Researchers develop rapid test for detecting fentanyl

UT Dallas bioengineering researchers Ivneet Banga Ph.D.’23 and Dr. Anirban Paul demonstrate how a sensor their team developed can detect fentanyl. The researchers drop liquid directly on the sensor platform, which is connected to a laptop and provides results within seconds. Credit: The University of Texas at Dallas

University of Texas at Dallas researchers have developed a first-of-its-kind, handheld electrochemical sensor that can accurately detect fentanyl in urine within seconds.

The proof-of-concept technology can detect even trace amounts of fentanyl with 98% accuracy using a small portable device without costly and time-consuming lab analysis. A study demonstrating the device was published in the Jan. 10 print edition of the Applied Materials & Interfaces.

The prototype, which could be used to test for fentanyl via…

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