Broadening the scope of on-site detection and bioanalytical perspective of toxic elements using fluorescent sensing constructs

Abstract

The pursuit of industrial and biotechnological revolutions has led to a growing problem of environmental pollution around the world. The fast-growing contamination of numerous environmental matrices is one of the major problems facing humanity due to the controlled and/or uncontrolled discharge of toxic elements from several industrial sectors. Due to several adverse consequences of persistent toxic elements, there is imperative to propose and deploy strategic measures and robust bioanalytical tools with greater efficiency and accuracy to detect a broader range of harmful pollutants. The expansion of pollution detecting tools can further aid real-time and on-site monitoring of the production and release of environmental contaminants in different industrial sectors. Considering the above critiques, the remarkable efforts of various regulatory/legalities authorities are urgently needed to tackle the growing environmental pollution dilemma efficiently. With key scientific and nanotechnological advancements, a unique modality has arisen in fluorescent sensing constructs to effectively sense and monitor this problem. The authentic scientific databases, including Scopus and PubMed, were used to perform the literature survey. For a said purpose, in this paper, a standardized methodology based on inclusion-exclusion criteria was followed to review the literature within the last ten years range to justify the scientific theme of the work and make sure to cover the recent and relevant literature contents.