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. 2019 Feb 1;9(8):4268–4276. doi: 10.1039/c8ra09814j

Comparison of various nanomaterial-based colorimetric methods of Hg2+ detection.

Materials Detection limit Real samples Reference
ZnO–g-C3N4/MoS2 1.9 nM Tap/well/pond water Present work
MnO2 0.8 μM Pool/river water 23
Graphene–gold nanocomposite 16 nM Tap/well/river water 38
CoS-p-rGO 14.23 nM Tap/well/pond/river water 39
Silver nanoparticles 2.73 nM Tap/lake/drinking water 40
Gold NPs 8 nM Pond water 41
Carbon nanodots 23 nM River water 42