Articolo in rivista, 2021, ENG, 10.1016/j.cscee.2021.100157

Photosynthesis-based biosensors for environmental analysis of herbicides

Antonacci A.; Zappi D.; Giardi M.T.; Scognamiglio V.

Institute of Crystallography, National Research Council, Department of Chemical Sciences and Materials Technologies, Via Salaria km 29.300, Monterotondo, 00015, Institute of Crystallography, National Research Council, Department of Chemical Sciences and Materials Technologies, Via Salaria km 29.300, 00015, Monterotondo, Italy, , Italy; Biosensor s.r.l., Via degli Olmetti, Formello, Biosensor s.r.l., Via degli Olmetti, Formello, Italy, , Italy

It is generally agreed that photosynthetic organisms demonstrated their potential for the development of highly sensitive, sustainable, and affordable biosensors to detect toxic chemicals in aquatic ecosystems, being a primary target for most toxic pollutants. Based on this principle, the application of photosynthetic material as a biological receptor in biosensing provides an excellent tool for a cheap and effective detection of a wide range of life-threatening pollutants. This review will provide a comprehensive overview of photosynthesis-based biosensors, shading light on the diverse types of photosynthetic materials to be exploited, the different supports on which such material can be immobilized, and the dual opto-electrochemical transduction in which it can be integrated for the environmental monitoring of photosynthetic herbicides.

Case studies in chemical and environmental engineering 4 , pp. 100157–?

Keywords

Algal biosensors, Nanomaterials, Paper, Photosynthetic herbicides

CNR authors

Giardi Maria Teresa, Zappi Daniele, Scognamiglio Viviana, Antonacci Amina

CNR institutes

IC – Istituto di cristallografia