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Field and Remote Sensors for Environmental Health and Food Safety Diagnostics

A special issue of Biosensors (ISSN 2079-6374). This special issue belongs to the section "Biosensor and Bioelectronic Devices".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2023) | Viewed by 20495

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Roberto Dragone

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Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche—Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati (CNR-ISMN), ISMN-Sapienza Office c/o Department of Chemistry, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy
Interests: sensors/biosensors; bioanalytical chemistry; environment and food chemistry
Dr. Gerardo Grasso

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Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche—Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati (CNR-ISMN), ISMN-Sapienza Office c/o Department of Chemistry, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy
Interests: biosensoristics; food biotechnology; microbiology
Dr. Daniela Zane

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Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche—Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati (CNR-ISMN), ISMN-Sapienza Office c/o Department of Chemistry, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy
Interests: chemistry

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Critical issues about environmental health and food safety generate a great demand for up-to-date information about real contamination patterns, and about the complex interactions between environmental compartments and food supply chains, especially at the primary production level.

Recent progress and challenges in the field of sensoristics are focused on developing and improving methods and devices oriented toward environmental health and food safety surveillance at critical control points throughout the entire agro-food supply chains.

Both field and remote sensing diagnostic systems can contribute to the protection of ecosystem health and the wholesomeness of foods.

To face the complexity of environmental and food matrices, chemosensoristic and biosensoristic devices are promising tools with interesting analytical features, which can be potentially exploited for on-site real-time applications for the screening and diagnostics of both environmental and food matrices. Recent improvement in materials science, engineering, networking and communication technologies, multivariate analysis, and artificial intelligence technologies (neural networks/machine learning) for data processing and data mining have paved the way to the new concept of “smart sensors”.

Further, remote sensing technology and multi/hyperspectral imaging have experienced incredible developments as novel technologies in the environmental and food fields. These developments include sensor design, acquisition systems, and data processing techniques.

The development of improved terrestrial and remote sensoristic devices and the gathering of real-time data with high spatial and temporal resolution represent a technological challenge to broaden the boundaries of field diagnostics and the monitoring of environmental and food samples.

You are therefore invited to submit your research papers and reviews (also with an interdisciplinary character) on any aspect related to field sensors and remote sensing technologies for environmental and food applications.

Dr. Roberto Dragone
Dr. Gerardo Grasso
Dr. Daniela Zane
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • environmental monitoring
  • food safety
  • proximal sensing
  • remote sensing
  • biosensors
  • sensors
  • crop monitoring
  • precision livestock farming
  • multi/hyperspectral imaging
  • machine learning

