Feasibility Study for the Development of a Low-Cost, Compact, and Fast Sensor for the Detection and Classification of Microplastics in the Marine Environment
The detection and classification of microplastics in the marine environment is a complex task that implies the use of delicate and expensive instrumentation. In this paper, we present a preliminary feasibility study for the development of a low-cost, compact microplastics sensor that could be mounte...
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| author | Bruno Cocciaro Silvia Merlino Marco Bianucci Claudio Casani Vincenzo Palleschi |
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| description | The detection and classification of microplastics in the marine environment is a complex task that implies the use of delicate and expensive instrumentation. In this paper, we present a preliminary feasibility study for the development of a low-cost, compact microplastics sensor that could be mounted, in principle, on a float of drifters, for the monitoring of large marine surfaces. The preliminary results of the study indicate that a simple sensor equipped with three infrared-sensitive photodiodes can reach classification accuracies around 90% for the most-diffused floating microplastics in the marine environment (polyethylene and polypropylene). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-aa1400ecd70749f1ac636dfa2035d0de2023-11-17T21:19:01ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202023-04-01238409710.3390/s23084097Feasibility Study for the Development of a Low-Cost, Compact, and Fast Sensor for the Detection and Classification of Microplastics in the Marine EnvironmentBruno Cocciaro0Silvia Merlino1Marco Bianucci2Claudio Casani3Vincenzo Palleschi4Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche—Istituto di Chimica dei Composti Organo-Metallici (CNR-ICCOM), U.O.S. di Pisa, Area della Ricerca del CNR, Via G. Moruzzi, 1, 56124 Pisa, ItalyConsiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche—Istituto di Scienze Marine (CNR-ISMAR), U.O.S. di Pozzuolo di Lerici, c/o Forte Santa Teresa—Loc. Pozzuolo di Lerici, 19032 Lerici, ItalyConsiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche—Istituto di Scienze Marine (CNR-ISMAR), U.O.S. di Pozzuolo di Lerici, c/o Forte Santa Teresa—Loc. Pozzuolo di Lerici, 19032 Lerici, ItalyConsiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche—Istituto di Scienze Marine (CNR-ISMAR), U.O.S. di Pozzuolo di Lerici, c/o Forte Santa Teresa—Loc. Pozzuolo di Lerici, 19032 Lerici, ItalyConsiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche—Istituto di Chimica dei Composti Organo-Metallici (CNR-ICCOM), U.O.S. di Pisa, Area della Ricerca del CNR, Via G. Moruzzi, 1, 56124 Pisa, ItalyThe detection and classification of microplastics in the marine environment is a complex task that implies the use of delicate and expensive instrumentation. In this paper, we present a preliminary feasibility study for the development of a low-cost, compact microplastics sensor that could be mounted, in principle, on a float of drifters, for the monitoring of large marine surfaces. The preliminary results of the study indicate that a simple sensor equipped with three infrared-sensitive photodiodes can reach classification accuracies around 90% for the most-diffused floating microplastics in the marine environment (polyethylene and polypropylene).https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/23/8/4097microplasticsmicroplastic detectionmarine environmentpolyethylenepolypropyleneinfrared reflectivity |
| spellingShingle | Bruno Cocciaro Silvia Merlino Marco Bianucci Claudio Casani Vincenzo Palleschi Feasibility Study for the Development of a Low-Cost, Compact, and Fast Sensor for the Detection and Classification of Microplastics in the Marine Environment Sensors microplastics microplastic detection marine environment polyethylene polypropylene infrared reflectivity |
| title | Feasibility Study for the Development of a Low-Cost, Compact, and Fast Sensor for the Detection and Classification of Microplastics in the Marine Environment |
| title_full | Feasibility Study for the Development of a Low-Cost, Compact, and Fast Sensor for the Detection and Classification of Microplastics in the Marine Environment |
| title_fullStr | Feasibility Study for the Development of a Low-Cost, Compact, and Fast Sensor for the Detection and Classification of Microplastics in the Marine Environment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Feasibility Study for the Development of a Low-Cost, Compact, and Fast Sensor for the Detection and Classification of Microplastics in the Marine Environment |
| title_short | Feasibility Study for the Development of a Low-Cost, Compact, and Fast Sensor for the Detection and Classification of Microplastics in the Marine Environment |
| title_sort | feasibility study for the development of a low cost compact and fast sensor for the detection and classification of microplastics in the marine environment |
| topic | microplastics microplastic detection marine environment polyethylene polypropylene infrared reflectivity |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/23/8/4097 |
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