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Clasificación de microplásticos usando lenguas electrónicas
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Colombian engineers developed an electrochemical sensor array (electronic tongue) combined with pattern recognition algorithms to classify microplastics in drinking water samples in near-real time. The system successfully distinguished between clean tap water and water spiked with PET microplastics, demonstrating a potential alternative to slow, labor-intensive laboratory methods. Fast, continuous monitoring tools like this are critical for water utilities that need early warning of microplastic contamination.
Los microplásticos se han convertido en un agente contaminante silencioso de cuerpos de agua que se generan de las interacciones mecánicas de desechos plásticos de diferentes tipos de industrias con el ambiente en el que son depositados. Infortunadamente y dado el uso masivo del plástico en la vida diaria, la mala disposición de estos desechos ha generado que estos elementos terminen en las fuentes hídricas y en los diversos ecosistemas donde sus habitantes en su interacción con el agua los consumen en cantidades apreciables resultando en enfermedades a causa de esta contaminación. En humanos, se vienen realizando estudios que demuestran lo perjudiciales que son para la salud cuando son ingeridos a causa de una falta de control en los procesos de tratamiento de agua. Aunque existen métodos para la identificación de estos microplásticos, estos métodos no son necesariamente online requiriendo el desarrollo de pruebas de laboratorio que pueden tomar varias horas o días, lo que hace que no se monitoree de forma continua y que no se pueda hacer una detección temprana de estos para la toma de acciones por parte de las diferentes entidades ambientales y de control de estos ecosistemas. Como solución a esta problemática, en este artículo se propone una metodología simple para la detección de microplásticos usando técnicas electroquímicas, una red de sensores y estrategias de reconocimiento de patrones. La metodología es validada con datos de muestras de agua potable y agua potable con microplastico tipo PET mostrando su efectividad en el proceso de detección.
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