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Chemosensors, Volume 13, Issue 4

2025 April - 38 articles

Cover Story: Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) can be combined with optical fibers (OFs) to create a variety of sensor configurations utilizing extrinsic or intrinsic schemes. The paradigm change involves using a sensitive MIP-based core in optical waveguides rather than the evanescent field to monitor the MIP–analyte interaction. In this study, an innovative extrinsic optical fiber sensor was designed, realized, and tested by exploiting two silica OFs connected via a sensitive waveguide with a micrometer-size MIP–core. MIPs present several advantages over bio-receptors that can be exploited, and the proposed sensing approach stresses the capability of MIP receptors to produce an intensity-based sensor. As a proof of principle, an MIP of 2-furaldehyde (2-FAL) demonstrates the high sensitivity and selectivity of the sensor. View this paper
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Articles (38)

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,243 Views
13 Pages

Banana Flour Adulteration Key Marker Unravelled by Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry Assisted by Chemometric Tools

  • Silvio Luiz Fernandes Júnior,
  • Paula Mothé Gonçalves,
  • Diego Barros Batista,
  • Aderval S. Luna,
  • Fernanda Nunes Ferreira,
  • Licarion Pinto and
  • Jefferson Santos de Gois

Green banana flour has been gaining prominence as a functional food due to its high nutritional value and health benefits. However, its increasing commercialization has also raised concerns about adulteration, which can compromise both product qualit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,614 Views
20 Pages

Influence of Different Synthesis Methods on the Defect Structure, Morphology, and UV-Assisted Ozone Sensing Properties of Zinc Oxide Nanoplates

  • Pedro P. Ortega,
  • João V. N. Palma,
  • Ana L. Doimo,
  • Laura Líbero,
  • Gabriel F. Yamakawa,
  • Leonnam G. Merízio,
  • Ederson C. Aguiar,
  • Luís F. Silva and
  • Elson Longo

In this work, room-temperature UV-assisted ozone detection was investigated using ZnO nanoplates synthesized via precipitation, ultrasound-, ultrasonic tip-, and microwave-assisted hydrothermal (MAH) methods. X-ray diffraction confirmed the formation...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,167 Views
21 Pages

Characteristics of Peanut Protein-Derived Carbon Dots and Their Application in Cell Imaging and Sensing of Metronidazole

  • Junyan Liao,
  • Zhixiong Hu,
  • Weinong Zhang,
  • Yanpeng Zhang,
  • Jiangrong Xiao and
  • Shenglan Lei

In this paper, peanut protein (PP) was used as the sole raw material for the preparation of fluorescent carbon dots (PP-CDs) by hydrothermal method. The PP-CDs exhibit good dispersibility, spherical-like shapes, and uniform sizes; the average particl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,511 Views
18 Pages

Influence of P(V3D3-co-TFE) Copolymer Coverage on Hydrogen Detection Performance of a TiO2 Sensor at Different Relative Humidity for Industrial and Biomedical Applications

  • Mihai Brinza,
  • Lynn Schwäke,
  • Lukas Zimoch,
  • Thomas Strunskus,
  • Thierry Pauporté,
  • Bruno Viana,
  • Tayebeh Ameri,
  • Rainer Adelung,
  • Franz Faupel and
  • Oleg Lupan
  • + 1 author

The detection of hydrogen gas is crucial for both industrial fields, as a green energy carrier, and biomedical applications, where it is a biomarker for diagnosis. TiO2 nanomaterials are stable and sensitive to hydrogen gas, but their gas response ca...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,294 Views
22 Pages

Monitoring of Indoor Air Quality in a Classroom Combining a Low-Cost Sensor System and Machine Learning

  • Ioannis D. Apostolopoulos,
  • Eleni Dovrou,
  • Silas Androulakis,
  • Katerina Seitanidi,
  • Maria P. Georgopoulou,
  • Angeliki Matrali,
  • Georgia Argyropoulou,
  • Christos Kaltsonoudis,
  • George Fouskas and
  • Spyros N. Pandis

Monitoring indoor air quality in schools is essential, particularly as children are highly vulnerable to air pollution. This study evaluates the performance of the low-cost sensor-based air quality monitoring system ENSENSIA, during a 3-week campaign...

  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,616 Views
20 Pages

Innovative Microfluidic Technologies for Rapid Heavy Metal Ion Detection

  • Muhammad Furqan Rauf,
  • Zhenda Lin,
  • Muhammad Kamran Rauf and
  • Jin-Ming Lin

Heavy metal ion (HMI) contamination poses significant threats to public health and environmental safety, necessitating advanced detection technologies that are rapid, sensitive, and field-deployable. While conventional methods like atomic absorption...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,745 Views
12 Pages

Organophosphate pesticides (OPs) enter the environment through various avenues, posing significant health risks. This highlights the need to monitor OPs in food and environmental samples. This study introduces an enzyme inhibition-mediated distance-b...

