Shen-Ming Chen

National Taipei University of Technology · Department of Chemical Engineering

A simple and sensitive electrochemical method was proposed for the quantitative determination of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug diclofenac (DCF). For the first time, carboxyl-functionalized graphene oxide (GO-COOH)-modified glassy carbon electrode (GCE) was employed for the determination of DCF by cyclic voltammetry (CV) and linear sweep volta...

This paper discusses the electrochemical polymerization of basic dye films, which are composed of basic red 9 (BR9), on various electrodes and the enhancement of the electropolymerization by functionalized multiwall carbon nanotubes (f-MWCNTs) modification of the electrode surface. The presence of f-MWCNTs enhances the surface coverage (Γ) and stab...

Layered Double Hydroxides (LDHs), a class of anionic clays have garnered significant attention as a potential electrochemical active material. Due to their unique properties such as high surface area, high electrical conductivity, improved active sites, and tunable capability, they have been extensively used in the field of electrochemical sensors....

Surfactant assisted co-precipitation method for preparing ZnMnO3 perovskites. The as-synthesized nanoflakes are well characterized by using numerous microscopic and spectroscopic methods which confirmed that ZnMnO3 has high crystalline nature and desired functional groups with nanoflake-like morphology. The synthesized ZnMnO3 were fabricated as the...

Ultrathin three-dimensional (3D) interconnected porous carbon nanosheets (PCNs) derived from Moringa oleifera barks (commonly known as the drumstick tree) with electrochemical (EC) sensor performance was employed as the carbon precursor. In this study, we described a simple one-step pyrolysis technique to generate hierarchical PCN using a high-temp...

Significant advancements have been made in the development of CO2 reduction processes for applications such as electrosynthesis, energy storage, and environmental remediation. Several materials have demonstrated great potential in achieving high activity and selectivity for the desired reduction products. Nevertheless, these advancements have prima...

Increasingly sophisticated techniques for falsifying and forging legal documents demand non-destructive and accurate analysis methods. Researchers have extensively investigated ink discrimination through an interdisciplinary analysis involving Raman spectroscopy and chemometrics, which is now regarded as a leading forensic document analysis approac...

ABSTRACT: In recent years, electrochemical supercapacitors are expected to represent the future of energy storage device technology. Specifically, the excellent electrochemical performance with long cycle life, high energy, and power density is considered an essential criterion for commercial applications. Herein, we constructed a novel composite o...

N-acetyl-p-aminophenol, commonly known as paracetamol (PAL), is a widely prescribed drug for the treatment of fever and moderate pain. The presence of PAL at trace levels has been detected in hospital wastewater, drinking water, and sewage water, primarily due to its excretion from human and animal urine. Therefore, this work intends to improve the...

Nowadays, antipsychotics have rather effective in the treatment of psychosis. However, the excess amount of consumption will cause many side effects and harm to human health. Therefore, the rapid and precise evaluation of antipsychotics in real samples is noteworthy for its effective monitoring. Herein, we fabricated a lanthanum cobalt oxide-wrappe...

The synthesis of perovskite-type tellurium-doped nickel stannate nanorods (TNS NRs) using surfactant-assisted hydrothermal followed by annealing processes is reported for the first time in this paper. Various analytical techniques were utilized to characterize the surface morphology, crystallinity, electronic states, and elemental compositions. The...

Currently, numerous lethal hazardous substances such as insecticides, and pesticides exist in the water bodies, food products causing acute health effects in humans and animals. It is crucial to monitor & control the level of toxicity in the water bodies, and daily food cycle with rapid and cost-effective detection techniques. Therefore, we have ch...

In the booming global population, monitoring of mesotrione (MTN) like agricultural pollutants is crucial for human safety. Herein, the research reports the synthesis of tungsten trioxide (WO3) and cobalt oxide (Co3O4) nanostructures intercalated ball milling exfoliated graphene (WO3/Co3O4/graphene) 3D helix electrocatalyst for the electrochemical d...

In recent years, indiscriminate consumption and dumping of antibiotics have become destructive to human health and causes ecotoxicological pollution. Here, the irregular particle nanosized dendrite structure of lanthanum-doped cerium oxide (LCO) decorated with sheet-like reduced graphene oxide (RGO) composite was utilized to detect the sulfonamide-...

Water electrolysis is an important alternative technology for large-scale hydrogen production to facilitate the development of green energy technology. As such, many efforts have been devoted over the past three decades to producing novel electrocatalysis with strong electrochemical (EC) performance using inexpensive electrocatalysts. Transition me...

Sulfamethazine (SMZ) is one of the antibiotics frequently found with low concentrations in water bodies including drinking water sources and foodstuffs contamination, which affects the environmental ecosystem and humans. Therefore, the detection of SMZ is necessary to protect the biosphere. This work provides an investigation of the SMZ oxidation p...

In this research, we focused on the design and construction of spherical-like samarium cobalt oxide (SCO) decorated on hexagonal tungsten sulfide (WS) nanostructure for use as a robust energy storage electrode material. The prepared materials underwent comprehensive physicochemical characterizations. The SCO/WS composite exhibited a BET surface are...

