{"title":"Front Cover: Titanium Mxene: A Promising Material for Next-Generation Optical Biosensors and Machine Learning Integration (Anal. Sens. 2/2025)","authors":"Athulya Aravind, Durgalakshmi Dhinasekaran, Ajay Rakkesh Rajendran","doi":"10.1002/anse.202580201","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/anse.202580201","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>2D MXenes</b> offer exceptional advancements in biosensing owing to their tunable optical properties with large surface area of interaction and hydrophilicity. This revolutionizes the biosensing of analytes using advanced sensing modes such as surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), surface plasmon resonance (SPR), and colorimetry with high selectivity and sensitivity in biomedical application. More in the Review by Durgalakshmi Dhinasekaran and co-workers.\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure>\u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":72192,"journal":{"name":"Analysis & sensing","volume":"5 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/anse.202580201","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143581329","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. N. Blessy Rebecca, D. Durgalakshmi, R. Ajay Rakkesh
{"title":"Front Cover: Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) for Glucose Sensing: Advancing Non-Invasive Detection Strategies in Diabetes Management (Anal. Sens. 1/2025)","authors":"P. N. Blessy Rebecca, D. Durgalakshmi, R. Ajay Rakkesh","doi":"10.1002/anse.202580101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/anse.202580101","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Metal-organic frameworks</b> (MOFs) offer an impeccable platform for glucose sensing, contributing in both enzymatic- and non-enzymatic-based electrochemical detection. Comprising metal ions and organic ligands, MOFs with their exceptional properties including tunable porosity, high surface area, diverse structural configuration, strong adsorptive capacity, electrocatalytic behavior, and abundant active sites pave way for improving healthcare diagnostics. More in the Review by R. Ajay Rakkesh and co-workers.\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure>\u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":72192,"journal":{"name":"Analysis & sensing","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/anse.202580101","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143114926","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zijie Luo, Yijia Xu, Jiayi Fan, Isabel E. Lean, Thomas P. Davis, Ibrahim Javed, Amandeep Kaur
{"title":"Flavonoid-Derived Probes for the Detection of Islet Amyloid Polypeptide Aggregates","authors":"Zijie Luo, Yijia Xu, Jiayi Fan, Isabel E. Lean, Thomas P. Davis, Ibrahim Javed, Amandeep Kaur","doi":"10.1002/anse.202400104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/anse.202400104","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Type-2 diabetes (T2D) is a growing global health crisis, with over 90% of diabetes cases attributed to this condition. Misfolding and aggregation of islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) is a hallmark of early T2D, contributing to pancreatic β-cell dysfunction. While significant progress has been made in developing sensors for amyloids implicated in neurodegeneration, fluorescent probes for detecting IAPP aggregates remain limited. We report a series of flavonoid derivatives designed for enhanced IAPP fibril detection. The probes feature modifications, including methoxy substitution at C7 and varying amines at C4, which enhance their binding affinity for IAPP fibrils compared to the widely used Thioflavin T (ThT). The leading probes, <b>F4</b> and <b>MF1</b>, exhibited over 10-fold increased binding affinity compared to ThT, alongside ratiometric fluorescence due to excited-state intramolecular proton transfer. <b>F4</b> and <b>MF1</b> were applied to image IAPP aggregates in pancreatic β-cells and zebrafish tissue sections, where both probes demonstrated specific imaging of IAPP fibrils. These probes also demonstrated reduced fluorescence when IAPP monomers were incubated with inhibitors, indicating fibril disassembly. Our results position <b>F4</b> and <b>MF1</b> as promising tools for exploring the pathological role of IAPP aggregation in diabetes and for high-throughput screening of IAPP aggregation inhibitors.</p>","PeriodicalId":72192,"journal":{"name":"Analysis & sensing","volume":"5 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/anse.202400104","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143939596","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Thomas C. Sams, Sam E. Ying, Myles Q. Edwards, Eric T. Dziekonski, R. Graham Cooks
