A smart nanofibrous material for adsorbing and detecting elemental mercury in air

Macagnano, Antonella; Perri, Viviana; Zampetti, Emiliano; Bearzotti, Andrea; De Cesare, Fabrizio; Sprovieri, Francesca; Pirrone, Nicola

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-6883-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-6883-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-6883-2017

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Articles | Volume 17, issue 11

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13 Jun 2017

Research article |

| 13 Jun 2017

A smart nanofibrous material for adsorbing and detecting elemental mercury in air

Antonella Macagnano, Viviana Perri, Emiliano Zampetti, Andrea Bearzotti, Fabrizio De Cesare, Francesca Sprovieri, and Nicola Pirrone

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Final revised paper (published on 13 Jun 2017)
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RC1: 'A review of the manuscript acp-2016-1077', Anonymous Referee #1, 14 Jan 2017
- AC1: 'REPLY to Reviewer Comments', Antonella Macagnano, 10 Feb 2017
RC2: 'Peer Review of doi:10.5194/acp-2016-1077', Anonymous Referee #2, 27 Feb 2017

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Antonella Macagnano on behalf of the Authors (27 Mar 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (10 Apr 2017) by Ralf Ebinghaus

ED: Publish as is (26 Apr 2017) by Ralf Ebinghaus

AR by Antonella Macagnano on behalf of the Authors (03 May 2017) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

By exploiting the photocatalytic properties of electrospun titania nanofibers, a novel conductometric sensor was designed and fabricated to entrap and detect GEM in air. Such a sensor was able to work at room temperature and was highly sensitive to elemental mercury. Since it is composed of titania and gold nanoparticles, it seems to be robust and resistant to common solvents and VOCs in the air.