Md Ali Akbar1, Omar Sharif1, P Ravi Selvaganapathy2,3

  • 1Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton ON L8S 4M1, Canada.

ACS applied engineering materials
|November 30, 2023
PubMed
概括

这项研究引入了一种使用单壁碳纳米管 (SWCNT) 的新传感器阵列,用于识别和量化多种水消毒剂,确保更安全的饮用水. 无试剂系统可以准确地检测各种pH值的自由和甲等化学物质.

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