Prof. Fabiana ARDUINI
University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, ITALY
Fabiana Arduini is a Full Professor at Department of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, founder of start-up SENSE4MED, DG at ISO9001 Certified Laboratory LabCap, University of Rome "Tor Vergata”, Editor of Green Analytical Chemistry Journal, Elsevier, Associated Editor of Microchemical Journal, Elsevier, Specialty Chief Editor Micro- and Nano- Sensors, Frontiers in Sensors, one of the seven relevant scientists selected by Italian Ministry of Defence for studies on depleted uranium, and Coordinator of Italian Sensor Group, Italian Chemical Society 2019-2021. Her research activity deals with the development of miniaturised electrochemical devices mainly using screen-printed electrodes modified with nanomaterials and paper-based analytical tools applied in environmental, biomedical, agrifood, and defense sectors, with over 150 articles published in peer-review journals, H index 56, Scopus source, > 5 patents, coordinators of several national/international projects including Horizon Europe Pathfinder project Phoenix-OoC (March 2024- February 2027). Her name is listed in the top 2% of most cited researchers in the world.
Nanomodified paper-based electrochemical (bio)sensors for smart and sustainable environmental analyses
Fabiana Arduini
Department of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome Tor Vergata
Via della Ricerca Scientifica, Rome, Italy
* fabiana.arduini@uniroma2.it
As reported in my review entitled “Electrochemical paper-based devices: When the simple replacement of the support to print ecodesigned electrodes radically improves the features of the electrochemical devices” published in Current Opinion in Electrochemistry SI: Emerging Opinions (2022)1 “Paper-based electrochemical (bio)sensors have emerged as highly attractive analytical devices for their superior sustainable features, such as avoiding the use of polyester as support and the reduction of waste, being incinerated after use. However, paper-based electrochemical (bio)sensors have recently demonstrated further advantages, including the simple combination with vertical microfluidics and their use as a reservoir to deliver smart electrochemical (bio)sensors able to i) contain the reagents, ii) preconcentrate the target analyte, and iii) synthesize the nanomaterials inside the paper network. Furthermore, these devices have demonstrated their ability to overcome the limitations of the other printed electrochemical sensors in the measurement of entirely liquid samples by detecting the target analyte in the aerosol phase or solid sample, without the additional sampling system. These achievements highlight their valuable and varied advantages in the sensing sector”. In this presentation, I will report on the roadmap research activity carried out in the last 8 years related to the development of nanomodified paper-based electrochemical devices for delivering smart and sustainable lab-on-a-chip-on-paper for detecting pollutants in environmental samples.
Acknowledgements
Horizon Europe Reliance Project grant agreement N. 101058570, Horizon Europe EIC 2023 Pathfinder Open Phoenix-OoC grant agreement N. 101130395, National Antarctic Research Program project PNRA18_00184.
References:
- Arduini, F. Curr. Opin. Electrochem. 2022, 101090
