Browsing by Author "Ceron, Maria Luisa"

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    A stable nanosilver decorated phosphorene nanozyme with phosphorus- doped porous carbon microsphere for intelligent sensing of 8-hydroxy-20-deoxyguanosine
    (2021) Sheng, Yingying; Zhu, Yifu; Ceron, Maria Luisa; Yi, Yufu; Liu, Peng; Wang, Peng; Xue, Ting; Camarada, Maria Belen; Wen, Yangping
    Nanozyme based on the silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) decorated highly water-oxygen stable phosphorene (BP) nanohybrid with phosphorus-doped porous carbon microspheres (P-PCMs) is applied as an intelligent sensing platform for the electrochemical detection of 8-hydroxy-20-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) as a biomarker of oxidative DNA damage in human urine sample. The density functional theory (DFT) is use for investigating the effect of silver on the conductivity level of BP and discussing a possible mechanism for the electrocatalytic oxidation of 8-OHdG. The Ag+ is in-situ reduced as AgNPs that grows onto the BP surface for the controllable preparation of BP-AgNPs with effective surface passivation among different metal ions decorated BP. P-PCMs with 4.9-fold enhancement in specific surface area (1636.73 m2 g-1) are prepared by hydrothermal carbonization of alpha cyclodextrin as carbon sources, then calcinate in the presence of phosphoric acid as an activator and dopant. P-PCMs-BP-AgNPs are prepared by the ultrasound-assisted liquid-phase exfoliation with the addition of Ag+, and both P-PCMs and black phosphorus crystals are sufficiently grinded. The P-PCMs-BP-AgNPs nanohybrid displays good long-term water-oxygen stability, extraordinary specific surface area, superior electrocatalytic capacity with 303-fold enhancement, enzyme-like characteristics with Imax of 100 mu A and Km of 29 mu M. The machine learning (ML) model with artificial neural network (ANN) algorithm is employed for the intelligent output of 8-OHdG in real sample with acceptable recovery in work range from 0.2 to 125 mu M.
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    Anchoring black phosphorus quantum dots over carboxylated multiwalled carbon nanotubes: A stable 0D/1D nanohybrid with high sensing performance to Ochratoxin a
    (2022) Huang, Zhiwen; Ceron, Maria Luisa; Feng, Kehuai; Wang, Dan; Camarada, Maria Belan; Liao, Xiaoning
    Exploration of an efficient ochratoxin A (OTA) screening technique is highly important because of its highly toxic effect on human health. Electrochemical sensor, characterized with high accuracy and precise, is an emerging detection technique for toxic agents in food samples. However, the inherent fouling effect and low electro-chemical activity from OTA molecular hinder its practical application in OTA detection. Herein, we prepared a novel 0D/1D nanohybrid by anchoring black phosphorus quantum dots (BPQDs) over carboxylated multiwalled carbon nanotubes (CNTs-COOH) via a facile sonication assisted assembly approach. Characterization techniques together with theoretical approximations reveal that BPQDs can anchor onto the CNTs-COOH via strong covalent reaction, endowing the nanohybrid with high conductivity, high stability and high anti-fouling property. The electrochemical sensor constructed with the 0D/1D nanohybrid shows high electrochemical activity and a good antifouling effect in OTA detection. In optimized conditions, the sensor provide a quantitative determination of OTA in a wide concentration range from 0.4 to 10 mu M with a detection limit of 0.03 mu M. Moreover, the sensor shows high reproductivity and satisfactory anti-interference ability. Satisfactory recoveries that can comparable to those of high-performance liquid chromatography indicate that the sensor is promising for the trace-level analysis of OTA in agricultural crops.