COFFEE RINGBASED APTASENSOR WITH AUTOMATED IMAGE PROCESSING FOR THE DETECTION OF PESTICIDES

JOANA MACAGNO; GABRIEL S. GERLERO; MARÍA LUCILA SATUF; CLAUDIO L. A. BERLI

Palm Springs, California

Congreso; uTAS 2022, THE 25TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MINIATURIZED SYSTEMS FOR CHEMISTRY AND LIFE SCIENCES; 2021

Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society

The development of an aptasensor with an innovative and automated readout is reported. The sensing mechanism takes advantage of the strong correlation observed between the alteration of the coffee ring ef-fect and the analyte concentration. The assay was implemented on purpose-built cards. A smartphone-coupled Python script was programmed for automated image processing, data management and communi-cation.