Abstract
Pesticides play a key role in the high yields achieved in modern agricultural food production. Besides their positive effect on increasing productivity they are intentionally toxic, often towards non-target organisms and contaminated food products can have a serious impact on human and environmental health. This paper demonstrates the potential of a gold nanoparticle-based microfluidic sensor for in field detection of dithiocarbamate pesticides at remote locations. Combining the attractive optical properties of gold nanoparticles with on chip mixing and detection, using a simple digital camera, a detection limit of 16 μg L-1 for Ziram, a dithiocarbamate pesticide, was obtained.
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Titel | Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2012 |
Antal sider | 3 |
Forlag | Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society |
Publikationsdato | 1 jan. 2012 |
Sider | 1423-1425 |
ISBN (Trykt) | 9780979806452 |
Status | Udgivet - 1 jan. 2012 |