Under the financial support of the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), Taiwan, National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) visited the National Metal and Materials Technology Center (MTEC), Thailand from October 25 – 30, 2022 to reinforce the close collaboration on the development of sensing technology for monitoring the water quality of Mekong River, one of the most important rivers in Indochinese Peninsula. During the visit, both NTHU and MTEC presented the current work progress of molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP)-based sensing technology, and the bottleneck for the application of MIP sensors to the real detection of organophosphorus pesticides in water. In addition, the real samples from the Mekong River close to Chiang Mai, Thailand (20°14'42.4"N 100°25'35.6"E) were also collected and verified by both NTHU and MTEC.

Fig. 1. MIP-based sensing technology workshop between NTHU and MTEC

Fig. 2. Tutorial of the preparation of MIP-based sensing element.

Fig. 3. The sampling site of the  Mekong River (20°14'42.4"N 100°25'35.6" E)

Fig. 4. Photo of grab sampling of Mekong River water

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