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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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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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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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Lab-on-a-chip technologies for food safety, processing, and packaging applications: a review

Researchers reviewed lab-on-a-chip microfluidic devices for food safety applications, comparing electrochemical, optical, and biological detection methods for pathogens and contaminants, and highlighting their potential for food processing, nutraceutical development, and smart packaging — though noting most systems are not yet commercially scaled.

2021 Environmental Chemistry Letters 64 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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Biosensing Technologies and Their Applications in Medical Diagnostics

This book surveys biosensing technologies and their applications in medical diagnostics, providing an educational overview of sensor development and clinical measurement techniques rather than presenting original research findings.

2025 Bright Sky Publications eBooks
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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 and Colorimetric Nanosensors for Detection of Heavy Metal Ions: A Review

This review covers nanosensor technologies being developed to detect heavy metal contamination in environmental and food samples, which is important because heavy metals are linked to cancer, neurological disorders, and developmental problems. While focused on metal detection rather than plastics directly, these affordable and portable sensor technologies could be adapted for detecting microplastic-associated contaminants in water and food.

2023 Sensors 74 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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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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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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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.

2024 2 citations
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Sensors Applied for the Detection of Pesticides and Heavy Metals in Freshwaters

This review surveys sensors developed for detecting pesticides and heavy metals in freshwater, covering electrochemical, optical, and nanomaterial-based detection technologies. The authors highlight recent advances in sensitivity and selectivity that improve the ability to monitor water quality for ecological protection and public health.

2020 Journal of Sensors 56 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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Biochar-based electrochemical sensors: a tailored approach to environmental monitoring

This review covers the development of biochar-based electrochemical sensors for detecting environmental pollutants including microplastics, pharmaceuticals, pesticides, and heavy metals. Biochar, made from plant waste through heat treatment, offers a sustainable and low-cost alternative to expensive sensor materials while maintaining good sensitivity and selectivity. These sensors could provide affordable, portable tools for monitoring microplastic and chemical contamination in water and soil.

2025 Analytical Sciences 26 citations
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Electrochemical Sensor for Antibiotic Detection

This review examines the design principles, transduction mechanisms, and performance characteristics of electrochemical biosensors for antibiotic detection, covering enzyme-based, aptamer-based, and molecularly imprinted polymer approaches and highlighting the integration of nanomaterials and microfluidics to address the challenge of antibiotic resistance monitoring.

2024 Biomedical engineering 1 citations
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Detection of metallic pollutants in waste water using bio sensors and its remediation

This review examines biosensor technologies for detecting metallic pollutants in wastewater, including approaches for monitoring diverse contaminants from industrial and urban sources. The study highlights how continuous real-time monitoring using biosensors can help address the growing threat of water pollution to human health and ecosystems.

2024 Environmental Quality Management 3 citations
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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.

2023 Sensors 165 citations
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Rapid Microfluidic Electrochemical Sensor for the Detection of Heavy Metal Ions in Water Sample

This paper reviews the development of a microfluidic electrochemical sensor for detecting toxic heavy metal ions in water samples. Human activities including mining, industrial waste, and improper disposal of microplastics in water bodies release heavy metals that pose serious health risks. The sensor offers a rapid, low-cost alternative to laboratory analysis for monitoring water quality.

2020 ECS Meeting Abstracts 1 citations
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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.

2024 Desalination and Water Treatment 28 citations
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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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When microplastics meet electroanalysis: future analytical trends for an emerging threat

This review examines the evolution of analytical methods for detecting microplastics, highlighting the emerging advantages of electroanalytical sensors — particularly for sub-micron particles — over traditional spectroscopic and thermal methods, and discussing the growing role of artificial intelligence in automated microplastic analysis.

2023 Analytical Methods 9 citations
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Recent Implementations of Hydrogel-Based Microbial Electrochemical Technologies (METs) in Sensing Applications

This systematic review found that hydrogel-based microbial electrochemical technologies show strong potential for biosensor applications, particularly in detecting water contaminants and monitoring environmental quality. Hydrogels improve biofilm stability and electrode performance in microbial fuel cells used as sensing platforms.

2023 Sensors 22 citations
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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.

2025 Biosensors 41 citations