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Flexible, Transparent,and Microfluidic-CompatibleWafer-Scale Metamaterial Sheets for Dual SEF and SERS Sensing

Researchers developed flexible, transparent, wafer-scale metamaterial sheets capable of simultaneously performing surface-enhanced fluorescence and surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy sensing, addressing long-standing challenges around dielectric spacers and limited plasmonic resonance band coverage in microfluidic-compatible formats.

2025 Figshare
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A gold nanoparticle doped flexible substrate for microplastics SERS detection

Researchers developed a gold nanoparticle-doped filter paper as a flexible substrate for detecting microplastics using surface-enhanced Raman scattering. The method achieved a minimum detectable concentration of 0.1 grams per liter for PET in water and was successfully validated by detecting microplastics in tap water and pond water samples.

2022 Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 51 citations
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Development of Gold Nanostars Doped Flexible Substrate for Polystyrene Microplastic Detection Using Surface-enhanced Raman Scattering (sers)

Detecting microplastics in the environment requires fast, sensitive analytical tools, and this study developed a low-cost sensor using gold nanostars on a flexible substrate to detect polystyrene microplastics via surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). The gold nanostar structures amplify the Raman signal of plastic particles, enabling detection at very low concentrations. This kind of portable, affordable detection technology could help expand microplastic monitoring beyond well-equipped research labs.

2025 Detritus 1 citations
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Superhydrophobic Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) Substrates for Sensitive Detection of Trace Nanoplastics in Water

Researchers developed a new method to detect extremely small nanoplastics in water by combining a water-repelling surface that concentrates particles with a technique called SERS that amplifies their chemical signal. The method can identify common nanoplastics like polystyrene and PMMA at very low concentrations, which is an important step toward monitoring these tiny pollutants that are difficult to detect with current tools.

2025 Analytical Chemistry 30 citations
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Plasmonic filter paper for microplastic detection: SERS enhancement, size dependence, and quantitative limitations

Researchers fabricated SERS-active gold-coated filter paper substrates and evaluated their performance for detecting microplastics, finding that SERS signal strength depends significantly on particle size and that the technique has inherent limitations for quantitative analysis of microplastic concentrations.

2025 RSC Advances
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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.

2023 Analytical Methods 12 citations
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A Highly Sensitive SERS Substrate for Detection of Nanoplastics in Water

Researchers developed a highly sensitive SERS-based substrate for detecting nanoplastic particles in water at very low concentrations. Improved detection tools for nanoplastics are essential for monitoring their presence in drinking water and understanding exposure risks to human health.

2023
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One-step detection of nanoplastics in aquatic environments using a portable SERS chessboard substrate

Researchers developed a portable surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) detection platform that captures and identifies nanoplastics from water samples in under one minute using silver nanoparticle-enhanced filter substrates, achieving a detection limit of 0.001 mg/mL for polystyrene nanoplastics across sizes from 30 to 1000 nm.

2024 Talanta 10 citations
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MicroMetaSense: Coupling Plasmonic Metasurfaces with Fluorescence for Enhanced Detection of Microplastics in Real Samples

The MicroMetaSense platform coupled plasmonic metasurfaces with fluorescence spectroscopy to achieve enhanced detection of microplastics, including particles smaller than 5 µm and nanoplastics below 1 µm. The approach overcame the detection limitations of existing methods, enabling sensitive MP identification in complex environmental and food matrices.

2024 ACS Sensors 5 citations
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Advanced microplastic monitoring using Raman spectroscopy with a combination of nanostructure-based substrates

Researchers reviewed advances in Raman spectroscopy and surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) — a technique that amplifies light signals using metallic nanostructures — for detecting micro- and nanoplastics at trace concentrations in environmental samples, highlighting new plasmonic materials, 3D substrates, and microfluidic chip platforms that enable on-site monitoring.

2022 Journal of nanostructure in chemistry 46 citations
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Development of a simple SERS substrate for the detection of pollutants and nanoplastics

Researchers fabricated silver- and gold-coated silicon SERS substrates and demonstrated their ability to detect nanoplastic particles as small as 50 nm by Raman mapping, achieving picomolar sensitivity for model compounds and showing strong potential for environmental monitoring of nanoplastics in food and water.

2025 Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 3 citations
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Nanostructured Raman substrates for the sensitive detection of submicrometer-sized plastic pollutants in water

Researchers developed nanostar-dimer-embedded nanopore substrates for surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and showed they can detect submicron polystyrene microplastic particles as small as 0.4 micrometers at concentrations of 50 ppm within minutes and without sample pretreatment, offering a sensitive and rapid analytical tool for detecting the smallest plastic pollutants in water.

