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Chemical Sensors in Environmental Pollution and Green Energy

A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Chemical Sensors".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 March 2023) | Viewed by 3506

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With the development of human society and the rapid expansion of industrial development, the consumption of fossil energy is also increasing rapidly. Therefore, environmental pollution (such as the discharge of toxic reagents and industrial wastewater) and the shortage of renewable energy resources are the two major problems in the world today.

This Special Issue pays attention to the application of chemical sensors in environmental pollution detection, analysis, and treatment, as well as detection and analysis of clean energy technologies. We expect the development of such chemical sensors to give full play to their advantages in environmental pollution and green energy.

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  • chemical sensors
  • water pollution
  • sustainable energy
  • photocatalysis

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Surface Functionalization Strategies of Polystyrene for the Development Peptide-Based Toxin Recognition
by Ahmed M. Debela, Catherine Gonzalez, Monica Pucci, Shemsia M. Hudie and Ingrid Bazin
Sensors 2022, 22(23), 9538; https://doi.org/10.3390/s22239538 - 6 Dec 2022
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Abstract
The development of a robust surface functionalization method is indispensable in controlling the efficiency, sensitivity, and stability of a detection system. Polystyrene (PS) has been used as a support material in various biomedical fields. Here, we report various strategies of polystyrene surface functionalization [...] Read more.
The development of a robust surface functionalization method is indispensable in controlling the efficiency, sensitivity, and stability of a detection system. Polystyrene (PS) has been used as a support material in various biomedical fields. Here, we report various strategies of polystyrene surface functionalization using siloxane derivative, divinyl sulfone, cyanogen bromide, and carbonyl diimidazole for the immobilization of biological recognition elements (peptide developed to detect ochratoxin A) for a binding assay with ochratoxin A (OTA). Our objective is to develop future detection systems that would use polystyrene cuvettes such as immobilization support of biological recognition elements. The goal of this article is to demonstrate the proof of concept of this immobilization support. The results obtained reveal the successful modification of polystyrene surfaces with the coupling agents. Furthermore, the immobilization of biological recognition elements, for the OTA binding assay with horseradish peroxidase conjugated to ochratoxin A (OTA-HRP) also confirms that the characteristics of the functionalized peptide immobilized on polystyrene retains its ability to bind to its ligand. The presented strategies on the functionalization of polystyrene surfaces will offer alternatives to the possibilities of immobilizing biomolecules with excellent order- forming monolayers, due to their robust surface chemistries and validate a proof of concept for the development of highly efficient, sensitive, and stable future biosensors for food or water pollution monitoring. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Chemical Sensors in Environmental Pollution and Green Energy)
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