A state-of-the-art review on graphene-based nanomaterials to determine antibiotics by electrochemical techniques

Environ Res. 2022 May 15:208:112744. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.112744. Epub 2022 Jan 21.

Abstract

Antibiotics might build up into the human body by foodstuff metabolism, posing a serious threat to human health and safety. Establishing simple and sensitive technology for quick antibiotic evaluation is thus extremely important. Nanomaterials (or NMTs) with the advantage of possessing merits such as remarkable optical, thermal, mechanical, and electrical capabilities have been highlighted as a piece of the best promising materials for rising new paths in the creation of the future generation biosensors. This paper presents the most recent advances in the use of graphene NMTs-based biosensors to determine antibiotics. Gr-NMTs (or graphene nanomaterials) have been used in the development of a biosensor for the electrochemical signal-transducing process. The rising issues and potential chances of this field are contained to give a plan for forthcoming research orientations. As a result, this review provides a comprehensive evaluation of the nanostructured electrochemical sensing approach for antibiotic residues in various systems. In this review, various electrochemical techniques such as CV, DPV, Stripping, EIS, LSV, chronoamperometry, SWV were employed to determine antibiotics. Additionally, this also demonstrates how graphene nanomaterials are employed to detect antibiotics.

Keywords: Advanced nanomaterials; Antibiotic drugs; Biosensors; Graphene nanomaterials.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Biosensing Techniques* / methods
  • Electrochemical Techniques / methods
  • Graphite* / chemistry
  • Humans
  • Nanostructures* / chemistry

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Graphite