New Cost-Effective Method Detects Low Concentrations of Pharmaceutical Waste and Contaminants in Water

Researchers at Bar-Ilan University have developed a cost-effective plasmonic-based detector for detecting low concentrations of pharmaceutical waste in water, offering a promising solution to the detection of harmful piperidine residue. This groundbreaking work, published in Environmental Science: Nano, utilizes a plasmonic substrate with unparalleled sensitivity to piperidine, paving the way for more affordable and portable Raman devices for environmental monitoring.