Bisphenol A sensing using carbon fibre transducers with and without metal-organic frameworks modification: towards greener tools for fish safety and surveil ecosystems.

Bisphenol A (BPA) is widely used in plastic production; however, it has raised concerns about its human health implications and presence in aquatic ecosystems, as it is also known as an endocrine-disrupting compound. Given the urgency of developing eco-friendly monitoring tools, this study proposes and compares two novel green sensing platforms based on carbon paper (CP) for the determination of BPA in fish samples. One consists in the modification with a leaf-like shape zeolitic imidazolate framework (CP/ZIF-L), by a simple and water-based synthesis at room temperature, and the other uses a bare CP electrochemically pre-treated with sulfuric acid (CPP).

Carbon Fiber Paper Sensor for Determination of Trimethoprim Antibiotic in Fish Samples.

The increase in anthropogenic pollution raises serious concerns regarding contamination of water bodies and aquatic species with potential implications on human health. Pharmaceutical compounds are a type of contaminants of emerging concern that are increasingly consumed and, thus, being frequently found in the aquatic environment. In this sense, an electrochemical sensor based on an unmodified and untreated carbon fiber paper (CPS-carbon paper sensor) was simply employed for the analysis of trimethoprim antibiotic in fish samples.

Ascorbyl and hydroxyl radical generation mediated by a copper complex adsorbed on gold.

This work presents the results obtained for a thioether derivative of bipyridine, (E,Z)-1-(4'-methyl-[2,2'-bipyridine]-4-yl)-N-(4(methylthio)phenyl)methanimine (4-mbpy-Bz-SMe), and its copper complex [Cu(4-mbpy-Bz-SMe)]. Electronic spectra acquired at 183 K of the cuprous complex [Cu(4-mbpy-Bz-SMe)] generated in situ indicated the formation of the peroxodicopper compound {[Cu(4-mbpy-Bz-SMe)](μ-O)}. A gold electrode modified with [Cu(4-mbpy-Bz-SMe)] (Au/[Cu]) was fully characterized by SERS spectroscopy, electrochemistry and impedance spectroscopy thus showing adsorption occurs through the sulfur atom of the 4-mbpy-Bz-SMe moieties.