https://www.selleckchem.com/products/cbd3063.html Triclosan (TCS) is a synthetic antimicrobial compound that has been widely used in consumer products. However, increasing evidence suggests adverse effects of TCS to human health and environment, raising great public concerns. The existing methods for detecting TCS are limited to time-consuming and complicated procedure. Here, we developed a rapid method for capture and detection of TCS using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) based on a silver nanoparticle (Ag NP) core - protein satellite nanostructure. Bovine serum albumin (BSA) assembled on Ag NPs as satellites configuration could anchor a large number of TCS molecules close to the surface of Ag NPs, producing amplified SERS signals. As low as 50 nM TCS standard was successfully detected within 30 min. We also demonstrated its capability for TCS detection in pond water. The developed SERS method holds a great promise for rapid screening of TCS in environmental and food samples. Cascade reservoirs facilitate the effective use of water resources and help to alleviate existing problems of water shortage in drought-prone regions. However, the geochemical behavior and controlling mechanisms of trace metals in response to the operation of cascade reservoirs are relatively unknown. Here, trace metals (As, Cr, Cu, Li, Ni, Pb and Zn) from thirty sediment cores from cascade reservoirs (Panjiakou and Daheiting Reservoirs) in China were evaluated. Multiple methods including geochemical baseline, geostatistical analysis, factor analysis (FA), and positive matrix factorization (PMF), were combined to assess pollution status, identify and quantify potential anthropogenic sources, and determine the influence of hydrodynamic conditions on trace metals distribution. The results indicate that minor enrichment of trace metals appeared in both cascade reservoirs. However, trace metal concentrations exhibited spatial heterogeneity between two cascade reservoirs, and diverse hot