Development of Microfluidic Device for Perchlorate Detection and Isolation of Perchlorate Reducing Bacteria from Saline Soil Samples

Abstract

Perchlorate, a hazardous pollutant, is mainly found in untreated newlinewastewater from urban and industrial sites and unregulated surface and groundwater newlinesources. Effective monitoring of perchlorate in water is essential to mitigate its newlinepotential harmful effects. Microfluidic systems are evolving as promising newlinetechnologies for detecting chemical contaminants in water due to their ability to newlineenable rapid analysis with minimal consumption of reagents and samples. The newlineintegration of paper-based microfluidic devices with digital imaging has garnered newlineenormous attention from the perspective of developing portable analytical techniques. newlineNevertheless, there is a need for further exploration to fully realize the potential of newlinethese systems. This study aimed to develop and evaluate the performance of a newlinemicrofluidic paper-based device for measuring perchlorate levels in water samples. newlineSmartphone-based digital imaging was integrated with microfluidic paper-based newlineanalytical device to establish a reliable colorimetric method for detecting perchlorate newlinecontamination newline