US Patent Issued to Florida Polytechnic University on Jan. 13 for "Sensing plastics with electrode sensor to monitor fluid environments" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,590, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Florida Polytechnic University (Lakeland, Fla.).

"Sensing plastics with electrode sensor to monitor fluid environments" was invented by Ajeet K. Kaushik (Lakeland, Fla.) and Justin Sanchez Almirola (Lakeland, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a novel sensor system and method for detecting microplastics and nanoplastics in fluid environments with high sensitivity and specificity. The system comprises a screen-printed carbon electrode coated with a molecularly imprinted polymer layer, designed to selectively bind target plastics. An electrochemical control unit, such as...