Machine Learning-Based Heavy Metal Ion Detection Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) is often used for heavy metal ion detection. However, large variations in signal strength, spectral profile, and nonlinearity of measurements often cause problems that produce varying results. It raises concerns about the reproducibility of the results. Con...

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Main Authors: Seongyong Park, Jaeseok Lee, Shujaat Khan, Abdul Wahab, Minseok Kim
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-01-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/2/596
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author Seongyong Park
Jaeseok Lee
Shujaat Khan
Abdul Wahab
Minseok Kim
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Minseok Kim
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description Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) is often used for heavy metal ion detection. However, large variations in signal strength, spectral profile, and nonlinearity of measurements often cause problems that produce varying results. It raises concerns about the reproducibility of the results. Consequently, the manual classification of the SERS spectrum requires carefully controlled experimentation that further hinders the large-scale adaptation. Recent advances in machine learning offer decent opportunities to address these issues. However, well-documented procedures for model development and evaluation, as well as benchmark datasets, are missing. Towards this end, we provide the SERS spectral benchmark dataset of lead(II) nitride (Pb(NO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>) for a heavy metal ion detection task and evaluate the classification performance of several machine learning models. We also perform a comparative study to find the best combination between the preprocessing methods and the machine learning models. The proposed model can successfully identify the Pb(NO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub> molecule from SERS measurements of independent test experiments. In particular, the proposed model shows an <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>84.6</mn><mo>%</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> balanced accuracy for the cross-batch testing task.
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spelling doaj.art-4d806a3e8dfa423eaaed8ea6327ac5bc2023-11-23T15:21:17ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202022-01-0122259610.3390/s22020596Machine Learning-Based Heavy Metal Ion Detection Using Surface-Enhanced Raman SpectroscopySeongyong Park0Jaeseok Lee1Shujaat Khan2Abdul Wahab3Minseok Kim4Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, KoreaDepartment of Mechanical System Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology, Gumi 39177, KoreaDepartment of Bio and Brain Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, KoreaDepartment of Mathematics, Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan 010000, KazakhstanDepartment of Mechanical System Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology, Gumi 39177, KoreaSurface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) is often used for heavy metal ion detection. However, large variations in signal strength, spectral profile, and nonlinearity of measurements often cause problems that produce varying results. It raises concerns about the reproducibility of the results. Consequently, the manual classification of the SERS spectrum requires carefully controlled experimentation that further hinders the large-scale adaptation. Recent advances in machine learning offer decent opportunities to address these issues. However, well-documented procedures for model development and evaluation, as well as benchmark datasets, are missing. Towards this end, we provide the SERS spectral benchmark dataset of lead(II) nitride (Pb(NO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>) for a heavy metal ion detection task and evaluate the classification performance of several machine learning models. We also perform a comparative study to find the best combination between the preprocessing methods and the machine learning models. The proposed model can successfully identify the Pb(NO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub> molecule from SERS measurements of independent test experiments. In particular, the proposed model shows an <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>84.6</mn><mo>%</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> balanced accuracy for the cross-batch testing task.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/2/596surface-enhanced raman spectroscopy (SERS)machine learningheavy-metal ionneural networkSVMrandom forest
spellingShingle Seongyong Park
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Abdul Wahab
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Machine Learning-Based Heavy Metal Ion Detection Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
Sensors
surface-enhanced raman spectroscopy (SERS)
machine learning
heavy-metal ion
neural network
SVM
random forest
title Machine Learning-Based Heavy Metal Ion Detection Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
title_full Machine Learning-Based Heavy Metal Ion Detection Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
title_fullStr Machine Learning-Based Heavy Metal Ion Detection Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
title_full_unstemmed Machine Learning-Based Heavy Metal Ion Detection Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
title_short Machine Learning-Based Heavy Metal Ion Detection Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
title_sort machine learning based heavy metal ion detection using surface enhanced raman spectroscopy
topic surface-enhanced raman spectroscopy (SERS)
machine learning
heavy-metal ion
neural network
SVM
random forest
url https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/2/596
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