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We report a one-step hydrothermal synthesis route of synthesizing the binary transition metal oxide-based composite using zinc acetate and cobalt acetate precursors. A synthesized binary transition metal oxide-based composite is characterized to understand features of crystalline and structural arrangements, functionality, chemical composition, and...

Metronidazole (MTZ) is a nitroimidazole antibiotic commonly used to treat bacterial infections, but its residues in food products may pose teratogenic, mutagenic, and carcinogenic risks to human health. Hence, monitoring MTZ in food and human samples is essential. In this study, we developed a glassy carbon electrode (GCE) modified with lanthanum f...

Research in rare-earth metal molybdates has received great interest in several applications owing to their specific properties such as various oxidation states, magnetic, and electrical properties. Among them, gadolinium molybdate (GdM) has excellent mechanical, electrical, thermal, and chemical properties. In this study, we synthesized GdM with ca...

A large number of antibiotics used as additives with feedstocks to promote the production capacity in cattle rearing and poultry farming are finally abandoned in the environment. Hence, the tracing of such antibiotics from the route is vital to environmental safety. Herein, the crednerite CuMnO2 and CuMnO2/CNFs nanocomposite were prepared by one-po...

Heterogeneous-based functionalized nanocomposite materials have attracted considerable attention in both energy storage and conversion processes due to their fast electron transfer process and their long life cycles. Herein, we discuss different kinds of techniques, which are used for the fabrication of carbon-based nanocomposites like sol-gel, hyd...

Pharmaceutical and personal care products are emerging as a new category of environmental pollution. Analytical drug detection from a biological sample for detection is still crucial today. Mefenamic acid (MA) is an anti-inflammatory drug utilized for its antipyretic and analgesic properties, which is harmful to patients at higher dosages and is al...

Pharmaceutical waste products have become environmental contamination and pollution which poses a significant risk to our planet. The fabrication of effective antipsychotic drug monitoring systems is greatly important to minimize their environmental problems. Therefore, the construction of mixed metal molybdates has been investigated to develop an...

The fabrication of electrode material with unique physiochemical properties is significant to enhance electrochemical performance. In this work, we synthesized praseodymium vanadate (PrVO4) through green deep eutectic solvents (DES) by the solvothermal approach and explored it as an electrochemical sensor for furaltadone (FLD) detection. The as-pre...

Metronidazole (MTD) is a common antibiotic used to treat various pathogens and protozoal infections in humans and domestic animals. This drug is, however, prohibited in various countries owing to its extremely precarious properties. Hence, the low-limit detection of MTD in the environment is more important because it is very impactful and affects h...

In this work, a facile and cost-effective coprecipitation method was used to synthesize calcium-doped copper oxide (Ca@CuO) nanoparticles for electrochemical detection of antipsychotic drug perphenazine (PPZ) and symmetric supercapacitor (SSC) applications. Various spectroscopic techniques were employed to analyze the structural and morphological p...

Perovskite rare earth nickelates have recently been considered excellent electroanalytical features for sensing a variety of target molecules due to their distinctive properties. In this work, a facile coprecipitation synthesis of perovskite lanthanum nickelate (LaNiO3, LNO) nanoparticles was reported along with its application to the electrochemic...

In modernized eras, enhanced growth of transplantation and the use of drugs are high. However, the overuse of immunosuppressant drugs is hazardous to human health. In particular, long-term use of azathioprine (ATN) causes heavy side effects on human health, therefore nanomolar detection and determination of ATN are essential. Herein, an efficient e...

Engineering the nanostructure of an electrocatalyst is crucial in developing a high-performance electrochemical sensor. This work exhibits the hydrothermal followed by annealing synthesis of niobium oxide/niobium carbide/reduced graphene oxide (NbO/NbC/rGO) ternary nanocomposite. The oval-shaped NbO/NbC nanoparticles cover the surface of rGO evenly...

The exploration of heterostructure materials with unique electronic properties is considered a desirable platform for fabricating electrode/surface interface relationships for constructing asymmetric supercapacitors (ASCs) with high energy density. In this work, a heterostructure based on amorphous nickel boride (NiXB) and crystalline square bar-li...

The toxicity of 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) is one of the most common threats to the environment; therefore, developing a simple and sensitive analytical method to detect 4-NP is crucial. In this study, we prepared the Nd(OH)3/VSe2 nanocomposite using the simple hydrothermally assisted ultrasonication method and it was used to detect the 4-NP. Different c...

The construction of perovskite oxides and metal chalcogenide nanocomposites has been employed to develop electrochemical sensors with outstanding sensitivity and low detection limit. In this work, we have successfully synthesized dysprosium cobalt oxide (DCO) encapsulated with molybdenum disulfide (MS) via ultrasonication way, which is employed for...

The use of agricultural pesticides in modern agriculture has permitted enormous and reliable production. The organophosphorus pesticide fenitrothion (FT) is widely used in agricultural regions and has been related to detrimental effects on human health. We constructed an electrochemical sensor that detects fenitrothion (FT) using one-dimensional (1...