Development of an amperometric platform modified with graphene/quantum dots composite emitting at different wavelengths for pesticides detection

• Grant number: 13/20701-3
• Support type: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): February 01, 2014
• Effective date (End): January 31, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Chemistry - Analytical Chemistry
• Principal researcher: Sergio Antonio Spinola Machado
• Grantee: Lívia Flório Sgobbi
• Supervisor abroad: Arben Merkoçi
• Home Institution: Instituto de Química de São Carlos (IQSC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Research place: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Spain
• Associated to the scholarship: 12/08750-6 - Development of a disposable mimetic biosensor for organophosphorous and carbamate pesticides for the quality control of water supply, BP.DR

Abstract

Due to increasingly restrictive legislations concerning environmental pollution, there has been a wide interest in the design and fabrication of sensors and biosensors for heavy metals, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, etc. In such development, the main parameters to be considered for electrochemical sensors-especially those to pesticide detection-are reproducibility, selectivity, sensitivity, long-term stability, portability, ease of use, and cost-effectiveness. Driven by these characteristics, the utilization of nanomaterials for electrochemical sensing devices has drawn attention due to their size dependent properties - i.e., large surface-to-volume ratios; physicochemical properties, composition, and shape; as well as their binding capability, mainly with biomolecules. Herein, we propose to develop an amperometric platform based on graphene modified with quantum dots emitting fluorescence at different wavelengths aiming to maximize the biosensor sensitivity for target pollutants. Acetylcholinesterase will be immobilized on the modified electrode surface for the indirect pesticide detection. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

SGOBBI, LIVIA F.; MACHADO, SERGIO A. S. Functionalized polyacrylamide as an acetylcholinesterase-inspired biomimetic device for electrochemical sensing of organophosphorus pesticides. BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS, v. 100, p. 290-297, FEB 15 2018. Web of Science Citations: 29.

SGOBBI, LIVIA F.; ZIBORDI-BESSE, LARISSA; RODRIGUES, BRUNO V. M.; RAZZINO, CLAUDIA A.; DA SILVA, JUAREZ L. F.; MACHADO, SERGIO A. S. Polyhydroxamicalkanoate as a bioinspired acetylcholinesterase-based catalyst for acetylthiocholine hydrolysis and organophosphorus dephosphorylation: experimental studies and theoretical insights. CATALYSIS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, v. 7, n. 15, p. 3388-3398, AUG 7 2017. Web of Science Citations: 1.

MORALES-NARVAEZ, EDEN; FLORIO SGOBBI, LIVIA; SPINOLA MACHADO, SERGIO ANTONIO; MERKOCI, ARBEN. Graphene-encapsulated materials: Synthesis, applications and trends. PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE, v. 86, p. 1-24, MAY 2017. Web of Science Citations: 34.

SGOBBI, LIVIA F.; RAZZINO, CLAUDIA A.; MACHADO, SERGIO A. S. A disposable electrochemical sensor for simultaneous detection of sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim antibiotics in urine based on multiwalled nanotubes decorated with Prussian blue nanocubes modified screen-printed electrode. Electrochimica Acta, v. 191, p. 1010-1017, FEB 10 2016. Web of Science Citations: 22.