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Solid-state sensor to detect the heavy metal ions developed

Part of: GS Prelims and GS-III – Science and Technology

In News:

Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS) has developed a compact solid-state sensor to detect the heavy metal ions in water.
The sensor can detect the heavy metal ions, e.g., lead ions (Pb2) down to 0.4 parts per billion (ppb) for efficient onsite detection.

Important value additions:

Heavy metal ions

Heavy metal ions such as lead, mercury and cadmium pose severe potential threats to living beings as they can easily be accumulated in the body.
They cannot be detoxified by any chemical or biological processes.

Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS)

It is an autonomous research institute under Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India.
DST provides core support to the Centre in the form of a grant-in-aid for conducting basic and applied research in nano and soft matter sciences.
CeNS is located at Jalahalli, Bengaluru.
The current activities of the Centre are focussed on a variety of metal and semiconductor nanostructures, liquid crystals, gels, membranes and hybrid materials.
It is being mentored by Nano-Mission of the Government of India.

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