{"title":"Microneedle array integrated 2D NiSe2/MXene-based real-time urea sensing in interstitial fluid","authors":"Isha Basumatary , Shreya Shashank Chauhan , Venkata Vamsi Krishna Venuganti , Parikshit Sahatiya","doi":"10.1016/j.electacta.2025.146299","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Although there has been a lot of work towards the development of urea sensors, work towards the development of non-invasive or minimally invasive biosensors for personal healthcare remains scarce. Microneedle (MN)-based diagnostic presents a new avenue in personalized healthcare monitoring by utilizing interstitial fluid (ISF) as a biofluid and a viable alternative to conventional blood-based diagnostics. This work demonstrates the development of a wearable electrochemical sensor coupled with poly (ethylene glycol) diacrylate (PEDGA) based MN extraction platform to realize minimally invasive ISF-based real-time highly selective urea monitoring. The MNs with an average length of 782±10 µm are fabricated using stereolithography and the electrochemical enzymatic sensor is developed using a flexible carbon cloth (CC) electrode modified with NiSe<sub>2</sub>/MXene.The modified Urease/NiSe<sub>2</sub>/MXene/CC electrode exhibits a high sensitivity of 83.49 μAμM<sup>-1</sup>cm<sup>-2</sup> (1 μM to 20 μM), 70 μAμM<sup>-1</sup>cm<sup>-2</sup> (0.1 mM to 1 mM) and 20 μA mM<sup>-1</sup> cm<sup>-2</sup>(0.1 mM to 15 mM), with high selectivity, with a response time of 398 s, and the lowest detection limit of 0.1214 μM. Further, the validation of urea concentration in ISF with the developed sensor with the standard clinical method named Glutamate dehydrogenase (GLDH) suggests an error in the tolerable range. Finally, <em>in-vivo</em> studies of urea measurement were performed by inserting a 3D printed MN patch (10×10) in Sprague Dawley (SD) rat’s dorsal skin. The <em>in-vivo</em> studies revealed a urea concentration of ∼ 5.8 mM with a rapid response time of 398 s, which is exceptionally faster, and validated using the GLDH method. Successful demonstration for minimally invasive MN-based point-of-care diagnostic of biomarkers opens up new avenues of development for personal healthcare monitoring.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":305,"journal":{"name":"Electrochimica Acta","volume":"528 ","pages":"Article 146299"},"PeriodicalIF":5.5000,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Electrochimica Acta","FirstCategoryId":"88","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013468625006607","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"ELECTROCHEMISTRY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Although there has been a lot of work towards the development of urea sensors, work towards the development of non-invasive or minimally invasive biosensors for personal healthcare remains scarce. Microneedle (MN)-based diagnostic presents a new avenue in personalized healthcare monitoring by utilizing interstitial fluid (ISF) as a biofluid and a viable alternative to conventional blood-based diagnostics. This work demonstrates the development of a wearable electrochemical sensor coupled with poly (ethylene glycol) diacrylate (PEDGA) based MN extraction platform to realize minimally invasive ISF-based real-time highly selective urea monitoring. The MNs with an average length of 782±10 µm are fabricated using stereolithography and the electrochemical enzymatic sensor is developed using a flexible carbon cloth (CC) electrode modified with NiSe2/MXene.The modified Urease/NiSe2/MXene/CC electrode exhibits a high sensitivity of 83.49 μAμM-1cm-2 (1 μM to 20 μM), 70 μAμM-1cm-2 (0.1 mM to 1 mM) and 20 μA mM-1 cm-2(0.1 mM to 15 mM), with high selectivity, with a response time of 398 s, and the lowest detection limit of 0.1214 μM. Further, the validation of urea concentration in ISF with the developed sensor with the standard clinical method named Glutamate dehydrogenase (GLDH) suggests an error in the tolerable range. Finally, in-vivo studies of urea measurement were performed by inserting a 3D printed MN patch (10×10) in Sprague Dawley (SD) rat’s dorsal skin. The in-vivo studies revealed a urea concentration of ∼ 5.8 mM with a rapid response time of 398 s, which is exceptionally faster, and validated using the GLDH method. Successful demonstration for minimally invasive MN-based point-of-care diagnostic of biomarkers opens up new avenues of development for personal healthcare monitoring.
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Electrochimica Acta is an international journal. It is intended for the publication of both original work and reviews in the field of electrochemistry. Electrochemistry should be interpreted to mean any of the research fields covered by the Divisions of the International Society of Electrochemistry listed below, as well as emerging scientific domains covered by ISE New Topics Committee.