Comparison of various nanomaterial-based colorimetric methods of Hg2+ detection.
Materials | Detection limit | Real samples | Reference |
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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 |