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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2025

A Portable Measurement System Based on Nanomembranes for Pollutant Detection in Water.

Luca Tari, Maria Cojocari, Gabriele Cavaliere, Sarah Sibilia, Francesco Siconolfi, Georgy Fedorov, Luigi Ferrigno, Polina Kuzhir, Antonio Maffucci

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Luca TariDepartment of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, 03043 Cassino, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4307-0362
Maria CojocariDepartment of Physics and Mathematics, Center for Photonics Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, 80100 Joensuu, Finland.ORCID 0009-0002-7216-6483
Gabriele CavaliereDepartment of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, 03043 Cassino, Italy.ORCID 0009-0007-7407-1011
Sarah SibiliaDepartment of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, 03043 Cassino, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7082-7570
Francesco SiconolfiDepartment of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, 03043 Cassino, Italy.ORCID 0009-0008-5686-2693
Georgy FedorovDepartment of Physics and Mathematics, Center for Photonics Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, 80100 Joensuu, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-5224-0474
Luigi FerrignoDepartment of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, 03043 Cassino, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1724-5720
Polina KuzhirDepartment of Physics and Mathematics, Center for Photonics Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, 80100 Joensuu, Finland.ORCID 0000-0003-3689-0837
Antonio MaffucciEUT+ Institute of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnologies-EUTINN, European University of Technology, European Union, 03043 Cassino, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4992-9449

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This work presents the design, the development and the experimental validation of a portable, low-cost sensing system for the detection of waterborne pollutants. The proposed system is based on Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy and PPF+Ni nanomembrane sensors. Designed in response to the increasing demand for in situ water quality monitoring, the system integrates a simplified, scalable EIS acquisition architecture compatible with microcontroller-based platforms. The sensing configuration utilises the voltage divider principle, ensuring simplicity in signal conditioning by allowing compatibility with different electrode types through passive impedance matching. In addition, new merit figures have been proposed and implemented to analyse the measures. The proposed platform was experimentally characterised for its measurement stability, accuracy and environmental robustness. Sensitivity tests using benzoquinone as a target analyte demonstrated the capability of detecting concentrations as low as 0.1 mM with a monotonic response over increasing concentrations. A comparative study with a commercial electrochemical system (PalmSens4) under identical conditions highlighted the higher resolution and practical advantages of the proposed method despite operating with a lower impedance range. Additionally, the system exhibited reliable discrimination across tested concentrations and greater adaptability for integration into field-deployable environmental monitoring platforms. Future developments will focus on optimising selectivity through new sensor materials and analytical modelling of uncertainty propagation in the analysis based on defined figures of merit.

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electrical impedance spectroscopyenvironmental monitoringnanomembranesnanotechnologyreal-time sensingsmart monitoring

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