Electrochemical (Bio) Sensors for Environmental and Food Analyses

Abstract

In recent years, great progress has been made in the development of sensors and biosensors to meet the demands of environmental and food analysis. In this Special Issue, the state of art and the future trends in the field of environmental and food analyses have been explored. A total of seven papers (three research and four review papers) are included. These are focused on the fabrication and detection of contaminates such as heavy metals, pesticides and food components, including uric acid and 3-hydroxybutyrate. Included in this Issue is a paper dedicated to the experimental determination of the electroactive area of screen-printed electrodes, an important parameter in the development of such sensors.

Keywords

• screen-printed electrodes
• pesticides
• heavy metals
• electrode area
• 3-hydroxybutyrate
• uric acid
• aptamers
• personalised medicine
• voltammetry
• chronocoulometry