Biosensing has been one of the hottest topic attracting scientific minds since long back. It is so as biological entities are very complex and are directly associated with the existence of a healthy environment. The design of biosensors also has witnessed significant changes in the recent past. Biosensors for applications as diverse as food quality estimation, environmental monitoring, and diagnosis of clinical and metabolic complications have come to the fore. Nanotechnology has bestowed some highly exciting ingredients for the improvement of sensing phenomenon. The use of diverse nanomaterials ranging from nanoparticles, nanotubes, nanorods, and nanowires has enabled faster detection and its reproducibility in a much better way. The unique properties of nanomaterials such as high electrical conductivity, better shock bearing ability, and the sensitive responses such as piezoelectric and versatile color based detection mechanisms are only the results of congregation of nanomaterial properties. This paper highlights the different types of biosensors based on different types of nanomaterials and their developmental and implicational aspects.

Background: Recently, organic synthesis using ionic liquids (ILs) via green approach has attracted considerable attention to address the problem associated with environmental pollution. Magnetization of ILs provides added advantages of separation by external magnet. This can be accomplished by incorporation of high-spin iron(III) in the form of tetrachloro or tetrabromoferrate( III). Thus, synthesis of novel magnetically separable ILs for organic transformations is highly desirable. Results: [AcMIm]FeCl4 ionic liquid showed excellent catalytic activity in the one pot threecomponent synthesis tetrahydrobenzo[b]pyran derivatives at room temperature in excellent yields (94-98 %) within short reaction time (15-20 min.). The ILs were recovered and reused for at least six times with the minimum loss of catalytic activity. Methods: Here, we have demonstrated the excellent catalytic activity of acid functionalized magnetic Ils, [AcMIm]FeCl4 in one-pot multicomponent reactions for the synthesis of biologically important tetrahydrobenzo[b]pyran derivatives. Conclusion: A facile and convenient methodology has been developed for the synthesis of bio-active tetrahydrobenzo[b]pyran derivatives using [AcMIm]FeCl4 ionic liquid as an sufficient and reusable catalyst under environment-benign conditions.

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Chemically activated graphitic mesoporous carbon was synthesized from rice husk biomass and subsequently immobilized with palladium nanoparticles (Pd NPs). The physiochemical characteristics like composition, morphology, structure and textural properties of the rice husk derived activated carbon supported Pd NPs (nano‐Pd@RAGC) were analyzed by various analytical and spectroscopic techniques. Finally, the applications of hybrid nano‐Pd@RAGC material were investigated in useful carbon‐carbon bond forming reactions via Mizoroki‐Heck/Suzuki/Sonogashira cross‐coupling reactions under ligand‐free, microwave conditions. The RAGC provides excellent stability to Pd NPs in cross coupling reactions. The catalyst was recovered simply by filtration and recycled for at least ten times.