{"id":37945,"date":"2023-10-05T11:10:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T10:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=37945"},"modified":"2023-10-05T11:10:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T10:10:00","slug":"researchers-develop-machine-learning-technology-to-detect-microplastics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/researchers-develop-machine-learning-technology-to-detect-microplastics\/37945\/","title":{"rendered":"Researchers develop Machine Learning technology to detect microplastics"},"content":{"rendered":"
Detecting microplastics early could pave the way for reducing pollution-related deaths, as they are known to cause human and genetic toxicity through environmental pollution and the food chain.<\/p>\n
The team was led by Dr Ho Sang Jung of the Department of Nano-Bio Convergence at the Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), a government-funded research institute under the Ministry of Science and ICT, in collaboration with the KOTITI Testing & Research Institute.<\/p>\n
A paper detailing the technology, \u20183D Plasmonic Gold Nanopocket Structure for SERS Machine Learning-Based Microplastic Detection<\/a>,\u2019 was published in Advanced Functional Materials<\/em>.<\/p>\n The on-site applicable technology to detect microplastics is a kit-type.<\/p>\n When filtered through a syringe filter-type microplastic detection kit, the type, number, and distribution of microplastics can be identified within 20 minutes without any pre-treatment.<\/p>\n The team synthesised a plasmonic material as a nano pocket that can capture and detect microplastics on the surface of a paper filter with microscale pores and amplify the optical signal of the captured pollutants.<\/p>\n When a microplastic sample solution is injected through a syringe, the Raman spectral signal is amplified on the nano pocket-type plasmonic material, enabling highly sensitive detection. The technology can also be used to detect MPs at the nanometre scale.<\/p>\nThe technology can detect microplastics in record time<\/h3>\n