Valorization of agro-industrial fruit peel waste to fluorescent nanocarbon sensor: Ultrasensitive detection of potentially hazardous tropane alkaloid
- Title
- Valorization of agro-industrial fruit peel waste to fluorescent nanocarbon sensor: Ultrasensitive detection of potentially hazardous tropane alkaloid
- Creator
- Ramya A.V.; Balachandran M.
- Description
- Millions of tonnes of agro-industrial waste are generated each year globally, with the vast majority of it going untreated, underutilized, and disposed of by burning or landfilling, causing severe environmental distress and economic downturn. A practical solution to this global issue is to use green chemistry to convert this waste into value-added products. Accordingly, in the present study, agro-industrial orange peel waste was valorized into fluorescent nanodiamond-like carbon sensor via a green route involving hydrothermal treatment of microwave carbonized orange peel waste. The developed sensor, used for the fluorescence detection of potentially hazardous drug atropine sulfate, exhibits unique dual linearity over concentration ranges of 300 nM to 1 M and from 1 M to 10 M, as well as ultra-low sensitivity of 34.42 nM and 356.46 nM, respectively. Additionally, the sensor demonstrates excellent reproducibility, high stability, and satisfactory recovery when used to identify and quantify atropine sulfate in biological samples and commercially available pharmaceuticals, indicating promising multidisciplinary applications. [Figure not available: see fulltext.] 2021, Higher Education Press.
- Source
- Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering, Vol-16, No. 3
- Date
- 2021-01-01
- Publisher
- Higher Education Press Limited Company
- Subject
- Agro-industrial waste; Atropine sulphate; Fluorescence sensing; Nanodiamond-like carbon; Orange peel; Valorization
- Coverage
- Ramya A.V., Nanocarbon Research Group, Materials Science Research Laboratory, Department of Physics and Electronics, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560029, India; Balachandran M., Nanocarbon Research Group, Materials Science Research Laboratory, Department of Physics and Electronics, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560029, India
- Rights
- Restricted Access
- Relation
- ISSN: 20952201
- Format
- Online
- Language
- English
- Type
- Article
Collection
Citation
Ramya A.V.; Balachandran M., “Valorization of agro-industrial fruit peel waste to fluorescent nanocarbon sensor: Ultrasensitive detection of potentially hazardous tropane alkaloid,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed February 23, 2025, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/15738.