Development of electrochemical wearable sensors for quantification of health risk markers

• Grant number: 21/10523-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• Start date: February 28, 2022
• End date: January 27, 2023
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Chemistry - Analytical Chemistry
• Principal Investigator: Thiago Regis Longo Cesar da Paixão
• Grantee: Letícia Francine Mendes
• Supervisor: Joseph Wang
• Host Institution: Instituto de Química (IQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego), United States
• Associated to the scholarship: 18/16250-0 - Development of portable electrochemical devices on polymer materials using CO2 laser for analytical applications, BP.DR

Abstract

Wearable electrochemical sensors have become increasingly attractive due to non-invasive biomarkers detection direct on-body to monitor health risk, performance, and nutrition markers. In this perspective, the development of simple, low-cost, high-sensible, and flexible electrochemical devices has attracted significant attention. The use of polymeric substrates to fabricate these electrochemical devices has also been pointed out. A current, easy, and low-cost method emerged to fabricate carbon-based devices under organic surfaces in this field. The Laser-scribing technique consists of the carbonization of organic platforms using a laser source, which is responsible for generating conductive carbon tracks. This project aims to develop wearable electrochemical devices for health risk markers, exploring the low-cost, and straightforward laser-scribing method to fabricate electrochemical devices with different properties. (AU)