Antonio Fotia
Heavy metals are among the main causes of water pollution. They can enter water supply mostly by industrial liquid waste, determining high risk for both the human and the environmental health. Indeed, heavy metals are dangerous since their bioaccumulation can cause important diseases, such as dysfunction of the central nervous system and damage to the blood composition.
Several methods for the detection of heavy metals in water have been developed and many of them are expensive and generally require long time analysis. In these regards, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) could be an alternative measurement technique. Moreover, it could be easily incorporated in low-cost sensors for trace metal analysis.
