The microstructure and electrochemical properties of boron-doped nanocrystalline diamond film electrodes and their application in non-enzymatic glucose detection

A Review on Recent Advances in the Applications of Boron-Doped Diamond Electrochemical Sensors in Food Analysis

The usage of boron-doped diamond (BDD) material has found to be very attractive in modern electroanalytical methods and received massive consideration as perspective electrochemical sensor due to its outstanding (electro)chemical properties. These generally known facilities include large potential window, low background currents, ability to withstand extreme potentials and strong tendency to resist fouling compared to conventional carbon-based electrodes. As evidence of superiority of this material, couple of reviews describing the overview of various applications of BDD electrodes in the field of analytical and material chemistry has been reported in scientific literature during last decade. However, herein proposed review predominantly focuses on the most recent developments (from 2009 to 2020) dealing with the application of BDD as an advanced and environmental-friendly sensor platform in food analysis. The main method characteristics of analysis of various organic food components with different chemical properties, including additives, flavor and aroma components, phenolic compounds, flavonoids and pesticides in food matrices are described in more details. The importance of BDD surface termination, presence of sp² content and boron doping level on electrochemical sensing is discussed. Apart from this, a special attention is paid to the evaluation of main analytical characteristics of the BDD electrochemical sensor in single- and multi-analyte detection mode in food analysis. The recent achievements in the utilizing of BDD electrodes in amperometric detection coupled to flow injection analysis, batch injection analysis, and high-performance liquid chromatography are also commented. Moreover, actual trends in sample preparation techniques prior to electrochemical sensing in food analysis are referred.

Advanced Oxidation Processes for the Removal of Antibiotics from Water. An Overview

In this work, the application of advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) for the removal of antibiotics from water has been reviewed. The present concern about water has been exposed, and the main problems derived from the presence of emerging pollutants have been analyzed. Photolysis processes, ozone-based AOPs including ozonation, O3/UV, O3/H2O2, and O3/H2O2/UV, hydrogen peroxide-based methods (i.e., H2O2/UV, Fenton, Fenton-like, hetero-Fenton, and photo-Fenton), heterogeneous photocatalysis (TiO2/UV and TiO2/H2O2/UV systems), and sonochemical and electrooxidative AOPs have been reviewed. The main challenges and prospects of AOPs, as well as some recommendations for the improvement of AOPs aimed at the removal of antibiotics from wastewaters, are pointed out.

Flower-like MoS2 decorated with Cu2O nanoparticles for non-enzymatic amperometric sensing of glucose

In this study, a novel nanohybrid consisting of flower-like MoS₂ decorated with Cu₂O nanoparticles has been successfully synthesized for non-enzymatic amperometric sensing of glucose. Structural characterizations revealed that Cu₂O nanoparticles were highly dispersed on MoS₂ nanosheets. Electrochemical performances were investigated by cyclic voltammetry (CV) and chronoamperometry. Compared to single Cu₂O component, the-synthesized Cu₂O/MoS₂ nanohybrid showed superior electrocatalysis to the oxidation of glucose. The fabricated non-enzymatic amperometric glucose sensor exhibited a wide linear range from 0.01 to 4.0mM with a low detection limit of 1.0µM (S/N =3) and a high sensitivity of 3108.87μAmM^-1cm^-2. Meanwhile, the non-enzymatic sensor also possesses satisfactory stability, good reproducibility and high selectivity to interfering components of uric acid, dopamine and ascorbic acid. The excellent analytical performances are resulted from the synergistic effect provided by the Cu₂O nanoparticals and MoS₂ nanosheets.