2020 Journal of Hazardous Materials 149 citations
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Liquid metasurface for size-independent detection of microplastics

Researchers developed a liquid metasurface sensor that can detect and quantify microplastics regardless of their size, overcoming a major limitation of existing detection methods. The technology uses surface-enhanced Raman scattering on a self-assembled liquid surface to eliminate the size-dependent detection problems that plague conventional solid substrates. This advancement could make it significantly easier to accurately measure microplastic contamination in environmental samples.

2024 Talanta 4 citations
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Direct On-AnalyteFabrication of Au Nanoparticlesfor Substrate-Free SERS Detection of Micro and Nanoplastics

Researchers developed a substrate-free SERS detection method using direct on-analyte fabrication of gold nanoparticles to identify micro- and nanoplastic particles at extremely low concentrations in complex environmental matrices. The approach leverages characteristic Raman fingerprints of plastic polymers without requiring conventional fixed substrates, enabling more flexible and sensitive detection.

2025 Figshare
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Semiconductor Heterojunction-AgNPs Mediated Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) Sensor for Portable Miniaturized Detection Platform

Researchers developed a novel surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy sensor for detecting micro- and nanoplastics in water, achieving detection of polystyrene particles as small as 1 nanometer. The sensor uses a semiconductor heterojunction with silver nanoparticle array that provides high sensitivity and signal repeatability. The study demonstrated successful trace detection of nanoplastics in real lake and city water samples using a portable spectrometer, making field-based monitoring more feasible.

2023 Chemosensors 10 citations
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Flexible Au tape-based SERS sensor for atmospheric microplastic detection

Researchers developed a flexible gold nanoparticle tape sensor that uses a laser-light technique called SERS (surface-enhanced Raman scattering) to rapidly detect and identify different types of microplastics directly from air samples. This tool fills a major gap in microplastic monitoring by enabling real-time identification of airborne plastic particles, which are among the least-studied exposure routes.

2025 Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology
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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.

2021 Biosensors 40 citations
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RF MEMS Resonance Sensor for Measuring Microplastics Concentration

Researchers designed an RF MEMS resonance sensor capable of detecting microplastics in water at low cost, offering a practical alternative to expensive conventional particle analyzers for environmental monitoring.

2022 2022 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM) 6 citations
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Detection of Polystyrene Microplastic Particles in Water Using Surface-Functionalized Terahertz Microfluidic Metamaterials

Researchers developed a surface-functionalized terahertz metamaterial microfluidic sensor for detecting polystyrene microplastic particles in water, demonstrating that microplastics captured at functionalized gap structures shift the resonant frequency of the metamaterial, enabling label-free detection with findings validated by finite-difference time-domain simulations.

2022 Applied Sciences 17 citations
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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.

2024 Sensors and Actuators A Physical 18 citations
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SRR-Based Disposable Microwave-Microfluidic Sensor for Assessing Liquid Carrier Influence on Microplastic Detection

Researchers developed a double split-ring resonator microwave-microfluidic sensor that can detect polyethylene microplastics in various liquid carriers (including agricultural water with dissolved salts), minimizing the effect of liquid composition on detection accuracy.

2025
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Exploring the Application of Terahertz Metamaterials Based on Metallic Strip Structures in Detection of Reverse Micelles

Researchers developed terahertz metamaterial sensors based on microfluidic technology for detecting and characterizing microplastics in liquid samples. The approach offers high sensitivity for distinguishing polymer types based on their terahertz absorption signatures.

2024 Biosensors 5 citations
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A simple and rapid preparation of Au-Ag alloy nanourchins flexible membrane for ultrasensitive SERS detection of microplastics in water environment

Researchers fabricated flexible gold-silver alloy nanourchins on a membrane substrate and demonstrated their use as a SERS sensor for rapid, sensitive detection of microplastics in water, achieving detection of multiple polymer types at low concentrations without complex sample preparation.

2025 Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 4 citations
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Toward Continuous Nano-Plastic Monitoring in Water by High Frequency Impedance Measurement With Nano-Electrode Arrays

Researchers explored high-frequency impedance measurements using CMOS nano-electrode arrays as a potential tool for real-time, label-free monitoring of nanoplastic particles in water, demonstrating nano-scale detection capability with potential for continuous environmental monitoring.

2023 IEEE Sensors Journal 16 citations