Development and Deployment of a Microfluidic Platform for Water Quality Monitoring

Cleary, John; Maher, Damian; Diamond, Dermot

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-37006-9_6

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“…The analysis was then carried out using a 0.1 mol/L concentration of Na 2 CO 3 , PBS, CaCl 2 and FeCl 3 . Attempts have been made to use an identical approach to detect E. coli in drinking water [285], nutritional biomarkers [286], prostate specific antigen (PSA) [287] and A. acidoterrestris lysates in milk, juice and water [288]. The abilities of the microfluidic analytical platform to detect water contaminant at a very low concentration and minimum reduction of particle size could promote the usage to distinguish nanoparticles characterization in water samples.…”

Section: Microfluidic Sensorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Detection of contaminants in water supply: A review on state-of-the-art monitoring technologies and their applications

Zulkifli

Rahim

Lau

2018

Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical

216

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a b s t r a c tWater monitoring technologies are widely used for contaminants detection in wide variety of water ecology applications such as water treatment plant and water distribution system. A tremendous amount of research has been conducted over the past decades to develop robust and efficient techniques of contaminants detection with minimum operating cost and energy. Recent developments in spectroscopic techniques and biosensor approach have improved the detection sensitivities, quantitatively and qualitatively. The availability of in-situ measurements and multiple detection analyses has expanded the water monitoring applications in various advanced techniques including successful establishment in hand-held sensing devices which improves portability in real-time basis for the detection of contaminant, such as microorganisms, pesticides, heavy metal ions, inorganic and organic components. This paper intends to review the developments in water quality monitoring technologies for the detection of biological and chemical contaminants in accordance with instrumental limitations. Particularly, this review focuses on the most recently developed techniques for water contaminant detection applications. Several recommendations and prospective views on the developments in water quality assessments will also be included.

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Section: Microfluidic Sensorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Detection of contaminants in water supply: A review on state-of-the-art monitoring technologies and their applications

Zulkifli

Rahim

Lau

2018

Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical

216

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“…In addition, an optofluidic device for performing colorimetric measurement is presented in Figure 2 a [ 36 ]. It allows a colorimetric reaction using a very small volume of sample and reagent (i.e., 20 µL), which are mixed in the T-mixer and connected by a serpentine channel where the interaction solution is provided to the emitter and photodetector for absorbance testing.…”

Section: Chemical Pollutants Detectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…( a ) The physical photo of microfluidic chip is described in this section. It shows a curved channel on the right side and six inlets on the left side with one outlet [ 36 ]. ( b ) Another chip redesigned to mix the sample and reagent, and the area used to detect is substituted with a cylindrical optical cuvette [ 36 ]; ( c ) an integrated device with bottles and battery [ 37 ]; ( d ) top board and cover showing electronic board and GSM modulator [ 37 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

Optofluidic Technology for Water Quality Monitoring

Wang

Dai

Lei³

2018

Micromachines

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Water quality-related incidents are attracting attention globally as they cause serious diseases and even threaten human lives. The current detection and monitoring methods are inadequate because of their long operation time, high cost, and complex process. In this context, there is an increasing demand for low-cost, multiparameter, real-time, and continuous-monitoring methods at a higher temporal and spatial resolution. Optofluidic water quality sensors have great potential to satisfy this requirement due to their distinctive features including high throughput, small footprint, and low power consumption. This paper reviews the current development of these sensors for heavy metal, organic, and microbial pollution monitoring, which will breed new research ideas and broaden their applications.

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“…Water composition testing is one of the most needed analyses, especially in developing countries where water quality is poor. The parameters of this analysis, such as metals, organic pollutants, pesticides, bacteria and viruses, and other toxic substances, are monitored mostly using instrumental methods (e.g., GC, spectrometry, potentiometry, conductimetry, AAS, ICP-MS, immunoassays, and the like) but also microfluidics [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]. Some examples of microfluidic water analysis using smartphone can be mentioned here.…”

Section: Paper-based Devicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Smartphones & microfluidics: Marriage for the future

Hárendarčíková

Petr

2018

Electrophoresis

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Smartphones have become widely recognized as a very interesting detection and controlling tool in microfluidics. They are portable devices with built-in cameras and internal microprocessors which carry out image processing. In this case, the external computers are not needed and phones can provide fast and accurate results. Moreover, the connectivity of smartphones gives the possibility to share and provide real-time results when needed, whether in health diagnostics, environmental monitoring, immunoassays or food safety. Undoubtedly, the marriage of smartphones and microfluidics has a brilliant future in building low cost and easily operable systems for analysis in the field, realizing the idea of people's "smartlife". The aim of this review is to present and summarize the main advantages and disadvantages of the use of smartphones as well as to take a closer look at some novel achievements published during the last couple of years. In the next paragraphs, readers will find specific uses of a combination of smartphones and microfluidics such as water analysis, health analysis (virus and bacteria detection), and measurement of physical properties or smartphone liquid control in polymer devices.

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Development and Deployment of a Microfluidic Platform for Water Quality Monitoring

Cited by 17 publications

References 29 publications

Detection of contaminants in water supply: A review on state-of-the-art monitoring technologies and their applications

Detection of contaminants in water supply: A review on state-of-the-art monitoring technologies and their applications

Optofluidic Technology for Water Quality Monitoring

Smartphones & microfluidics: Marriage for the future

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