Journal of Nanomedicine & Nanotechnology

Abstract

Fluorescent Chemosensor for Quantitation of Multiple Atmospheric Gases

Dhanaji Pandit Bhopate, Kim K-H, Mahajan PG, Gore AH, Patil SR, Majhi SM, Naik GK, Liang T-T, Ahemad J-Md, Yu Y-T and Kadam AN

Recently, the sensing and monitoring of gases from ambient as well as industrial sources has gained a great importance in order to ensure occupational hygiene, public health, and societal welfare. The development of new technologies for visualizing and detecting gases at trace levels is imperative for various applications. There exist several established traditional methods to detect different gases. In this article, we review the latest trends in the area of fluorescence sensing of gas molecules, which is a high sensitivity technique with minimum or negligible interferences. The gas sensors fabricated with the use of fluorescent nanoparticles as detecting elements possess special feature, like high surface-to-volume ratios, ultra sensitivity, enhanced selectivity, cost effectiveness, and fast response. The inherent properties of the related systems, e.g. a large fluorescence lifetime, nanoscale particle size and a tunable zeta potential, make it possible to devise fluorescent sensors with an attractive pathway of fluorescence ‘off–on’. Several fluorimetric methods are known to detect specific gases from the atmospheric gaseous samples with satisfactory detection results. Modern fluorescent gas sensors are did not cause interference from the co-pollutants thus making the fluorimetric sensing process to be quantitative as well as specific.