Microfluidic Devices and Microfluidics-Integrated Electrochemical and Optical (Bio)Sensors for Pollution Analysis: A Review

Badriyah Alhalaili, Ileana Nicoleta Popescu (), Carmen Otilia Rusanescu and Ruxandra Vidu ()
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Badriyah Alhalaili: Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Program, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, P.O. Box 24885, Safat 13109, Kuwait
Ileana Nicoleta Popescu: Faculty of Materials Engineering and Mechanics, Valahia University of Targoviste, 13 Aleea Sinaia Street, 130004 Targoviste, Romania
Carmen Otilia Rusanescu: Faculty of Biotechnical Systems Engineering, University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, 060042 Bucharest, Romania
Ruxandra Vidu: Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, 060042 Bucharest, Romania

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 19, 1-38

Abstract: An overview of the recent research works and trends in the design and fabrication of microfluidic devices and microfluidics-integrated biosensors for pollution analysis and monitoring of environmental contaminants is presented in this paper. In alignment with the tendency in miniaturization and integration into “lab on a chip” devices to reduce the use of reagents, energy, and implicit processing costs, the most common and newest materials used in the fabrication of microfluidic devices and microfluidics-integrated sensors and biosensors, the advantages and disadvantages of materials, fabrication methods, and the detection methods used for microfluidic environmental analysis are synthesized and evaluated.

Keywords: microfluidic devices; optical/electrochemical sensors; (nano)biosensors; pollution analysis; environmental contaminants monitoring (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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