Nanosensors for therapeutic drug monitoring

Identifier:  TFG:4435

Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/TFG4435

Authors:  Oller Matas, Pere

Abstract:
In this project porous silicon has been used to work as an electrochemical sensor with the finallity to help in the developing of cost-effective and simple tools able to discriminate the electrochemical detection of various antibiotics in serum and monitor their levels almost in real time. First, a brief introduction to the therapeutic drug monitoring focused on antibiotics is made, followed by an introduction to a porous material made of silicon. Finally, using a potentiometer and various electrochemical techniques we have studied the detection of various antibiotics in screen-printed electrodes and porous silicon samples, and we have compared both platforms.