System For Monitoring And Capturing Plastic Fragments

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a system for capturing and monitoring plastic fragments from vehicle tires. The system includes a vacuum pump positioned at an angle to an axle of a vehicle. The vacuum pump is configured to apply a vacuum pressure for absorbing plastic fragments. The system further includes a sensor film coated along an inner surface of the vacuum pump. The sensor film is composed of an Ultraviolet (UV)-responsive graphdiyne-based magnetic photocatalyst with a molecular imprinted memory to capture the plastic fragments and is configured to detect the plastic fragments. The system further includes a solvent container in fluid communication with the vacuum pump. The solvent container includes a washing solvent for removing the plastic fragments from the sensor film, to reuse the sensor. The solvent container releases the washing solvent into the vacuum pump to extract the bound plastic fragments from sensor and regenerate the sensor. [To be published with FIG. 2]

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