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Even though conventional TP analysis systems have high accuracy and sensitivity, they are not frequently utilized outside the laboratory because of their bulky size, complicated pretreatment processes, long response times, and high cost. Thus, there is a growing need to develop portable TP analysis systems. The microfluidic chip in this study is proposed with the aim of simplifying and minimizing TP analysis by replacing the conventional pretreatment process with a new method employing a thermally enhanced photocatalytic reaction that can be applied directly to a microfluidic chip of small size. The fabricated TP pretreatment microfluidic chip with thermally enhanced photocatalyst (TiO2) was optimized compared to the conventional pretreatment equipment (autoclave). The optimum pretreatment conditions using the proposed chip were pretreatment time of 10 min and temperature of 75 \u00b0C. The optimized pretreatment process using the proposed microfluidic chip showed similar performance to the conventional pretreatment method, even with shorter pretreatment time. The shorter pretreatment time and small size are advantages that enable the TP analysis system to be minimized. Therefore, the proposed TP pretreatment microfluidic chip based on thermally enhanced photocatalytic reaction in this study will be utilized to develop a portable TP analysis system.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s19163452","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,8,7]],"date-time":"2019-08-07T10:56:38Z","timestamp":1565175398000},"page":"3452","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Characterization of Total-Phosphorus (TP) Pretreatment Microfluidic Chip Based on a Thermally Enhanced Photocatalyst for Portable Analysis of Eutrophication"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"19","author":[{"given":"Dong Geon","family":"Jung","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Electronics Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Daewoong","family":"Jung","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"AI System Engineering Group, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH), Yeongcheon 38822, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Seong Ho","family":"Kong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Electronics Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,8,7]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1014","DOI":"10.1126\/science.1167755","article-title":"Controlling Eutrophication: Nitrogen and Phosphorus","volume":"323","author":"Daniel","year":"2009","journal-title":"Science"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"261","DOI":"10.2134\/jeq1998.00472425002700020004x","article-title":"The Role of Phosphorus in the Eutrophication of Receiving Water: A Review","volume":"27","author":"Correll","year":"1998","journal-title":"J. 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