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ClearRecent advances in biosensors for micro- and nanoplastics detection
This review examines biosensors using aptamer, antibody, whole-cell, and estrogen recognition elements for detecting microplastics and nanoplastics in environmental samples. The authors compare the strengths and limitations of each biosensor type and recent innovations, aiming to guide future research and environmental monitoring efforts for microplastic pollution.
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.
Biosensors for Micro- and Nanoplastics Detection: A Review
This review covers new biosensor technologies being developed to detect microplastics and nanoplastics more quickly and accurately than current methods. Better detection tools are important because they could enable faster monitoring of plastic contamination in water, food, and the environment, helping researchers and regulators better protect human health.
Receptor-based detection of microplastics and nanoplastics: Current and future
This review surveys receptor-based detection methods for microplastics and nanoplastics, highlighting how molecular receptors can provide high specificity for identifying plastic types in environmental samples with low detection limits suitable for environmental screening.
Biosensors in environmental analysis of microplastics and heavy metal compounds – A review on current status and challenges
This review examines how biosensors -- devices that use biological materials to detect pollutants -- could provide faster and cheaper monitoring of microplastics and heavy metals in the environment. Current methods for detecting microplastics are expensive and time-consuming, so biosensor technology could help track contamination more widely. Better environmental monitoring is an important step toward reducing the microplastic exposure that ultimately affects human health.
Aptasensors for the Detection of Environmental Contaminants of High Concern in Water Bodies: A Systematic Review
This systematic review evaluates aptamer-based sensors designed to detect environmental contaminants, including microplastics, in water. Better detection technology is essential for understanding how much microplastic contamination exists in our water supply and for developing effective strategies to protect public health.
Microplastic Detection and Quantification with Biosensing Techniques
This review examines emerging biosensor technologies for detecting and quantifying microplastics in food and environmental samples, comparing electrochemical, optical, and biological sensing approaches as faster and cheaper alternatives to conventional spectroscopy. Improved detection methods are critical for understanding true human exposure levels and setting meaningful safety thresholds for microplastics in drinking water and food.
Exploring Innovative Approaches for the Analysis of Micro- and Nanoplastics: Breakthroughs in (Bio)Sensing Techniques
This review covers new sensing technologies, including electrochemical and optical biosensors, being developed to detect microplastics and nanoplastics more quickly and affordably than current lab methods. Better detection tools are essential because understanding how much plastic pollution exists in the environment and in our bodies is the first step toward addressing the health risks.
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.
Research Progress of Detection Methods for Microplastics
This review summarizes physical, chemical, and biological methods used to detect microplastics in environmental samples, comparing the advantages and limitations of each approach. Improving detection methods is essential for generating reliable data to support environmental protection strategies against microplastic pollution.
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.
Measurement of Low Concentration of Micro-Plastics by Detection of Bioaffinity-Induced Particle Retention Using Surface Plasmon Resonance Biosensors
Researchers used surface plasmon resonance biosensors coated with biological recognition molecules to detect microplastics at low concentrations in water, demonstrating a sensitive and label-free detection approach that could be adapted for real-time environmental monitoring.
Sensors for Polystyrene Nanoplastics Detection in Water Samples
This review assessed recent advances in sensor and biosensor technologies for detecting polystyrene nanoplastics in complex aquatic samples. The authors identified optical, electrochemical, and surface-enhanced Raman approaches as the most promising strategies, while highlighting the ongoing challenges of matrix interference and low-concentration detection limits.
Recent Progress in Micro- and Nanotechnology-Enabled Sensors for Biomedical and Environmental Challenges
This review covers advances in tiny sensors built with micro- and nanotechnology that can detect pollutants in air, water, soil, and food, as well as diagnose diseases. These sensor technologies are relevant to microplastic research because they could enable faster and more sensitive detection of plastic particles in environmental and biological samples.
Challenges and Recent Analytical Advances in Micro/Nanoplastic Detection
This review covers the challenges scientists face in detecting and measuring micro- and nanoplastics in the environment, especially for particles smaller than one micrometer. Current analytical methods have significant limitations for identifying nanoplastics due to their extremely small size and diverse chemical compositions. Improving detection technology is essential for accurately assessing how much microplastic contamination exists in water, food, and human tissues.
A plasmonic gold nano-surface functionalized with the estrogen receptor for fast and highly sensitive detection of nanoplastics
Scientists developed a rapid biosensor using gold nanostructures coated with estrogen receptors that can detect nanoplastics in seawater in just three minutes using only a tiny drop of water. The sensor works because many nanoplastics have estrogen-mimicking properties, allowing the receptor to bind them directly. This technology could provide a practical tool for monitoring nanoplastic pollution in real time, helping researchers and regulators better understand the extent of human and environmental exposure.
The Emerging of Microplastic and Nanoplastic as Pollutants and their Characterization and Analysis
This review presents an integrated approach to sampling, sample preparation, and analytical methods for detecting microplastics and nanoplastics in solid and aqueous environmental samples, discussing current challenges and emerging methodologies for more accurate characterization.
Sensitive and specific capture of polystyrene and polypropylene microplastics using engineered peptide biosensors
Hydrophobic peptide biosensors engineered to bind polystyrene and polypropylene surfaces were demonstrated as a rapid detection method for microplastics, offering high specificity for two of the most commonly distributed plastic polymer types in marine environments.
Microplastics as an emerging threat to human health: Challenges and advancements in their detection
This review examined microplastics as an emerging threat to human health, highlighting their endocrine-disrupting properties, ability to accumulate pollutants, and the analytical challenges in accurately detecting and characterizing them across environmental and biological samples.
Nanodevice Approaches for Detecting Micro- and Nanoplastics in Complex Matrices
This review examines emerging nanodevice-based approaches for detecting micro- and nanoplastics across complex environmental and biological samples. The study highlights that nanosensors, nanopore systems, and lab-on-a-chip platforms offer improved sensitivity and real-time detection capabilities compared to conventional methods like spectroscopy and chromatography, though standardization challenges remain.
A critical viewpoint on current issues, limitations, and future research needs on micro- and nanoplastic studies: From the detection to the toxicological assessment.
This critical review examines the current methods for detecting and characterizing micro- and nanoplastics in various environmental samples, as well as reported toxic effects from in vivo and in vitro studies. The authors found that while substantial effort has been made to understand microplastic behavior, the scientific community is still far from a complete understanding of how these particles behave in biological systems. The review calls for improved standardized protocols and more studies focused on uptake kinetics, accumulation, and biodistribution.
Advanced tools and methodologies for identification, characterization, and quantification of micro/nano plastics in environmental matrices
This review comprehensively covers methods for separating, identifying, and quantifying micro- and nanoplastics from environmental matrices, comparing density separation, magnetic separation, filtration, enzymatic treatments, and advanced spectroscopic and imaging characterization techniques.
Advancements in Assays for Micro- and Nanoplastic Detection: Paving the Way for Biomonitoring and Exposomics Studies
This review surveys the latest methods for detecting micro and nanoplastics in human tissues and bodily fluids, including blood, breast milk, stool, and lung tissue. Current detection techniques have significant limitations in sensitivity and standardization, making it difficult to accurately measure how much plastic is in people's bodies. Developing better, scalable detection methods is essential for understanding the true extent of human microplastic exposure and its health consequences.
Spectro‐Microscopic Techniques for Studying Nanoplastics in the Environment and in Organisms
This review examined spectro-microscopic techniques available for detecting and studying nanoplastics in environmental and biological samples. The study highlights that detecting nanoplastics remains challenging because their small size falls below the detection limits of common analytical tools, and their chemical composition is similar to organic matrices, making identification difficult.