  • Review
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,596 Views
18 Pages

Engineered Intelligent Electrochemical Biosensors for Portable Point-of-Care Diagnostics

  • Jiamin Lin,
  • Yuanyuan Chen,
  • Xiaohui Liu,
  • Hui Jiang and
  • Xuemei Wang

The development of cost-effective, rapid-response, and user-friendly biosensing platforms has become paramount importance for achieving precise biomarker quantification in early disease detection. Implementing timely diagnostic interventions through...

  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,095 Views
40 Pages

Luminescent Pyrene-Derivatives for Hg2+ and Explosive Detection

  • Muthaiah Shellaiah,
  • Kien-Wen Sun,
  • K. Anandan,
  • Arumugam Murugan,
  • Vijayaraj Venkatachalam,
  • Mayank Bhushan,
  • Mani Sivakumar,
  • E. Manikandan,
  • Kumaravel Kaliaperumal and
  • Wen-Tai Li

Mercury and explosives are well-known hazards that affect the environment and threaten society. Mercury generally exists as inorganic mercuric (Hg2+) salts, and its detection via fluorometric response is highly notable. Likewise, mainstream explosive...

  • Article
  • Open Access
823 Views
10 Pages

The monitoring of contaminants in imitation jewelry has become important nowadays due to the high amount of products sold worldwide. Due to the complexity of the sample matrix (composed mainly of metals in high concentration), sample analysis can be...

  • Review
  • Open Access
9 Citations
7,349 Views
20 Pages

Microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs), which are widespread in many habitats as the byproducts of various industrial processes, pose considerable environmental and health hazards. However, current, conventional methods for detecting and characte...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,211 Views
17 Pages

The Monkeypox virus (MPXV), a DNA virus classified under the Orthpoxvirus genus alongside variola virus, has recently garnered significant global health attention due to its increasing transmission and emerging genomic mutations. Point-of-care testin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,119 Views
12 Pages

Sensitive Detection of Aflatoxin B1 in Foods Using Aptasensing Based on FGO-Mediated CdTe QDs

  • Puye Liang,
  • Sihan Liu,
  • Qinqing Han,
  • Kaixuan Zhou,
  • Tiange Li,
  • Xianqing Huang,
  • Lianjun Song and
  • Tianlin Wang

Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) exhibits high toxicity and has the potential to induce cancer, deformities, and mutations. It is therefore highly desirable that sensitive and straightforward methods for detecting AFB1 be developed. In this study, due to the high...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,221 Views
20 Pages

To address the environmental hazards posed by oil spills and the limitations of conventional hydrocarbon monitoring techniques, a cost-effective and user-friendly gas sensor system was developed for the real-time detection and quantification of hydro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
1,231 Views
14 Pages

Silica Optical Fibers Connected via a Micro MIP-Core Waveguide to Build Optical-Chemical Sensors

  • Rosalba Pitruzzella,
  • Chiara Marzano,
  • Francesco Arcadio,
  • Filipa Sequeira,
  • Alessandra Cutaia,
  • Catarina Cardoso Novo,
  • Ricardo Oliveira,
  • Maria Pesavento,
  • Luigi Zeni and
  • Giancarla Alberti
  • + 2 authors

Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) can be combined with optical fibers (OFs) to create various sensor configurations, yielding low-cost and highly sensitive extrinsic and intrinsic sensors. In this work, an MIP-based extrinsic optical fiber sensor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,897 Views
13 Pages

In this study, an in situ electrochemical modulation method based on an ultramicro interdigitated array electrode (UIAE) sensor chip was developed for the detection of ammonia nitrogen (NH3-N) in neutral aqueous solutions. One comb of the UIAE was us...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,260 Views
21 Pages

This study aimed to quantify the bitter–astringent interactive perceived intensity (BAIPI) of green tea based on the Weber–Fechner law by two-alternative forced choice test. Caffeine, (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), and Quercetin-3...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,515 Views
13 Pages

Small Acetone Sensor with a Porous Colorimetric Chip for Breath Acetone Detection Using the Flow–Stop Method

  • Yuto Muramatsu,
  • Sota Watanabe,
  • Mahiro Osada,
  • Kohsuke Tajima,
  • Akihiro Karashima and
  • Yasuko Yamada Maruo

