URV – Laboratory of Nanosensors
Universitat Rovira i Virgili
M. Novell, T. Guinovart, P. Blondeau, F.X. Rius, F.J. Andrade. Lab on a Chip – Miniaturisation for Chemistry and Biology 2014, 14, 1308. doi: 10.1039/c3lc51098k
A novel approach to monitor Li levels in blood in decentralized (out of the lab) settings is presented. The approach uses a potentiometric cell fully made with filter paper as a support.
A. J. Bandodkar, D. Molinnus, O. Mirza, T. Guinovart, J. R. Windmiller, G. Valdés-Ramírez, F.J. Andrade, M.J. Schöning, J. Wang. Biosensors and Bioelectronics 2014, 54, 603. doi: 10.1016/j.bios.2013.11.039
This article describes the fabrication, characterization and application of an epidermal temporary-transfer tattoo-based potentiometric sensor, coupled with a miniaturized wearable wireless transceiver, for real-time monitoring of sodium in the human perspiration.
F. X. Rius-Ruiz, F. J. Andrade, J. Riu, , F. X. Rius. Food Chemistry 2014, 147, 92. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2013.09.114
We report for the first time on a new computer-operated analytical platform which can be readily used for the determination of essential nutrients in hydroponic growing systems.
T. Guinovart, G. Valdés-Ramírez, J. R. Windmiller, F. J. Andrade, J. Wang. Electroanalysis 2014, 26, 1345. doi: 10.1002/elan.201300558
A new wearable electrochemical sensor for monitoring the pH of wounds is introduced. The device is based on the judicious incorporation of a screen-printed pH potentiometric sensor into bandages.
M. Cuartero, J. Sabaté del Río, P. Blondeau, J. A. Ortuño, F. X. Rius, F. J. Andrade. Analytica Chimica Acta, 2014, 827, 95. doi: 10.1016/j.aca.2014.04.022
The development of a solid-contact potentiometric sensor based on conducting rubbers using a carbon nanotubes ink is described here. As a proof-of-principle, selective potassium electrodes are fully characterized giving comparable performances to conventional electrodes.
T. Guinovart, G.A. Crespo, F. X. Rius, F.J. Andrade. Analytica Chimica Acta 2014, 821, 72. doi: 10.1016/j.aca.2014.02.028
A new solid-state reference electrode using a polymeric membrane of polyvinyl butyral (PVB), Ag/AgCl and NaCl to be used in decentralized chemical measurements is presented.
R.Hernández, C. Vallés, A. M. Benito, W. K. Maser, F. X. Rius, J. Riu. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2014, 54, 553. doi: 10.1016/j.bios.2013.11.053
In this communication we present a potentiometric aptasensor based on chemically modified graphene (transducer layer of the aptasensor) and aptamers (sensing layer).
