Community sewage sensors towards evaluation of drug use trends : detection of cocaine in wastewater with DNA-directed immobilization aptamer sensors
- Submitting institution
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The University of Bath
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 148499523
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1038/srep21024
- Title of journal
- Scientific Reports
- Article number
- 21024
- First page
- 1
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 2045-2322
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- February
- Year of publication
- 2016
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- Yes
- Number of additional authors
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4
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This paper directly contributed to the award of a £1.1M EPSRC GCRF grant (EP/P028403/1, 2017-2020), and was the first to measure levels of drugs in wastewater using portable sensors, with levels of detection similar to those obtained by expensive laborious techniques such as mass spectrometry, demonstrating the possibility of wastewater-based sensors for the monitoring of community trends and early warning systems.
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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