High-throughput Photoactive Magnetic Microrobots for Food Quality Control
Ensuring food quality and safety according to stringent global standards requires analytical procedures that are accurate, cost-effective, and efficient. This present innovative high-throughput microrobots designed for the detection of antioxidants in food samples. These microrobots consist of photo...
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Data de publicação: | 2025 |
| País: | España |
| Recursos: | Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia |
| Repositório: | e-spacio. Repositorio Institucional de la UNED |
| Idioma: | espanhol |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:e-spacio.uned.es:20.500.14468/31227 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/31227 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | 2301 Química analítica 2302 Bioquímica food analysis microrobots nanorobots |
| Resumo: | Ensuring food quality and safety according to stringent global standards requires analytical procedures that are accurate, cost-effective, and efficient. This present innovative high-throughput microrobots designed for the detection of antioxidants in food samples. These microrobots consist of photocatalytic bismuth subcarbonate anchored on silica-coated magnetite nanoparticles. Upon exposure to UV light, they generate reactive oxygen species via photocatalysis, which oxidize the colorless dye into a green-colored radical cation. The presence of antioxidants inhibits this reaction, allowing for the quantification of antioxidant activity. The magnetic Fe₃O₄/SiO₂ core enables steering of the microrobots using a transverse rotating magnetic field, facilitating automated assays on a custom-designed 3D-printed sensing platform. This results demonstrate that these magneto-photocatalytic microrobots can perform automated, high-throughput assessments of food quality, representing a significant advancement in food analysis technology. |
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