Acetone is a well-known biogas involved in lipid metabolism and is considered a potential biomarker for diabetes. However, the conventional detection methods for acetone face the limitations of large size, complex usage, and cross-sensitivity. In thi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,308 Views
12 Pages

Preparation of Au-CeO2 Nanocubes as a New SERS Substrate and Efficient Detection of Organic Compounds

  • Xin Tian,
  • Li Ren,
  • Jie Huang,
  • Guangcheng Xi,
  • Feifan Chang and
  • Guoying Wei

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is extensively employed for detecting organics, where its sensitivity and selectivity are strongly influenced by the properties of the SERS substrates. In this work, a simple hydrothermal synthesis followed by...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,860 Views
14 Pages

Research on Taste and Aroma Characteristics of Dahongpao Tea with Different Grades

  • Xiaomin Pang,
  • Jishuang Zou,
  • Pengyao Miao,
  • Weiting Cheng,
  • Zewei Zhou,
  • Xiaoli Jia,
  • Haibin Wang,
  • Yuanping Li,
  • Qi Zhang and
  • Jianghua Ye

This study aimed to thoroughly investigate the quality differences and influencing factors of Dahongpao tea of different grades. Through sensory evaluation, electronic nose analysis, electronic tongue analysis, biochemical component analysis, and HS-...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,686 Views
16 Pages

Non-Enzymatic Electrochemical Sensing of Glucose with Silver Nanoparticles Supported on Poly(3-aminobenzoic acid)

  • América Susana Mares-García,
  • Claudia Alejandra Hernández-Escobar,
  • Sonia Kimberly Enriquez-Durán,
  • Anayansi Estrada-Monje,
  • Erasto Armando Zaragoza-Contreras and
  • Claudia Ivone Piñón-Balderrama

This study explores the development of a non-enzymatic electrochemical glucose sensor based on poly(3-aminobenzoic acid) (P3ABA) combined with silver nanoparticles (AgNPs). Incorporating AgNPs into the P3ABA matrix enhances the sensor’s electro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,634 Views
14 Pages

An Innovative Real-Time Cell Viability Analysis: A Cutting-Edge Flexible Bioimpedance Sensor

  • Thien-Luan Phan,
  • Hsin-Yu Chou,
  • Hui-Xuan Huang,
  • Chia-Hung Kuo,
  • Congo Tak Shing Ching and
  • Hui-Min David Wang

There are many compounds used to treat cancer, but still, only 20% of proposed anticancer agents have been commercialized after clinical trials due to serious side effects and unsatisfactory results. To screen potential drugs precisely and quickly, t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,138 Views
17 Pages

Pushing Peak Shapes to Perfection by High-Temperature Focus GC-IMS

  • Lukas Bodenbender,
  • Sascha Rohn and
  • Philipp Weller

Gas chromatography–ion mobility spectrometry (GC-IMS) is a powerful technique in the field of food and flavor analysis specifically, as well as for the determination of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in general. It offers high sensitivity an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,354 Views
17 Pages

Study on Hybrid Assemblies of Graphene and Conducting Polymers with Embedded Gold Nanoparticles for Potential Electrode Purposes

  • Alexandru F. Trandabat,
  • Oliver Daniel Schreiner,
  • Thomas Gabriel Schreiner,
  • Olga Plopa and
  • Romeo Cristian Ciobanu

This article outlines the method of creating electrodes for electrochemical sensors using hybrid nanostructures composed of graphene and conducting polymers with insertion of gold nanoparticles. The technology employed for graphene dispersion and sup...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,212 Views
14 Pages

Traditional detection methods such as atomic absorption spectroscopy offer high sensitivity and accuracy for heavy metal ion detection; however, they are often limited to laboratory environments due to bulky equipment and complex procedures. To meet...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,932 Views
16 Pages

A device was developed to study the evolution of fluorescence spectra as a function of time. A previously designed fluorimeter based on the diode array mini-spectrometer CM12880MA was used. The control and measurement were carried out by programming...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,573 Views
25 Pages

Bio-sniffers represent a novel detection technology that demonstrates significant potential in medical diagnostics. Specifically, they assess disease conditions and metabolic status through the detection of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in exhale...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,723 Views
15 Pages

In this study, a quantitative profiling method for detecting free fatty acids in crude lanolin based on the Quality by Design (QbD) concept was developed. High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) equipped with a charged aerosol detector (CAD) an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,140 Views
18 Pages

Polydopamine-Coated Magnetite as a Sensing Material for the Optical Detection of Cationic Surfactants

