Metal-Organic Frameworks-Based Smart-Sensing Platforms for Environmental Applications

This book mainly addresses the background and multiple aspects of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and their latest smart-sensing applications in developing several environmental applications. It covers the pace and productivity at a uniform level in each chapter with respect to its audience, from doctoral student to postdoctoral researcher or from postdoctoral researcher to multidisciplinary field researcher with a background in physics, chemistry, material science, environmental science and engineering, who has already worked with MOFs and their applications in recent years. Broadly, the authors have addressed the investigations related to biosensing of biomolecules using their photo-luminescent feature, biosensing of agrochemicals, chemicosensing of explosives using luminescent features of MOFs, MOFs-based chemicosensing of inorganic cationic and anionic pollutants and of organic and toxic pollutants for waste-water treatment, MOFs as environmental sensors beyond waste water treatment, MOFs as electrochemical, photoelectrochemical and electronic sensors and MOFs-based Surface-enhanced Raman scattering platforms.

Rituraj Dubey is currently working as an Assistant Professor (Senior Scale) and Head of the Department of Chemistry, Ramadhin College, Sheikhpura, Munger University, Munger, Bihar, India. Previously, he worked as National Science Council Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Chemistry, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, under the supervision of Distinguished Prof Shu-Hui Chen, in the field of bioanalytical chemistry. He obtained his PhD (organoanalytical chemistry) from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India, under the supervision of Prof Ravi Bhushan. In more than 17 years of teaching and research experience he has achieved almost 40 publications, which include books, book chapters, research papers, reviews, short commentaries, and editorials of international reputation.Som Shankar Dubey is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University in India. His academic journey includes degrees from Banaras Hindu University, India, culminating in a PhD in Surface Chemistry. Before the current position, he held Associate Professor roles at the Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management and Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University, both India. Dr Dubey has authored or co-authored over 64 publications.