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Nanomaterials in electrochemical biosensors for pesticide detection: advances and challenges in food analysis

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This overview (with 114 refs.) covers the progress made between 2010 and 2015 in the field of nanomaterial based electrochemical biosensors for pesticides in food. Its main focus is on strategies to analyze real samples. The review first gives a short introduction into the most often used biorecognition elements. These include (a) enzymes (resulting in inhibition-based and direct catalytic biosensors), (b) antibodies (resulting in immunosensors), and (c) aptamers (resulting in aptasensors). The next main section covers the various kinds of nanomaterials for use in biosensors and includes carbonaceous species (carbon nanotubes, graphene, carbon black and others), and non-carbonaceous species in the form of nanoparticles, rods, or porous materials. Aspects of sample treatment and real sample analysis are treated next before discussing vanguard technologies in tailor-made food analysis.

Last trends made between 2010 and 2015 on the use of nanomaterials, including graphene, carbon nanotubes, carbon black, metallic nanoparticles, for the development of enzymatic biosensors, immunosensors, and aptasensors were reported, tackling the issues related to pesticide detection in agrifood sector.

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F.A. likes to acknowledge the Italian Ministry of Defence, Aptamer BW project for financial support.

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    Fabiana Arduini, Stefano Cinti & Danila Moscone

  2. Consorzio Interuniversitario Biostrutture e Biosistemi “INBB”, Viale Medaglie d’Or, 305, 00136, Rome, Italy

    Fabiana Arduini & Danila Moscone

  3. Dipartimento di Scienze Bio-Agroalimentari, Istituto di Cristallografia (IC-CNR), Via Salaria km 29.300, 00015 Monterotondo, Rome, Italy

    Viviana Scognamiglio

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This work was first presented at the 7th International Workshop on «Biosensors for Food Safety and Environmental Monitoring» (Erfoud, Morocco, 19–21 November 2015).

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Arduini, F., Cinti, S., Scognamiglio, V. et al. Nanomaterials in electrochemical biosensors for pesticide detection: advances and challenges in food analysis. Microchim Acta 183, 2063–2083 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-016-1858-8

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