The COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, declared in March 2020, has led to several behavioral changes in the general population, such as social distancing and mask usage among others. Furthermore, the sanitary emergency has stressed health system weaknesses in terms of disease prevention, diagnosis, and cure. Thus, smart technologies allowing for early and quick detection of diseases are called for. In this framework, the development of point-of-care devices can provide new solutions for sanitary emergencies management. This work focuses on the development of useful tools for early disease diagnosis based on nanomaterials on cotton substrates, to obtain a low-cost and easy-to-use detector of breath volatiles as disease markers. Specifically, we report encouraging experimental results concerning acetone detection through impedance measurements. Such findings can pave the way to the implementation of VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds) sensors into smart and user friendly diagnostic devices.
AuNP-coated cotton as VOC sensor for disease detection from breath / Casalinuovo, S.; Buzzin, A.; Caschera, D.; Quaranta, S.; Federici, F.; Zortea, L.; Brotzu, A.; Natali, S.; Puglisi, D.; de Cesare, G.; Caputo, D.. - 1005:(2023), pp. 111-116. (Intervento presentato al convegno 53rd Annual Meeting of the Italian Electronics Society, SIE 2022 tenutosi a Pizzo Calabro; Italy) [10.1007/978-3-031-26066-7_17].
AuNP-coated cotton as VOC sensor for disease detection from breath
Casalinuovo S.
;Buzzin A.;Zortea L.;Brotzu A.;de Cesare G.;Caputo D.
2023
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The COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, declared in March 2020, has led to several behavioral changes in the general population, such as social distancing and mask usage among others. Furthermore, the sanitary emergency has stressed health system weaknesses in terms of disease prevention, diagnosis, and cure. Thus, smart technologies allowing for early and quick detection of diseases are called for. In this framework, the development of point-of-care devices can provide new solutions for sanitary emergencies management. This work focuses on the development of useful tools for early disease diagnosis based on nanomaterials on cotton substrates, to obtain a low-cost and easy-to-use detector of breath volatiles as disease markers. Specifically, we report encouraging experimental results concerning acetone detection through impedance measurements. Such findings can pave the way to the implementation of VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds) sensors into smart and user friendly diagnostic devices.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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