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ClearArtificial Intelligence-Based Microfluidic Platform for Detecting Contaminants in Water: A Review
This review explores how microfluidic devices combined with artificial intelligence can detect water pollutants including microplastics and nanoplastics in real-time, outside the laboratory. Traditional water testing requires large lab equipment, but these portable chip-based systems can identify contaminants quickly and accurately using machine learning. This technology could improve monitoring of microplastic contamination in drinking water and other water sources.
Microfluidic sensors for the detection of emerging contaminants in water: A review
This review covers how tiny lab-on-a-chip devices called microfluidic sensors can detect emerging water pollutants, including microplastics and hormone-disrupting chemicals, faster and cheaper than traditional lab methods. Better detection tools matter for public health because identifying contamination quickly makes it possible to treat water before harmful particles reach people.
Low-cost microfluidics: Towards affordable environmental monitoring and assessment
This review highlights how low-cost microfluidic devices offer a promising alternative to expensive, labor-intensive methods for environmental monitoring, enabling rapid detection of pollutants including microplastics, heavy metals, and pathogens with minimal sample volumes.
Microfluidic Sensors for Micropollutant Detection in Environmental Matrices: Recent Advances and Prospects
This review covers advances in tiny sensor devices called microfluidic sensors that can detect trace amounts of pollutants including microplastics in water and environmental samples. Better detection tools matter for human health because they enable faster, more accurate monitoring of microplastic contamination in drinking water and food sources.
A Droplet-Based Microfluidic Impedance Flow Cytometer for Detection of Micropollutants in Water
A droplet-based microfluidic impedance cytometer was designed and tested for in-situ detection of microplastic particles in water, offering a portable and rapid alternative to laboratory-based analytical methods.
Cost-Effective and Wireless Portable Device for Rapid and Sensitive Quantification of Micro/Nanoplastics
Researchers developed a wireless portable device for rapid quantification of micro- and nanoplastics in water samples, offering a field-deployable alternative to laboratory-based analysis for environmental monitoring.
Development of microfluidic device to monitor the contamination in drinking water using impedance spectroscopy
Researchers developed a microfluidic device using electrical impedance spectroscopy to detect and monitor microplastic particles in drinking water. The device aimed to provide a real-time, sensitive method for MP contamination monitoring at the point of use.
Detection of microplastics by microfluidic microwave sensing: An exploratory study
Researchers developed a compact microwave sensor on a microfluidic chip to detect microplastics in water samples. The system works by measuring how the presence of plastic particles changes the electrical properties of water. While the technology shows promise as a rapid and portable detection method, its current sensitivity needs improvement before it can detect the low microplastic concentrations typically found in natural freshwater.
Portable On-Site Optical Detection and Quantification of Microplastics
Researchers built a portable, on-site optical device to detect and quantify microplastics in water. The device addresses the challenge of detecting small, often translucent particles without a laboratory setting. Portable microplastic detection tools could enable real-time monitoring in the field, supporting faster environmental assessments.
Field-Portable Microplastic Sensing in Aqueous Environments: A Perspective on Emerging Techniques
This review examines emerging field-portable technologies for detecting and quantifying microplastics in aqueous environments, discussing optical, spectroscopic, and electrochemical sensing approaches. Researchers identify the lack of a standardized, rapid on-site method as the primary bottleneck limiting accurate real-world microplastic monitoring.
Towards online monitoring of water pollutants: an optofluidic chip for characterizing microplastics in water
Researchers developed a miniaturized, low-cost optofluidic chip for online monitoring and characterization of microplastics in drinking water, enabling real-time detection without sample pre-concentration. The smart chip design integrated optical and microfluidic components to identify and size microplastic particles, demonstrating feasibility for continuous water quality surveillance.
Portable Pyrolysis-Microplasma Carbon Optical Emission Spectrometric Device for Detection of Micro- and Nanoplastics in Water
Scientists developed a portable, low-cost device that can detect micro- and nanoplastics in water samples on-site, rather than requiring expensive lab equipment. The device uses a miniature pyrolyzer combined with an optical emission spectrometer to measure total plastic content in water, achieving detection limits as low as 0.43 micrograms of carbon per liter. This tool could make it much easier to monitor microplastic contamination in tap water, rivers, and wastewater in real time.
Design and Testing of 3D-Printed Microfluidic Devices for Microplastic Monitoring
Researchers designed and tested a stereolithography 3D-printed microfluidic device with impedance spectroscopy electrodes for detecting microplastic particles in drinking water, demonstrating a low-cost fabrication approach for continuous microplastic monitoring systems.
Microfluidic Devices for Microplastics Separation and Identification
This thesis explored the application of low-cost microfluidic devices for separating and identifying microplastics in water and biological samples, developing novel analytical platforms with potential for scalable environmental monitoring and detection of plastic particles.
A microfluidic chip enables fast analysis of water microplastics by optical spectroscopy
Researchers integrated a microfluidic chip with Raman and infrared spectroscopy to rapidly identify and characterize microplastics in drinking water, reducing analysis time compared to conventional methods.
Microfluidic Microwave Sensor for Rapid Detection of Microplastics in Water: Optimization, Modeling, and Performance Evaluation
Researchers developed a microfluidic sensor that uses microwave technology to rapidly detect microplastics in water samples without physical contact. The sensor was optimized to distinguish between different concentrations and sizes of plastic particles with high sensitivity. The technology could enable faster and more practical on-site monitoring of microplastic contamination in water supplies.
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.
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.
In-situ detection of microplastics in the aquatic environment: A systematic literature review
This systematic review evaluates emerging technologies for detecting microplastics directly in water environments without needing to collect samples and bring them to a lab. Developing reliable in-situ detection methods is important because current lab-based approaches are slow and expensive, making it difficult to track where microplastics are concentrated in the water systems that supply drinking water and seafood.
Eco-Sensing System for Water Pollution and Microplastic Detection
This study evaluates new sensor-based and spectroscopic technologies for detecting microplastics in water in real time, comparing them with traditional lab-based methods. The portable systems showed improved accuracy and efficiency for field use, making it possible to monitor microplastic contamination as it happens. Better detection tools are essential for protecting drinking water sources and understanding the true scale of human microplastic exposure.
Simple microfluidic device for simultaneous extraction and detection of microplastics in water using DC electrical signal
A simple microfluidic device using a DC electric field between two microwires in a straight channel was developed to simultaneously extract and detect microplastics from water via electrophoretic accumulation. The compact design offers a rapid, low-cost approach to microplastic monitoring.
Microfluidics and Chip Development
Researchers developed microfluidic lab-on-chip approaches for two applications: bacterial analysis and microplastic separation, using the principles of fluid dynamics at small scales to create controlled testing conditions within compact chip environments. The project demonstrated that microfluidic platforms can be adapted for environmental monitoring of microplastics, offering a miniaturised and potentially high-throughput detection alternative to conventional methods.
Microplastic in situ detection based on a portable triboelectric microfluidic sensor
Researchers developed a portable triboelectric microfluidic sensor that detects microplastics in water by measuring electrical charges generated as particles flow through a microchannel, demonstrating linear response to polystyrene particle size and concentration for field-deployable environmental monitoring.
Advances in optical and electrochemical sensing of bisphenol a (BPA) utilizing microfluidic Technology: A mini perspective
This review examines advances in microfluidic-based optical and electrochemical sensors for detecting bisphenol A and microplastics in environmental and food samples. Researchers highlight that microfluidic devices offer advantages including portability, miniaturization, and rapid real-time monitoring capabilities. The study suggests these technologies could become important tools for screening harmful plastic-derived contaminants to protect environmental and human health.