Development of Novel Conductive Inks for Screen-Printed Electrochemical Sensors: Enhancing Rapid and Sensitive Drug Detection

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

This review focusses on the development of novel conductive inks for screen-printed electrochemical sensors: enhancing rapid and sensitive drug detection.

1. The abbreviations like MRSA, VRE and so on used in the context are to be defined before using.

2. The introduction of medicine, penicillin and other related content is too much, so that readers can not quickly see the main content and goal of the article. It is suggested to introduce the significance of electrochemical analysis for drug detection more concisely and clearly.

3. In the figure caption of each figure, it is necessary to indicate whether each picture is permissioned and used, open source, and with the permission of any publisher.

4. TEM, XRD, et al. are the essential tools for characterizing materials used in electrochemical sensors too.

5. It is recommended to add secondary headings for the categorised discussion of the contents presented in section 3, 4, and 5.

 After these corrections, the manuscript could be accepted for publication.

Author Response

Comments and Suggestions for Authors - 1
This review focusses on the development of novel conductive inks for screen-printed electrochemical sensors: enhancing rapid and sensitive drug detection.
1. The abbreviations like MRSA, VRE and so on used in the context are to be defined before using.
Thank you for your consideration. The definitions of the abbreviations have been inserted into the text.
2. The introduction of medicine, penicillin and other related content is too much, so that readers cannot quickly see the main content and goal of the article. It is suggested to introduce the significance of electrochemical analysis for drug detection more concisely and clearly.
Thank you for your consideration. The introduction has been rewritten for better understanding.
3. In the figure caption of each figure, it is necessary to indicate whether each picture is permissioned and used, open source, and with the permission of any publisher.
Thank you for your consideration. The figures are the authors' own.
4. TEM, XRD, et al. are the essential tools for characterizing materials used in electrochemical sensors too.
Thank you for your consideration. The techniques mentioned have been included. Therefore, it is worth noting that some of the most common techniques were mentioned, and not all characterization techniques.
5. It is recommended to add secondary headings for the categorised discussion of the contents presented in section 3, 4, and 5.
Thank you for your consideration. The sections have been reorganized with the insertion of subtitles.

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Reviewer 2 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

This review article reports “Development of Novel Conductive Inks for Screen-Printed Electrochemical Sensors: Enhancing Rapid and Sensitive Drug Detection.”. For the benefit of the readers, there are some points that need to be fully addressed before acceptance.

1.     Authors should reconstruct the abstract section based on the review’s important findings. It will make it easier for readers to locate those highlighted points before reading the entire article.

2.     The authors should discuss more about the scope of this review article.

3.     Article contains some typing errors and grammatical mistakes. Kindly check the manuscript thoroughly.

4.     A separate section may be added to the manuscript for the figure-of-merit of the screen-printed based electrochemical sensors. It is recommended to add/cite the following articles: doi.org/10.1016/j.pmatsci.2019.100574; doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176128; etc.

5.     Authors should include the perspectives and challenges section.

 

6.     The English language of the manuscript needs to be polished.

Author Response

Comments and Suggestions for Authors - 2
This review article reports “Development of Novel Conductive Inks for Screen-Printed Electrochemical Sensors: Enhancing Rapid and Sensitive Drug Detection.”. For the benefit of the readers, there are some points that need to be fully addressed before acceptance.
1. Authors should reconstruct the abstract section based on the review’s important findings. It will make it easier for readers to locate those highlighted points before reading the entire article.
Thank you for your consideration. The abstract has been rewritten to include the relevant information.
2. The authors should discuss more about the scope of this review article.
Thank you for your consideration. The discussion has been improved in the text.
3. Article contains some typing errors and grammatical mistakes. Kindly check the manuscript thoroughly.
Thank you for your consideration. The manuscript has been thoroughly reviewed.
4. A separate section may be added to the manuscript for the figure-of-merit of the screen-printed based electrochemical sensors. It is recommended to add/cite the following articles: doi.org/10.1016/j.pmatsci.2019.100574; doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176128; etc.
Thank you for your consideration. The references have been included and discussed in a new topic.
5. Authors should include the perspectives and challenges section.
Thank you for your consideration. The perspectives and challenges have been included.
6. The English language of the manuscript needs to be polished.
Thank you for your consideration. The English has been improved.

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf