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Biosensors, Volume 10, Issue 3

March 2020 - 15 articles

Cover Story: Molecularly-imprinted polymer nanoparticles (NanoMIPs), fabricated using solid phase synthesis, were combined with electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) to develop an affinity sensor for cocaine detection. The nanosensor was able to identify cocaine at trace concentrations (~0.24 ng mL-1) with high specificity and discriminate it from both morphine and one of the most common cutting agents, levamisole. Overall, the sensor can provide onsite, fast, and accurate results and therefore can be considered a valid alternative to sniffer dogs and to the onsite screening methods currently in use to identify cocaine in environmental samples.View this paper.
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Articles (15)

  • Communication
  • Open Access
14 Citations
6,373 Views
10 Pages

23 March 2020

Fluorescent proteins exhibit fluorescence quenching by specific transition metals, suggesting their potential as fluorescent protein-based metal biosensors. Each fluorescent protein exhibits unique spectroscopic properties and mechanisms for fluoresc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,711 Views
23 Pages

AC and DC Differential Bridge Structure Suitable for Electrochemical Interfacial Capacitance Biosensing Applications

  • Sara Neshani,
  • Charles K. A. Nyamekye,
  • Scott Melvin,
  • Emily A. Smith,
  • Degang J. Chen and
  • Nathan M. Neihart

22 March 2020

This paper presents a capacitive differential bridge structure with both AC and DC excitation and balancing capability for low cost electrode-solution interfacial capacitance biosensing applications. The proposed series RC balancing structure offers...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
6,052 Views
9 Pages

Graphene Oxide Bulk-Modified Screen-Printed Electrodes Provide Beneficial Electroanalytical Sensing Capabilities

  • Samuel J. Rowley-Neale,
  • Dale A. C. Brownson,
  • Graham Smith and
  • Craig E. Banks

19 March 2020

We demonstrate a facile methodology for the mass production of graphene oxide (GO) bulk-modified screen-printed electrodes (GO-SPEs) that are economical, highly reproducible and provide analytically useful outputs. Through fabricating GO-SPEs with va...

  • Review
  • Open Access
47 Citations
10,855 Views
22 Pages

17 March 2020

The olfactory receptor neurons of insects and vertebrates are gated by odorant receptor (OR) proteins of which several members have been shown to exhibit remarkable sensitivity and selectivity towards volatile organic compounds of significant importa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
6,487 Views
15 Pages

Recyclable SERS-Based Immunoassay Guided by Photocatalytic Performance of Fe3O4@TiO2@Au Nanocomposites

  • Yuanyuan Du,
  • Hongmei Liu,
  • Yiran Tian,
  • Chenjie Gu,
  • Ziqi Zhao,
  • Shuwen Zeng and
  • Tao Jiang

16 March 2020

A novel recyclable surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)-based immunoassay was demonstrated and exhibited extremely high sensitivity toward prostate specific antigen (PSA). The immunoassay, which possessed a sandwich structure, was constructed of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
39 Citations
6,928 Views
12 Pages

14 March 2020

In this article, a highly sensitive label-free immunosensor based on a graphene oxide (GO)/Fe3O4/Prussian blue (PB) nanocomposite modified electrode was developed for the determination of human hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg). In this electrochem...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
5,587 Views
16 Pages

11 March 2020

In this paper, an electrochemical technique is introduced for the determination of streptomycin (STR) in the presence of oxytetracycline (OTC) in milk samples. A novel bifunctional modified screen-printed electrode (SPE) modified with oracet blue, si...

  • Article
  • Open Access
49 Citations
10,334 Views
13 Pages

Molecularly Imprinted Nanoparticles Based Sensor for Cocaine Detection

  • Roberta D’Aurelio,
  • Iva Chianella,
  • Jack A. Goode and
  • Ibtisam E. Tothill

4 March 2020

The development of a sensor based on molecularly imprinted polymer nanoparticles (nanoMIPs) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) for the detection of trace levels of cocaine is described in this paper. NanoMIPs for cocaine detection, synt...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
5,219 Views
9 Pages

Surface Probe Linker with Tandem Anti-Fouling Properties for Application in Biosensor Technology

  • Sandro Spagnolo,
  • Brian De La Franier,
  • Tibor Hianik and
  • Michael Thompson

3 March 2020

This paper describes the anti-fouling capability of the novel monolayer-forming surface linker 3-(3-(trichlorosilylpropyloxy) propanoyl chloride (MEG-Cl). This compound was successfully attached to quartz crystal surfaces which are employed in an ele...

  • Review
  • Open Access
19 Citations
7,058 Views
38 Pages

3 March 2020

The presence of antimicrobial residues in food-producing animals can lead to harmful effects on the consumer (e.g., allergies, antimicrobial resistance, toxicological effects) and cause issues in food transformation (i.e., cheese, yogurts production)...

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