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Editorial
Field and Remote Sensors for Environmental Health and Food Safety Diagnostics: An Open Challenge
by Gerardo Grasso, Daniela Zane and Roberto Dragone
Biosensors 2022, 12(5), 285; https://doi.org/10.3390/bios12050285 - 28 Apr 2022
Cited by 7 | Viewed by 1793
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Major foodborne disease outbreaks have clarified the close interconnection and interdependence between the health of humans, animals, and the environment [...] Full article
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Bioimpedance-Measurement-Based Non-Invasive Method for In Ovo Chicken Egg Sexing
by Congo Tak Shing Ching, Chien-Kai Wang, Pin-Chi Tang, Minh-Khue Ha, Chin Li, Hsuan-Ni Chiu, Fiona Yan-Dong Yao, Nguyen Chi Nhan, Nguyen Van Hieu and Thien-Luan Phan
Biosensors 2023, 13(4), 440; https://doi.org/10.3390/bios13040440 - 30 Mar 2023
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Day-old male chick culling is one of the world’s most inhumane problems in the poultry industry. Every year, seven billion male chicks are slaughtered in laying-hen hatcheries due to their higher feed exchange rate, lower management than female chicks, and higher production costs. [...] Read more.
Day-old male chick culling is one of the world’s most inhumane problems in the poultry industry. Every year, seven billion male chicks are slaughtered in laying-hen hatcheries due to their higher feed exchange rate, lower management than female chicks, and higher production costs. This study describes a novel non-invasive method for determining the gender of chicken eggs. During the incubation period of fourteen days, four electrodes were attached to each egg for data collection. On the last day of incubation, a standard polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based chicken gender determination protocol was applied to the eggs to obtain the gender information. A relationship was built between the collected data and the egg’s gender, and it was discovered to have a reliable connection, indicating that the chicken egg gender can be determined by measuring the impedance data of the eggs on day 9 of incubation with the four electrodes set and using the self-normalization technique. This is a groundbreaking discovery, demonstrating that impedance spectroscopy can be used to sex chicken eggs before they hatch, relieving the poultry industry of such an ethical burden. Full article
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A New Biorecognition-Element-Free IDμE Sensor for the Identification and Quantification of E. coli
by Yung-Kai Lin, Hsing-Ju Wu, Nguyen Van Hieu, Pei-Yi Chu, Thi Vien Thao Do, Fiona Yan-Dong Yao, Thien Luan Phan and Congo Tak Shing Ching
Biosensors 2022, 12(8), 561; https://doi.org/10.3390/bios12080561 - 25 Jul 2022
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The label-free biosensor has emerged as an effective tool for the purpose of early detection of causative pathogens such as Escherichia coli as a preventive measure. In this study, a biorecognition-element-free interdigitated microelectrode (IDμE) sensor is designed and developed with this in mind, [...] Read more.
The label-free biosensor has emerged as an effective tool for the purpose of early detection of causative pathogens such as Escherichia coli as a preventive measure. In this study, a biorecognition-element-free interdigitated microelectrode (IDμE) sensor is designed and developed with this in mind, with good reliability and affordability. Results show that the designed sensor can identify E. coli with good selectivity using an impedance and capacitance of 7.69 MHz. At its optimum impedance of 1.3 kHz, the IDμE sensor can reliably quantify E. coli in a range of measurement (103.2~106 cfu/mL), linearity (R2 = 0.97), sensitivity (18.15 kΩ/log (cfu/mL)), and limit of detection (103.2 cfu/mL). In summary, the IDμE sensor developed possesses high potential for industrial and clinical applications. Full article
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Millimeter Wave-Based Non-Destructive Biosensor System for Live Fish Monitoring
by Meng Wang, Yunyue Yang, Boyu Mu, Marina A. Nikitina and Xinqing Xiao
Biosensors 2022, 12(7), 541; https://doi.org/10.3390/bios12070541 - 20 Jul 2022
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Waterless transportation for live grouper is a novel mode of transport that not only saves money, but also lowers wastewater pollution. Technical obstacles remain, however, in achieving intelligent monitoring and a greater survival rate. During live grouper waterless transportation, the stress response is [...] Read more.
Waterless transportation for live grouper is a novel mode of transport that not only saves money, but also lowers wastewater pollution. Technical obstacles remain, however, in achieving intelligent monitoring and a greater survival rate. During live grouper waterless transportation, the stress response is a key indicator that affects the survival life-span of the grouper. Studies based on breathing rate analysis have demonstrated that among many stress response parameters, breathing rate is the most direct parameter to reflect the intensity. Conventional measurement methods, which set up sensors on the gills of groupers, interfere with the normal breathing of living aquatic products and are complex in system design. We designed a new breathing monitoring system based on a completely non-destructive approach. The system allows the real-time monitoring of living aquatic products’ breathing rate by simply placing the millimeter wave radar on the inner wall of the incubator and facing the gills. The system we developed can detect more parameters in the future, and can replace the existing system to simplify the study of stress responses. Full article
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Development, Optimization, Characterization, and Application of Electrochemical Biosensors for Detecting Nickel Ions in Food
by Liliana Anchidin-Norocel, Wesley K. Savage, Gheorghe Gutt and Sonia Amariei
Biosensors 2021, 11(12), 519; https://doi.org/10.3390/bios11120519 - 16 Dec 2021
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Nickel is naturally present in drinking water and many dietary items, which expose the general population to nickel ingestion. This heavy metal can have a variety of harmful health effects, causing allergies and skin disorders (i.e., dermatitis), lung, cardiovascular, and kidney diseases, and [...] Read more.
Nickel is naturally present in drinking water and many dietary items, which expose the general population to nickel ingestion. This heavy metal can have a variety of harmful health effects, causing allergies and skin disorders (i.e., dermatitis), lung, cardiovascular, and kidney diseases, and even certain cancers; therefore, nickel detection is important for public health. Recent innovations in the development of biosensors have demonstrated they offer a powerful new approach over conventional analytical techniques for the identification and quantification of user-defined compounds, including heavy metals such as nickel. We optimized five candidate nickel-biosensing receptors, and tested each for efficiency of binding to immobilization elements on screen-printed electrodes (SPEs). We characterized the application of nickel-detecting biosensors with four different cultivated vegetables. We analyzed the efficiency of each nickel-detecting biosensor by potentiostat and atomic absorption spectrometry and compared the results from the sample analytes. We then analyzed the performance characteristics and responses of assembled biosensors, and show they are very effective at measuring nickel ions in food, especially with the urease-alginate biosensor affixed to silver SPEs, measured by cyclic voltammetry (sensitivity—2.1921 µA Mm−1 cm−2 and LOD—0.005 mg/L). Given the many advantages of biosensors, we describe an optimization pipeline approach to the application of different nickel-binding biosensors for public health, nutrition, and consumer safety, which are very promising. Full article
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Recent Advances in Electrochemical Sensing Strategies for Food Allergen Detection
by Antonella Curulli
Biosensors 2022, 12(7), 503; https://doi.org/10.3390/bios12070503 - 9 Jul 2022
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Food allergy has been indicated as the most frequent adverse reaction to food ingredients over the past few years. Since the only way to avoid the occurrence of allergic phenomena is to eliminate allergenic foods, it is essential to have complete and accurate [...] Read more.
Food allergy has been indicated as the most frequent adverse reaction to food ingredients over the past few years. Since the only way to avoid the occurrence of allergic phenomena is to eliminate allergenic foods, it is essential to have complete and accurate information on the components of foodstuff. In this framework, it is mandatory and crucial to provide fast, cost-effective, affordable, and reliable analysis methods for the screening of specific allergen content in food products. This review reports the research advancements concerning food allergen detection, involving electrochemical biosensors. It focuses on the sensing strategies evidencing different types of recognition elements such as antibodies, nucleic acids, and cells, among others, the nanomaterial role, the several electrochemical techniques involved and last, but not least, the ad hoc electrodic surface modification approaches. Moreover, a selection of the most recent electrochemical sensors for allergen detection are reported and critically analyzed in terms of the sensors’ analytical performances. Finally, advantages, limitations, and potentialities for practical applications of electrochemical biosensors for allergens are discussed. Full article
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