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A wearable electrochemical sensing system for non-invasive monitoring of lithium drug in bipolar disorder

Giovanni De Micheli, Sandro Carrara, Irene Taurino, Francesca Criscuolo

Lithium represents the main drug for the treatment of Bipolar Disorder (BD) as it acts as a mood stabilizer. However, because of its narrow therapeutic window, psychiatric patients are obliged to frequent tests in hospital to control their lithium blood co ...

2021

All-Solid-State Ion-Selective Electrodes: A Tutorial for Correct Practice

Giovanni De Micheli, Sandro Carrara, Mandresy Ivan Ny Hanitra, Irene Taurino, Francesca Criscuolo

The research on ion-measuring devices has seen a rapid expansion in the last years as a consequence of the growing interest in wearable sensors for biofluids analysis and in portable devices for remote or in-line water and food quality monitoring. As a res ...

2021

Electrochemical Assay for Extremely Selective Recognition of Fructose Based on 4-Ferrocene-Phenylboronic Acid Probe and beta-Cyclodextrins Supramolecular Complex

Sandro Carrara, Irene Taurino, Maria Antonietta Casulli

The aim of the present paper is to highlight a novel electrochemical assay for an extremely-selective detection of fructose thanks to the use of a supramolecular complex between beta-cyclodextrins (beta-CDs) and a chemically modified ferrocene with boronic ...

2020

Wearable multifunctional sweat-sensing system for efficient healthcare monitoring

Giovanni De Micheli, Sandro Carrara, Mandresy Ivan Ny Hanitra, Irene Taurino, Francesca Criscuolo, Nicolò Oliva, Simone Aiassa

Despite the huge expansion in recent years of sweat sensing and wearable technologies, several challenges are still open, including poor sample collection, separate sampling and analysis, low multi-sensing capabilities and materials toxicity. In this work, ...

2020

Integration Methods of Cyclodextrins on Gold and Carbon Electrodes for Electrochemical Sensors

Sandro Carrara, Irene Taurino, Maria Antonietta Casulli

Cyclodextrins (CDs) are oligosaccharides composed of six (α), seven (β) or eight (γ) glucose units. Their inner hydrophobic cavity and hydrophilic external surface enable the formation of the “host-guest inclusion complex” with different organic or inorgan ...

2019

Fast Procedures for the Electrodeposition of Platinum Nanostructures on Miniaturized Electrodes for Improved Ion Sensing

Giovanni De Micheli, Sandro Carrara, Irene Taurino, Francesca Criscuolo

Nanostructured materials have attracted considerable interest over the last few decades to enhance sensing capabilities thanks to their unique properties and large surface area. In particular, noble metal nanostructures offer several advantages including h ...

2019

Flexible sweat sensors for non-invasive optimization of lithium dose in psychiatric disorders

Giovanni De Micheli, Sandro Carrara, Irene Taurino, Francesca Criscuolo

Lithium is the main mood stabilizer in bipolar disorders and other psychiatric conditions. However, lithium levels in blood must be monitored frequently during therapies because of its narrow therapeutic range. For this reason the patients, whose quality o ...

IEEE2019

Highly-stable Li + ion-selective electrodes based on noble metal nanostructured layers as solid-contacts

Giovanni De Micheli, Francesca Criscuolo, Sandro Carrara, Francesca Stradolini, Irene Taurino

Nowadays the development of stable and highly efficient Solid-Contact Ion-Selective Electrodes (SC-ISEs) attracts much attention in the research community because of the great expansion of portable analytical devices. In this work, we present highly stable ...

2018

Performance of Carbon Nano-Scale Allotropes in Detecting Midazolam and Paracetamol in Undiluted Human Serum

Giovanni De Micheli, Nima Aliakbarinodehi, Sandro Carrara, Francesca Stradolini, Irene Taurino, Ioulia Tzouvadaki, Sattar Akbari Nakhjavani

Nano-materials are highly exploited to enhance sensing performance of electrochemical electrodes by increasing the Electro-Active Surface Area (EASA). In this work, an analytical calculation of the deposited EASA is presented and experimentally validated b ...

2018

A novel electrochemical sensor for non-invasive monitoring of lithium levels in mood disorders

Giovanni De Micheli, Sandro Carrara, Irene Taurino, Francesca Criscuolo

Lithium is the main drug for the treatment of mood disorders. Due to its narrow therapeutic window, Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM) is a norm during therapy in order to avoid adverse effects. Consequently, patients are obliged to frequent check-ups in ho ...

2018