2+ with high sensitivity and selectivity. It found that the existence of Cu2+ has a significant fluorescence quenching with a large red shifted (from greenish-yellow to yellowish-orange), but not in the presence of 17 other HTM ions. As a result, Cu₂S, the energy level below the CdS conduction band, could be formed at the surface of the CA-CdS QDs and leads to the quenching of fluorescence of CA-CdS QDs. Under optimal conditions, the copper ions detection range using the synthesized fluorescence sensor was 1.0 × 10‒8 M to 5.0 × 10‒5 M and the limit of detection (LOD) is 9.2 × 10‒9 M. Besides, the as-synthesized CA-CdS QDs sensor exhibited good selectivity toward Cu2+ relative to other common metal ions. Thus, the CA-CdS QDs has potential applications for detecting Cu2+ in real water samples.

A colorimetric-dispersive solid-phase extraction method for the sensitive and selective determination of iron using dissolvable bathocuproinedisulfonic acid-intercalated layered double hydroxide nanosheets

In this research, a novel, simple, sensitive and selective method has been presented for the determination of iron using dissolvable bathocuproine disulfonic acid (BCS)-layered double hydroxides (LDHs) for dispersive solid-phase extraction (DSPE).

Nitrogen-doped carbon dots for the detection of mercury ions in living cells and visualization of latent fingerprints

Nitrogen-doped carbon dots (NCDs) were synthesised using a simple and straightforward solvothermal method.

The alternative use of layered double hydroxides as extraction medium coupled with microcomplexation for determination of phosphate in water samples

A simple, rapid, in situ, and green extraction combined with a microcomplexation has been developed for the spectrophotometric determination of phosphate in water samples. Through their formation, layered double hydroxides (LDHs) were employed as the extraction medium, instantly commenced by a rapid addition of a mixed solution of Mg²⁺ and Al³⁺ ions into alkaline phosphate solution. After the extraction, LDH precipitate containing phosphate was dissolved by sulfuric acid and the released phosphate was subsequently detected via its complexation with molybdate in the presence of antimonyl and ascorbic acid. Under optimum conditions, the linearity in the range of 5-200μgL^-1, with the correlation coefficient (r²) of 0.9969, and the enrichment factor (EF) of 14 were obtained. The limit of detection (LOD) of 5μgL^-1 and good precision, with the relative standard deviations (RSDs) less than 8.16%, were achieved. The proposed method was successfully applied to determine phosphate in water samples and the relative recoveries of 72.97-115.32% were obtained.