{"title":"Rapid Screening of Secondary Plant Metabolites using Two-Dimensional Tandem Mass Spectrometry","authors":"Thomas C. Sams, Sam E. Ying, Myles Q. Edwards, Eric T. Dziekonski, R. Graham Cooks","doi":"10.1002/anse.202400103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/anse.202400103","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The full 2D tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) data domain provides a rapid survey of the chemical components of complex plant extracts without subjecting them to prior chromatographic separation. Nano electrospray ionization (nESI), desorption electrospray ionization (DESI) and paper spray ionization are used to create an ion mixture representative of the chemical constituents of a plant extract, then mass-selective collision-induced dissociation (CID) is used to automatically record fragments from each precursor ion in the mixture. Signal extraction from the 2D data domain yields matching spectra to conventional product and precursor ion scans and displays distributions of compounds bearing a chosen functionality. These features and other manipulations of the 2D MS/MS data are demonstrated using crude extracts of Artemisia annua (Sweet wormwood). Similarities and differences in the secondary metabolites of plant species are established rapidly by inspection of the 2D MS/MS plots. The methodology is characterized by the high speed of data acquisition while the limited mass resolution still allows high speed snapshots of chemistry.</p>","PeriodicalId":72192,"journal":{"name":"Analysis & sensing","volume":"5 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/anse.202400103","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143938746","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Unveiling Interference-Free Acridine-Calix[4]Arene-Based Fluorescence paper and Electrochemical Sensor for Cyanazine from Agricultural Produces","authors":"Heni Soni, Malvika Shukla, Divyesh Chaudhari, Sahaj Gandhi, Alok Pandya, Pinkesh G. Sutariya","doi":"10.1002/anse.202400088","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/anse.202400088","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The construction of fluorescence sensor <b>L1</b> for cyanazine (<b>CNZ</b>) by using calix[4]arene scaffold allied with 9-Aminoacridine moiety has been reported. The recognized triazine herbicide <b>CNZ</b> decreased the fluorescence intensity of <b>L1</b> by exhibiting <i>“turn-off”</i> phenomenon having detection limit to be 7.79 μM obtained from emission study. The quenching response of <b>L1: CNZ</b> was observed between the range of 5–105 μM possessing binding constant calculated to be 9.201×10<sup>6</sup> M<sup>−1</sup>. The spiking experiment of <b>CNZ</b> into <b>L1</b> has also been performed to evaluate potency of <b>L1</b> using vegetables and cereals. Also, a paper-based device has been prepared in order to implement this strategy for <i>on-spot</i> monitoring of <b>CNZ</b>. The <b>L1:CNZ</b> binding has been confirmed by conducting electrochemical studies like cyclic voltammetry, differential pulse voltammetry, <sup>1</sup>H NMR, FT-IR, MALDI-TOF, <sup>1</sup>H NMR titration, PXRD investigation and computational analysis.</p>","PeriodicalId":72192,"journal":{"name":"Analysis & sensing","volume":"5 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143939133","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"pH-Directed Capture-SELEX for Nanomolar Affinity Aptamers for Kanamycin Detection","authors":"Yichen Zhao, Juewen Liu","doi":"10.1002/anse.202400099","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/anse.202400099","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Kanamycin A is a widely used antibiotic, although it has a narrow therapeutic window demanding highly accurate monitoring. The sensing of kanamycin A using aptamers is of great interest since aptamers can be used for continuous monitoring with a rapid response. While kanamycin has been the target for at least four previous aptamer selections, the binding affinities of the reported DNA aptamers are still sub-optimal. All the previous aptamer selections were performed at pH 7.5 or higher. Given that kanamycin A has four amino groups with p<i>K</i><sub>a</sub> values close to 7, we herein selected DNA aptamers for kanamycin A at both pH 6 and pH 8. The selection at pH 6 enriched aptamers although the pH 8 selection library remained highly diverse in the end. The best aptamer named KAN6-1 showed a dissociation constant of around 320 nM measured using isothermal titration calorimetry in the selection buffer. In buffers without salt, binding can happen from pH 6 to 8. Specific binding was confirmed using mutation studies. A strand displacement assay was developed with a limit of detection (LOD) of 100 nM in buffer. Similar LOD values were also obtained in lake water and in 10 % human serum. Comparisons were also made with some previously reported DNA aptamers. This study shows the importance of pH value on the selection of aptamers and provides a new aptamer for kanamycin A detection.