VidyuthLabs Blog https://vidyuthlabs.co.in/blog/ Portable potentiostats, screen-printed electrode sensors and field testing of water, food and soil. en-in VidyuthLabs and BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus collaborate on portable electrochemical sensing https://vidyuthlabs.co.in/blog/vidyuthlabs-bits-pilani-hyderabad-collaboration/ https://vidyuthlabs.co.in/blog/vidyuthlabs-bits-pilani-hyderabad-collaboration/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT VidyuthLabs is collaborating with BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus to develop portable potentiostat applications, starting with heavy-metal sensors for water, food and soil. What is a portable potentiostat? A practical guide for field electrochemistry https://vidyuthlabs.co.in/blog/what-is-a-portable-potentiostat/ https://vidyuthlabs.co.in/blog/what-is-a-portable-potentiostat/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT How a potentiostat works, what CV, DPV and EIS measure, and what to look for in a portable or handheld potentiostat for field testing. Testing drinking water for lead, cadmium, arsenic and mercury: limits and on-site methods https://vidyuthlabs.co.in/blog/heavy-metal-testing-drinking-water/ https://vidyuthlabs.co.in/blog/heavy-metal-testing-drinking-water/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Indian (BIS IS 10500) and WHO limits for heavy metals in drinking water, how labs test for them, and how portable electrochemical sensors screen water on site. Screen-printed electrodes (SPEs) explained: how they work and why they matter for sensing https://vidyuthlabs.co.in/blog/screen-printed-electrodes-explained/ https://vidyuthlabs.co.in/blog/screen-printed-electrodes-explained/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT What screen-printed electrodes are, the working, reference and counter electrodes on a single strip, electrode materials, nanomaterial coatings, and where SPE sensors are used. Formalin in fish: why it is used, why it is harmful, and how to screen for it https://vidyuthlabs.co.in/blog/formalin-in-fish-detection/ https://vidyuthlabs.co.in/blog/formalin-in-fish-detection/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Why formalin is illegally added to fish and seafood, the health risk, why some fish contain natural formaldehyde, and the options for rapid on-site screening. Heavy metals in food and soil: why testing matters and how portable sensors help https://vidyuthlabs.co.in/blog/heavy-metals-in-food-and-soil/ https://vidyuthlabs.co.in/blog/heavy-metals-in-food-and-soil/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT How heavy metals reach crops and food, Indian food-safety rules on contaminants, how soil and food samples are prepared, and where portable electrochemical sensors fit.