Sensors for identification of drugs in foods

The aim of the research is to develop a technological platform consisting of sensor units, which allows the identification and semi-quantitative evaluation of residues of pharmacologically active principles in milk, honey and eggs, in order to possibly exclude them from the transformation processes and / or from marketing.

The biosensors developed will be field effect electric (FET) and electrochemical (OECT), already used for several years in many areas and for different types of detection. The selective and specific functionalization of the surface is very important and will be studied.

The activity takes place in collaboration with the Bruno Kessler Foundation (FBK-Trento), the CNR of Parma and the l’Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta (IZSTO) and is supported by Food Drug Free regional project.

Relevant publications:

Matteo Parmeggiani, Alessio Verna, Alberto Ballesio, Matteo Cocuzza, Erik Piatti, Vittorio Fra, Candido Fabrizio Pirri, Simone Luigi Marasso; “P3HT processing study for in-liquid EGOFET biosensors: effects of the solvent and the surface”, Sensors, 2019.

D’Angelo, P.; Marasso, S. L.; Verna, A.; Ballesio, A.; Parmeggiani, M.; Sanginario, A.; Tarabella, G.; Demarchi, D.; Pirri, C. F.; Cocuzza, M.; Iannotta, S. Scaling Organic Electrochemical Transistors Down to Nanosized Channels. Small 2019, 1902332, 1902332.2.

D’Angelo, P.; Tarabella, G.; Romeo, A.; Marasso, S.; Verna, A.; Cocuzza, M.; Peruzzi, C.; Vurro, D.; Iannotta, S. PEDOT:PSS Morphostructure and Ion-To-Electron Transduction and Amplification Mechanisms in Organic Electrochemical Transistors. Materials (Basel). 2018, 12, 9.