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Hernández-Rodríguez JF, Della Pelle F, Rojas D, Compagnone D, Escarpa A. Xurography-Enabled Thermally Transferred Carbon Nanomaterial-Based Electrochemical Sensors on Polyethylene Terephthalate-Ethylene Vinyl Acetate Films. Anal Chem 2020; 92:13565-13572. [PMID: 32869640 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c03240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Abstract
A novel benchtop approach to fabricate xurography-enabled thermally transferred (XTT) carbon nanomaterial-based electrochemical sensors is proposed. Filtered nanomaterial (NM) films were transferred from Teflon filters to polyethylene terephthalate-ethylene vinyl acetate (PET-EVA) substrates by a temperature-driven approach. Customized PET-EVA components were xurographically patterned by a cutting plotter. The smart design of PET-EVA films enabled us to selectively transfer the nanomaterial to the exposed EVA side of the substrate. Hence, the substrate played an active role in selectively controlling where nanomaterial transfer occurred allowing us to design different working electrode geometries. Counter and reference electrodes were integrated by a stencil-printing approach, and the whole device was assembled by thermal lamination. To prove the versatility of the technology, XTT materials were exclusively made of carbon black (XTT-CB), multiwalled carbon nanotubes (XTT-MWCNTs), and single-walled carbon nanotubes (XTT-SWCNTs). Their electrochemical behavior was carefully studied and was found to be highly dependent on the amount and type of NM employed. XTT-SWCNTs were demonstrated to be the best-performing sensors, and they were employed for the determination of l-tyrosine (l-Tyr) in human plasma from tyrosinemia-diagnosed patients. High analytical performance toward l-Tyr (linear range of 0.5-100 μM, LOD = 0.1 μM), interelectrode precision (RSD ip,a = 3%, n = 10; RSD calibration slope = 4%, n = 3), and accurate l-Tyr quantification in plasma samples with low relative errors (≤7%) compared to the clinical declared values were obtained. The proposed benchtop approach is cost-effective and straightforward, does not require sophisticated facilities, and can be potentially employed to develop pure or hybrid nanomaterial-based electrodes.
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- Juan F Hernández-Rodríguez
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Sciences, University of Alcalá, E-28871 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Sciences, University of Alcalá, E-28871 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain.,Faculty of Bioscience and Technology for Food, Agriculture and Environment, University of Teramo, Campus "Aurelio Saliceti" via R. Balzarini 1, 64100 Teramo, Italy
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Sciences, University of Alcalá, E-28871 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain.,Faculty of Bioscience and Technology for Food, Agriculture and Environment, University of Teramo, Campus "Aurelio Saliceti" via R. Balzarini 1, 64100 Teramo, Italy
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- Faculty of Bioscience and Technology for Food, Agriculture and Environment, University of Teramo, Campus "Aurelio Saliceti" via R. Balzarini 1, 64100 Teramo, Italy
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Sciences, University of Alcalá, E-28871 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain.,Chemical Research Institute Andres M. del Rio, University of Alcalá, E-28871 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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Della Pelle F, Compagnone D. Nanomaterial-Based Sensing and Biosensing of Phenolic Compounds and Related Antioxidant Capacity in Food. SENSORS 2018; 18:s18020462. [PMID: 29401719 PMCID: PMC5854963 DOI: 10.3390/s18020462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2017] [Revised: 01/26/2018] [Accepted: 01/31/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Polyphenolic compounds (PCs) have received exceptional attention at the end of the past millennium and as much at the beginning of the new one. Undoubtedly, these compounds in foodstuffs provide added value for their well-known health benefits, for their technological role and also marketing. Many efforts have been made to provide simple, effective and user friendly analytical methods for the determination and antioxidant capacity (AOC) evaluation of food polyphenols. In a parallel track, over the last twenty years, nanomaterials (NMs) have made their entry in the analytical chemistry domain; NMs have, in fact, opened new paths for the development of analytical methods with the common aim to improve analytical performance and sustainability, becoming new tools in quality assurance of food and beverages. The aim of this review is to provide information on the most recent developments of new NMs-based tools and strategies for total polyphenols (TP) determination and AOC evaluation in food. In this review optical, electrochemical and bioelectrochemical approaches have been reviewed. The use of nanoparticles, quantum dots, carbon nanomaterials and hybrid materials for the detection of polyphenols is the main subject of the works reported. However, particular attention has been paid to the success of the application in real samples, in addition to the NMs. In particular, the discussion has been focused on methods/devices presenting, in the opinion of the authors, clear advancement in the fields, in terms of simplicity, rapidity and usability. This review aims to demonstrate how the NM-based approaches represent valid alternatives to classical methods for polyphenols analysis, and are mature to be integrated for the rapid quality assessment of food quality in lab or directly in the field.