  • Alberto Fernández-Núñez,
  • Francisco Pérez-Pla,
  • Maria Ángeles Úbeda,
  • Pedro Amorós and
  • José V. Ros-Lis

The sensing of surfactants is a topic of interest for industrial and environmental purposes. Polydopamine-coated magnetite (Fe3O4@PDA) can be a relevant support for the detection of cationic surfactants in water samples. The negative charge in the su...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,621 Views
12 Pages

Chloride Catalytic Determination as Potential Tool to Assess Metal Ion Bioavailability in Water

  • Mafalda G. Pereira,
  • Justyna Paluch,
  • Raquel B. R. Mesquita and
  • António O. S. S. Rangel

This paper focuses on the development of an environmentally friendly sequential injection (SI) method for the determination of chloride in water samples from dynamic water systems. Chloride quantification is highly relevant, as it may affect metal io...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,224 Views
11 Pages

A Photo-Controllable DNAzyme-Based Nanosensor for miRNA Imaging in Living Cells

  • Yanfei Zhang,
  • Yiling Zhang,
  • Runqi Ouyang,
  • Zong Dai and
  • Si-Yang Liu

MircroRNA (miRNA) exhibits abnormal expression in many cancer diseases, and the detection and analysis of miRNA are significant for the early diagnosis of diseases and research on miRNA functions. In this work, we construct a UV-triggered DNAzyme (UT...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,837 Views
28 Pages

Pulse Sensors Based on Laser-Induced Graphene Transferred to Biocompatible Polyurethane Networks: Fabrication, Transfer Methods, Characterization, and Application

  • Vanja Vojnović,
  • Marko Spasenović,
  • Ivan Pešić,
  • Teodora Vićentić,
  • Milena Rašljić Rafajilović,
  • Stefan D. Ilić and
  • Marija V. Pergal

Flexible, wearable biomedical sensors based on laser-induced graphene (LIG) have garnered significant attention due to a straightforward fabrication process and exceptional electrical and mechanical properties. However, most relevant studies rely on...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,679 Views
30 Pages

Optimizing Sputtered SnO2:Dy Thin Films for NO2 Gas Detection

  • Marwen Mezyen,
  • Nabila Bitri,
  • Ibtissem Riahi,
  • Fatma Chaabouni and
  • Eduard Llobet

Notwithstanding the success of SnO2 as a fundamental material for gas sensing, it has often been criticized for its cross-sensitivity and high operational temperatures. Therefore, in this study, RF-sputtered SnO2 thin films were subjected to a modifi...

  • Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,618 Views
21 Pages

Recent Progress with Bismuth Sulfide for Room-Temperature Gas Sensing

  • Renping Ma,
  • Haoxin Lei,
  • Mingyang Han and
  • Juanyuan Hao

Monitoring hazardous gases is increasingly critical for environmental protection and human health. As a novel class of two-dimensional nanomaterials, layered metal chalcogenides have attracted substantial research attention in recent years. This is a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,717 Views
17 Pages

Low-Cost Wireless Device for DNA Sensing Using Square Wave Voltammetry

  • Antonio Lazaro,
  • Ramon Villarino,
  • David Girbau,
  • Hedieh Haji-Hashemi and
  • Beatriz Prieto-Simon

This paper presents a low-cost wireless prototype designed for point-of-care DNA sensing based on square wave voltammetry (SWV) measurements. Unlike other designs found in the literature, this prototype employs dedicated ADC and DAC components to red...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,926 Views
16 Pages

Analysis of Parabens and Bisphenol A in Female Hair via LC-MS/MS and Its Application to a Biomonitoring Study in Southern Brazil

  • Giovana Piva Peteffi,
  • Cloé Dagnese Loredo,
  • Camila Favretto de Souza,
  • Roberta Zilles Hahn,
  • Amanda Pacheco Bondan and
  • Rafael Linden

Parabens (PBs) and bisphenols are endocrine disruptors (EDs) widely used in everyday products and associated with health issues, such as reproductive disorders, breast cancer, obesity, hypertension, and asthma. Hair has been proposed as an alternativ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,114 Views
20 Pages

Our research outlines a method for creating chemosensors utilizing hybrid nanostructures derived from TiO2 ceramic nanotubes alongside conducting polymers, with embedded gold nanoparticles. The method used to create hybrid nanostructures from ceramic...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
949 Views
11 Pages

Glochidion chodoense, a rare and endangered plant endemic to Republic of Korea, is known for containing a wide variety of phytochemicals, including triterpenoid saponins and flavonoids. This study sought to profile the phytochemical composition of th...

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