The group develops smart biosensing functional materials aimed at providing solutions with significant potential impact in essential areas of human life, such as environmental protection and medical diagnostics.<\/p>\n
By employing molecular imprinting technology, the group designs and synthesizes polymeric materials known as molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs). The main advantages of MIPs stem from their synthetic nature, including excellent chemical and thermal stability, as well as reproducible and cost-effective fabrication. Moreover, MIPs can be readily integrated with a variety of sensor platforms, including piezogravimetric, optical, and electrochemical transducers, enabling label-free detection of target analytes with high sensitivity and selectivity.<\/p>\n
The group has successfully developed sensors targeting clinically relevant analytes, including immunoglobulin G; neurotrophic factors (BDNF, CDNF); viral and disease-related proteins (SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid and spike proteins, hepatitis C antigen); hormones (cortisol); as well as environmental water pollutants such as antibiotics and fungicides (sulfamethizole, amoxicillin, erythromycin, azoxystrobin).<\/p>\n
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