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- Flavio Della Pelle
- Faculty of Bioscience and Technology for Food, Agriculture and Environment, University of Teramo, 64023 Teramo, Italy.
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- Faculty of Bioscience and Technology for Food, Agriculture and Environment, University of Teramo, 64023 Teramo, Italy.
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Weng X, Neethirajan S. Ensuring food safety: Quality monitoring using microfluidics. Trends Food Sci Technol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2017.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Toh RJ, Mayorga-Martinez CC, Han J, Sofer Z, Pumera M. Group 6 Layered Transition-Metal Dichalcogenides in Lab-on-a-Chip Devices: 1T-Phase WS2 for Microfluidics Non-Enzymatic Detection of Hydrogen Peroxide. Anal Chem 2017; 89:4978-4985. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b00302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- Rou Jun Toh
- Division
of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical
Science, Nanyang Technological University, 637371 Singapore
- BioSystems & Micromechanics IRG (BioSyM), Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) Centre, S16-05-08, 3 Science Drive 2, 117543 Singapore
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- Division
of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical
Science, Nanyang Technological University, 637371 Singapore
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- BioSystems & Micromechanics IRG (BioSyM), Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) Centre, S16-05-08, 3 Science Drive 2, 117543 Singapore
- Department
of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Biological
Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department
of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technicka 5, 166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Division
of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical
Science, Nanyang Technological University, 637371 Singapore
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Tailor designed exclusive carbon nanomaterial electrodes for off-chip and on-chip electrochemical detection. Mikrochim Acta 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s00604-016-2020-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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García-Carmona L, Martín A, Sierra T, González MC, Escarpa A. Electrochemical detectors based on carbon and metallic nanostructures in capillary and microchip electrophoresis. Electrophoresis 2016; 38:80-94. [DOI: 10.1002/elps.201600232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2016] [Revised: 06/27/2016] [Accepted: 06/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Laura García-Carmona
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; University of Alcalá; Madrid Spain
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; University of Alcalá; Madrid Spain
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; University of Alcalá; Madrid Spain
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; University of Alcalá; Madrid Spain
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; University of Alcalá; Madrid Spain
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Giuliani JG, Benavidez TE, Duran GM, Vinogradova E, Rios A, Garcia CD. Development and Characterization of Carbon Based Electrodes from Pyrolyzed Paper for Biosensing Applications. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2016; 765:8-15. [PMID: 27175108 PMCID: PMC4860743 DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2015.07.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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This article details the study of electrochemical behavior of new carbon electrodes based on pyrolysis of different paper sources to be used in biosensor applications. The resistivity of the pyrolyzed papers was initially used as screening parameters to select the best three paper samples (imaging card paper, multipurpose printing paper, and 3MM chromatography paper) and assemble working electrodes that were further characterized by a combination of microscopy, electrochemistry, and spectroscopy. Although slight differences in performance were observed, all carbon substrates fabricated from pyrolysis of paper allowed the development of competitive biosensors for uric acid. The presented results demonstrate the potential of these electrodes for sensing applications and highlight the potential advantages of 3MM chromatography paper as a substrate to fabricate electrodes by pyrolysis.
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- Jason G. Giuliani
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78249, USA
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry and Food Technology, University of Castilla – La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78249, USA
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry and Food Technology, University of Castilla – La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, 29634, USA
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Garoz-Ruiz J, Ibañez D, Romero EC, Ruiz V, Heras A, Colina A. Optically transparent electrodes for spectroelectrochemistry fabricated with graphene nanoplatelets and single-walled carbon nanotubes. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra04116g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Hybrid optically transparent electrodes based on single-walled carbon nanotubes and graphene nanoplatelets have been fabricated. The new methodology can be used with other carbon nanomaterials.
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- Department of Chemistry
- Universidad de Burgos
- E-09001 Burgos
- Spain
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- Department of Chemistry
- Universidad de Burgos
- E-09001 Burgos
- Spain
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- IK4-CIDETEC
- Materials Division
- E-20009 San Sebastián
- Spain
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- Department of Chemistry
- Universidad de Burgos
- E-09001 Burgos
- Spain
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- Department of Chemistry
- Universidad de Burgos
- E-09001 Burgos
- Spain
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Ferey L, Delaunay N. Food Analysis on Electrophoretic Microchips. SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION REVIEWS 2015. [DOI: 10.1080/15422119.2015.1014049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Herrasti Z, Martínez F, Baldrich E. Reversible nanostructuration of microfluidic electrode devices by CNT magnetic co-entrapment. LAB ON A CHIP 2015; 15:3269-3273. [PMID: 26155767 DOI: 10.1039/c5lc00573f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been extensively used to produce electrodes of enhanced performance but have only been very recently exploited in microfluidic devices. In these cases, CNT electrodes had to be produced prior to device assembly, which might damage the CNT layer. Here, we show a fast and simple method for the reversible nanostructuration of microfluidic electrode devices in situ. The procedure is based on the attachment of single-walled CNTs (SWCNTs) onto the surface of magnetic particles (MPs) and magnetic confinement of the MP/SWCNT composite onto the sensor in a two-step process that provided homogeneous coating. As it is shown, subsequent magnet removal allows MP/SWCNT release and electrode reutilization. Compared to most previously described methods, ours is faster, simpler and also reversible.
