Paper-Based Supports for Food and Environmental Applications
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Analytical Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 April 2021) | Viewed by 454
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Interests: porous organic polymers; nanomaterials; separation; sample preparation; miniaturization; aptamers; proteins
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Interests: 3D-printing; porous organic polymers; nanomaterials; separation; sample preparation; miniaturization; selective ligands
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Interests: porous organic polymers; nanomaterials; separation; sample preparation; miniaturization; aptamers; proteins
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue focuses on the development of paper-based supports and related devices for their use as point-of-care diagnostics in food and environmental applications. Paper-based materials are an interesting support since they are inexpensive, biocompatible, biodegradable and allow sample fluids to flow by capillary force. In addition, this type of support provides a large surface area for the immobilization of selective ligands and the detection of analytes via specific biomolecular reactions. Therefore, the use of paper-based devices in food safety and environmental applications is a topic of interest that should be explored more deeply from an analytical chemistry perspective. In this Special Issue, studies describing the use of paper-based supports for the screening or determination of any substance in food and environmental matrices are welcome; works on novel paper-based systems with potential for future application in food and environmental monitoring will also be considered.
Prof. Dr. Jose Manuel Herrero-Martinez
Dr. Enrique Javier Carrasco-Correa
Dr. María Vergara-Barberán
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- paper-based support;
- food safety;
- food quality;
- environmental monitoring.
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