</p>","PeriodicalId":72192,"journal":{"name":"Analysis & sensing","volume":"5 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/anse.202400099","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143938769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Titanium Mxene: A Promising Material for Next-Generation Optical Biosensors and Machine Learning Integration","authors":"Athulya Aravind, Durgalakshmi Dhinasekaran, Ajay Rakkesh Rajendran","doi":"10.1002/anse.202400095","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/anse.202400095","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Nano biosensors based on MXenes have been emerging as a promising tool in the detection of biomarkers, for the discrimination of diseases and in the detection of environmental pollutants. Their potential in sensing applications has also drawn a lot of attention to their unique qualities such as their high conductivity, huge surface area, outstanding hydrophilicity, biocompatibility, and simplicity of surface functionalization. The development of scalable synthesis techniques is essential to the large-scale manufacturing and broad application of MXene-based sensors. Furthermore, the stability of the MXene layers in diverse environmental circumstances continues to be a difficulty for their practical application. To increase the dependability and precision of MXene-based sensors, their selectivity must be increased through functionalization and tuning. With innovative technologies like machine learning, MXene biosensor is now taken advantage of new opportunities. Personalized healthcare solutions, remote data analysis, and real-time monitoring are all possible when MXene sensors and AI algorithms work together. Herein, the optical properties, synthesis approaches, role of MXene biosensors in machine learning, its significant challenges and future prospects of MXene-based nano(bio)sensors are deliberated.</p>","PeriodicalId":72192,"journal":{"name":"Analysis & sensing","volume":"5 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143582067","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eliton Ricardo Cardoso, Nina Tverdokhleb, Marcelo Eising, Ederson Esteves da Silva, Sergio Humberto Domingues, Alessandro Francisco Martins, Matt J. Kipper, Lucimara Stolz Roman, Shirong Huang, Gianaurelio Cuniberti, Felipe de Almeida La Porta, Carlos Eduardo Cava
{"title":"Hydrogen Gas Sensing Performance of Iron Oxide-Decorated Carbon Nanotubes: The Influence of Iron Oxide Species and Concentration","authors":"Eliton Ricardo Cardoso, Nina Tverdokhleb, Marcelo Eising, Ederson Esteves da Silva, Sergio Humberto Domingues, Alessandro Francisco Martins, Matt J. Kipper, Lucimara Stolz Roman, Shirong Huang, Gianaurelio Cuniberti, Felipe de Almeida La Porta, Carlos Eduardo Cava","doi":"10.1002/anse.202400092","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/anse.202400092","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In this study, a solvothermal method was used to synthesize a composite of iron oxide nanostructures on carbon nanotubes (CNTs), which was applied as a resistive sensor for hydrogen gas (H2) detection. The nanocomposite was produced with three different iron oxide concentrations (Fe1@CNT, Fe2@CNT, and Fe3@CNT) to investigate the effect of iron species on CNTs and their interaction with hydrogen. Electron microscopy revealed that increasing iron oxide content led to the deterioration of the CNT walls. Raman and FTIR spectra confirmed the predominant presence of α-Fe2O3 (hematite) on the CNTs, while XPS analysis verified the presence of multiple iron oxides species. High-resolution XPS of the Fe 2p region indicated the existence of Fe3O4 (magnetite), Fe2O3 (hematite), and FeO (iron(II) oxide) associated with the CNTs. The sample with the lowest iron oxide concentration (Fe1@CNT) showed a 45 % sensor response to hydrogen in a dry air atmosphere and the longest recovery time, suggesting a stronger interaction between hydrogen and the nanocomposite. Density functional theory calculations further revealed that the presence of iron oxide on the CNT surface significantly altered its electronic properties, particularly by introducing more electronic states near the Fermi level, which enhanced electronic exchange between H2 and the carbon nanotube containing iron oxide.</p>","PeriodicalId":72192,"journal":{"name":"Analysis & sensing","volume":"5 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143938768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ramya Karunakaran, Chiara Luna Onorati, Khairunnisa Amreen, Sanket Goel, Peter A. Lieberzeit
{"title":"An Overview of Microfluidic-Assisted Strategies for Synthesis and Applications of Molecularly Imprinted Polymers","authors":"Ramya Karunakaran, Chiara Luna Onorati, Khairunnisa Amreen, Sanket Goel, Peter A. Lieberzeit","doi":"10.1002/anse.202400029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/anse.202400029","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This review gives an overview of using microfluidics in conjunction with molecularly imprinted polymers (MIP), which covers two aspects: on the one hand, on-chip synthesis of polymer and MIP particles on the nano and the micro scale. This comprises both approaches using two different immiscible solvents and homogeneous matrices to obtain the desired particle morphologies. On the other hand, especially paper-based microfluidic systems have attracted increasing interest as low-cost analytical tools that are inherently useful for applying at the point of care. By now, there have been several successful attempts to combine them with MIP (instead of biological recognition systems) and to successfully apply them in environmental samples, food matrices, and for diagnostic applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":72192,"journal":{"name":"Analysis & sensing","volume":"5 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/anse.202400029","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143938884","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}