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- Zorione Herrasti
- IK4-Ikerlan Technological Research Centre, 20500 Mondragón, Spain
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Randviir EP, Banks CE. Electrode substrate innovation for electrochemical detection in microchip electrophoresis. Electrophoresis 2015; 36:1845-53. [DOI: 10.1002/elps.201500153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2015] [Revised: 05/11/2015] [Accepted: 05/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Edward P. Randviir
- Division of Chemistry and Environmental Science; Faculty of Science and Engineering; School of Chemistry and the Environment, Manchester Metropolitan University; Lancs UK
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- Division of Chemistry and Environmental Science; Faculty of Science and Engineering; School of Chemistry and the Environment, Manchester Metropolitan University; Lancs UK
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Gomez FJV, Martín A, Silva MF, Escarpa A. Microchip electrophoresis-single wall carbon nanotube press-transferred electrodes for fast and reliable electrochemical sensing of melatonin and its precursors. Electrophoresis 2015; 36:1880-5. [PMID: 25735903 DOI: 10.1002/elps.201400580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2014] [Revised: 01/08/2015] [Accepted: 02/04/2015] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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In the current work, single-wall carbon nanotube press-transferred electrodes (SW-PTEs) were used for detection of melatonin (MT) and its precursors tryptophan (Trp) and serotonin (5-HT) on microchip electrophoresis (ME). SW-PTEs were simply fabricated by press transferring a filtered dispersion of single-wall carbon nanotubes on a nonconductive PMMA substrate, where single-wall carbon nanotubes act as exclusive transducers. The coupling of ME-SW-PTEs allowed the fast detection of MT, Trp, and 5-HT in less than 150 s with excellent analytical features. It exhibited an impressive antifouling performance with RSD values of ≤2 and ≤4% for migration times and peak heights, respectively (n = 12). In addition, sample analysis was also investigated by analysis of 5-HT, MT, and Trp in commercial samples obtaining excellent quantitative and reproducible recoveries with values of 96.2 ± 1.8%, 101.3 ± 0.2%, and 95.6 ± 1.2% for 5-HT, MT, and Trp, respectively. The current novel application reveals the analytical power of the press-transfer technology where the fast and reliable determination of MT and its precursors were performed directly on the nanoscale carbon nanotube detectors without the help of any other electrochemical transducer.
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- Federico José Vicente Gomez
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain.,Instituto de Biología Agrícola de Mendoza (IBAM-CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Agrícola de Mendoza (IBAM-CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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Martín A, López MÁ, González MC, Escarpa A. Multidimensional carbon allotropes as electrochemical detectors in capillary and microchip electrophoresis. Electrophoresis 2014; 36:179-94. [DOI: 10.1002/elps.201400328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2014] [Revised: 08/22/2014] [Accepted: 08/22/2014] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- Aída Martín
- Department of Analytical Chemistry; Physical Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; University of Alcalá; Madrid Spain
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry; Physical Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; University of Alcalá; Madrid Spain
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry; Physical Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; University of Alcalá; Madrid Spain
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry; Physical Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; University of Alcalá; Madrid Spain
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These insights attempt to share with the community the lights and shadows of one emerging and exciting topic, Food Microfluidics, defined as microfluidic technology for food analysis and diagnosis in important areas such as food safety and quality. The reader is invited to question non-easy interrogations such as why Food Microfluidics, what is the next step and what could we do with the available technology. This article invites food analysts to be seduced by this technology and then to take an interesting trip departing from the main gained achievements, having a look at the crossing bridges over Food Microfluidic challenges or having a look at available technology to start. Finally, this trip arrives at a privileged place to gaze the horizons. A wonderful landscape--full of inspiration--for Food Microfluidics is anticipated. These insights have also been written wishing to give improved conceptual and realistic solutions for food analysis, with the additional hope to attract the community with exciting technology, in order to get novel and unexpected achievements in this field.
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- Alberto Escarpa
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Alcalá E-28871, Ctra. Madrid-Barcelona km 33,600. 28871, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain.
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