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Aptamer-Functionalized Electrochemical Sensors for Trace Detection of Water Contaminants

This review critically examines recent advances in electrochemical aptamer-based sensors for detecting priority water contaminants including cyanotoxins, pesticides, antibiotics, pathogenic bacteria, nanoplastics, and nitrogen, highlighting how integration of nanomaterials such as gold nanoparticles, graphene, and carbon nanotubes has significantly enhanced sensor sensitivity and selectivity.

2025 Critical Reviews in Analytical Chemistry
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Design, fabrication, and application of electrochemical sensors for microplastic detection: a state-of-the-art review and future perspectives

This review covers recent advances in electrochemical sensors for detecting microplastics in environmental samples, which offer advantages in sensitivity and portability over conventional laboratory methods. Researchers highlight strategies using nanomaterials, molecular imprinting, and surface-enhanced techniques to improve detection capabilities. The study suggests that electrochemical sensors represent a promising path toward affordable, rapid, on-site monitoring of microplastic pollution.

2025 Environmental Sciences Europe 17 citations
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Nanomaterial-based electrochemical chemo(bio)sensors for the detection of nanoplastic residues: trends and future prospects

This study reviews how nanomaterial-based electrochemical sensors can be used to detect tiny nanoplastic residues in water. Researchers found that these sensors offer a promising, practical approach for monitoring nanoplastic contamination in aquatic ecosystems. The findings suggest that advancing these detection tools is important for implementing effective water quality control measures.

2024 RSC Sustainability 34 citations
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Integrated Electrochemical Biosensors for Detection of Waterborne Pathogens in Low-Resource Settings

This review covers the development of electrochemical biosensors integrated with microfluidic components for detecting waterborne pathogens, highlighting their potential for portable, affordable water quality monitoring in developing countries. The authors discuss how these devices could address critical gaps in current water safety infrastructure in low-resource settings.

2020 Biosensors 52 citations
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Electrochemical Sensors and Biosensors for Food, Environmental and Biomedical Analysis

Researchers reviewed the field of electrochemical sensors and biosensors, evaluating their sensitivity and selectivity for applications in food safety, environmental monitoring, and biomedical diagnostics as miniaturized alternatives to conventional analytical gold standards.

2026 Chemosensors
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An Electrochemical Biosensing Approach for Detection of Microplastic Beads

Researchers developed an electrochemical enzyme-based biosensor to detect microplastic beads across a range of sizes in water, providing a simpler and lower-cost detection approach than conventional spectroscopic methods for environmental and public health monitoring.

2025
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Electrochemical Biosensors in the Diagnosis of Acute and Chronic Leukemias

This review examines electrochemical biosensors as a novel diagnostic approach for acute and chronic leukemias, describing how nano-sensing interfaces functionalized with biological recognition elements detect changes in electrical properties upon analyte binding as a more sensitive alternative to conventional microscopy and molecular biology methods.

2022 Cancers 13 citations
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Green Nanomaterial-based Electrochemical Sensors for Health and Environmental Monitoring

This review covered green nanomaterial-based electrochemical sensors for detecting health and environmental analytes including biomarkers, heavy metals, pharmaceuticals, and microplastics. Green synthesis of nanomaterials using plant extracts was highlighted as a way to maintain high sensitivity while avoiding hazardous chemicals in sensor fabrication.

2025
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Real-Time Detection of Heavy Metals and Some Other Pollutants in Wastewater Using Chemical Sensors: A Strategy to Limit the Spread of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

This review examines advances in real-time chemical sensors for detecting heavy metals and other pollutants in wastewater, framed as a strategy to limit the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Researchers explain that heavy metals promote antibiotic resistance through co-selection mechanisms, making early pollutant detection critical. The study evaluates electrochemical, optical, and biosensor technologies and suggests that integrating real-time monitoring into water treatment systems could help curb the environmental spread of resistant bacteria.

2025 Chemosensors 3 citations
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Recent advances in the detection of microplastics in the aqueous environment by electrochemical sensors: A review

This review surveys recent advances in using electrochemical sensors to detect microplastics in water environments. Researchers evaluated sensors made from carbon materials, metals, biomass materials, and microfluidic chips, comparing their detection capabilities and practical advantages like low cost and high sensitivity. The study highlights electrochemical sensing as a promising approach for real-time, on-site monitoring of microplastic contamination in waterways.

