VolThinSens · VolThinSens. Challenging societal needs involving ions detection: New strategies for the development of Voltammetry ion Sensors based on Thin membranes
Horizon 2020 — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
- Duration
- 2018-11-01 → 2021-08-28
- EU contribution
- €185,857
- Participants
- 1
- Scheme
- MSCA-IF-EF-ST
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Results in brief
VolThinSens. Challenging societal needs involving ions detection: New strategies for the development of Voltammetry ion Sensors based on Thin membranes
Modern society is evolving to a scenario in which all daily activities will be monitored using smart sensors. The provision of rapid, reliable and decentralized data is crucial, and chemical sensors are potential candidates to disrupt into the current digitalization era. The VolThinSens project has put forward an innovative sensing strategy for reliable detection of ions in different contexts. The project has built up innovative fundamental knowledge to solve the traditional bottleneck for electrochemical sensors to reach real sample analysis. Thus, VolThinSens has investigated a series of new ion sensing methodologies considering voltammetric ultrathin membranes as the key element to provide a wide application perspective. Successful proof-of-concepts in the project cover EU priorities such as “citizens’ welfare” and “protecting nature”, aiming to enhance EU excellence and competitiveness in pharmacological/clinical control as well as water issues through the provision of relevant chemical observations. The overall objectives of the VolThinSens project have targeted the exploration of adequate materials to fabricate the sensors and indeed considering sustainability principles; development of innovative electrochemical readouts designed towards the best performances; and demonstration of the analytical application of the sensors in clinical/pharmacological and environmental domains.
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Project objective
Modern society is evolving to a scenario in which all daily activities will be monitored using smart sensors. The provision of rapid, reliable and decentralized data is crucial and chemical sensors are current candidates for this purpose. VolThinSens puts forward an innovative sensing strategy from the ground up for reliable detection of ions addressing problems that constitute the bottleneck for the final application of electrochemical sensors in real contexts. To achieve this, the research methodology of VolThinSens involves the exploration of thin ion-sensing membranes based on new materials by using voltammetry and innovative techniques that the project will put forward for the study of the membrane robustness. The developed sensors will be interrogated using coulometry towards a calibration-free technology based on counting charges of the ion analyte that are implied in the electrochemical process. VolThinSens will provide a solution for these two challenges offering robust ion sensors with a wide application perspective within EU priorities such as “citizens’ welfare” and “protecting nature”, among others. The final demonstration of the concept is conceived as the integration of the developed voltammetric sensors for the detection of two ions with pharmacological/clinical and environmental relevance as proof-of-concept: lithium and ammonium. Thus, lithium will be detected in urine, serum and dissolution testing of pharmaceuticals and ammonium in aquatic systems. Interestingly, in situ sensing is aimed through the implementation of the ammonium sensor into a custom-built profiler ion analyser and its deployment in a lake for levels mapping in depth and time axis. VolThinSens will enhance EU excellence and competitiveness in pharmacological/clinical control as well as water issues through the provision of trustable relevant data.
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Participants
- KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN · StockholmCoordinatorSweden
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