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| Formaldehyde (FA), as a vital industrial chemical, is widely used in building materials and numerous living products. It has become one of the most important air pollutants in residential and industrial occupational environments. Studies have shown FA is easy to react with nucleophilic material leading to the formation of DNA damage. Additionally, the Alzheimer's disease has also related to the intake of FA. The concentration of FA in our surroundings especially in urban environment has attracted increasingly attention. Thus, developing a rapid, sensitive and facile method to determine the concentration levels of FA becomes highly desirable. Up to now, many types of FA sensing methods have been applied to detect and quantify the FA concentration. Herein, we summarized the recent development of the material for FA detection and their application in environmental and health monitoring, with a focus on fluorescent probe, nanomaterials, and biomolecules. Nevertheless, the further trend of related development from lab to indoors was also proposed. |
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| Keywords:formaldehyde, molecular probe, nanomaterials, detection. |
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