2025 Marine Pollution Bulletin 16 citations
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Current perspectives, challenges, and future directions in the electrochemical detection of microplastics

This review examines the emerging use of electrochemical sensors for detecting microplastics in the environment. Researchers found that while electrochemical methods have been widely explored for microplastic removal, their potential as low-cost detection tools remains largely untapped. The study highlights recent advances in nanoimpact techniques and electrode modifications that could make environmental microplastic monitoring more practical and affordable.

2024 RSC Advances 38 citations
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Affordable automated phenotypic antibiotic susceptibility testing method based on a contactless conductometric sensor

This study developed a low-cost antibiotic susceptibility testing method using a contactless conductometric sensor that monitors bacterial growth in real time. While focused on clinical diagnostics rather than microplastics, antibiotic resistance is increasingly associated with microplastics in the environment, which harbor and spread resistant bacteria.

2020 Scientific Reports 9 citations
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Electrochemical approaches for detecting micro and nano-plastics in different environmental matrices

This review evaluates electrochemical sensor technologies as alternatives to conventional spectroscopy methods for detecting micro- and nanoplastics in environmental samples. Researchers found that electrochemical approaches offer advantages in cost, portability, and speed, making them better suited for widespread field monitoring. The study identifies key technical challenges that need to be resolved before these sensors can be broadly adopted for routine environmental surveillance.

2025 International Journal of Electrochemical Science 3 citations
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Nanocellulose-based carbon nanocomposite for the electrochemical sensing application for pharmaceuticals: A review

Researchers developed a nanocellulose-based carbon nanocomposite electrode for electrochemical sensing applications, leveraging cellulose's abundance, biocompatibility, and chemical properties to create a sensitive and cost-effective environmental detection platform.

2023 Malaysian NANO-An International Journal 5 citations
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Electrochemical Detection of Microplastics in Water Using Ultramicroelectrodes

Researchers developed a new electrochemical method for detecting microplastics in water using ultramicroelectrodes. The technique works by monitoring changes in electrical current when microplastic particles collide with and adsorb onto the electrode surface, and the size distributions obtained closely matched independent measurements, demonstrating its potential as a practical detection tool.

2024 Chemosensors 11 citations
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Hotspots and trends of electrochemical biosensor technology: a bibliometric analysis from 2003 to 2023

This bibliometric analysis of electrochemical biosensor research from 2003 to 2022 identifies key publication hotspots, emerging research themes, and influential contributors, providing a structured overview of how this sensing technology has evolved over two decades.

2023 RSC Advances 13 citations
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Detection of individual insulating entities by electrochemical blocking

This review examines electrochemical blocking as a method for detecting individual insulating particles at ultralow concentrations, including plastic particles, proteins, and bacteria. The technique offers a promising approach for detecting nanoplastics at concentrations too low to measure with conventional spectroscopic methods.

2020 Current Opinion in Electrochemistry 31 citations
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A Novel Impedimetric Sensor Based on Cyanobacterial Extracellular Polymeric Substances for Microplastics Detection

Researchers developed a novel impedimetric biosensor using cyanobacterial extracellular polymeric substances as a coating material on gold electrodes, demonstrating its effectiveness for detecting microplastics electrochemically, opening a new application for these biopolymers in environmental sensing.

2022 Journal of Polymers and the Environment 39 citations
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Recent advances in biosensors for micro- and nanoplastics detection

This review covers biosensors employing aptamer, antibody, whole-cell, and estrogen recognition elements for detecting microplastics and nanoplastics in environmental samples. By comparing different sensor types and their applications, the review aims to guide the development of more effective detection and monitoring tools for MP pollution.

2025 World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews
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Sensor integration into microfluidic systems: trends and challenges

This review covers recent advances in integrating sensors into tiny microfluidic devices for detecting biological targets like pathogens and protein markers. While not directly about microplastics, the sensor technologies described here are increasingly being adapted to detect and measure micro and nanoplastic particles in water and biological samples. Better sensing tools are essential for understanding how much microplastic exposure humans actually face in their daily lives.

2023 Current Opinion in Biotechnology 59 citations