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Bio-Electronic Uric Acid Detecting Device

A new flexible bio-electronic uric acid detecting device has been fabricated.

Details :

A new flexible bio-electronic uric acid detecting device has been fabricated that can be used for various applications such as wearable sensors and point-of-care diagnostics.

About the device :

Researchers from the Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology (IASST), an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), fabricated this device made up of reduced phosphorene quantum dots, a new class of zero-dimensional functional nanostructures with distinct physicochemical and surface properties.

The device developed is simple, portable, cost-effective, and easy to fabricate for detecting uric acid with a limit of about 0.809 µM.

The device outperforms all currently available ones in terms of efficacy and cost as it does not need any enzymes.

Uric Acid :

The usual range of uric acid in blood ranges from 0.14 to 0.4 mmol dm-3, and for urine, 1.5 to 4.5 mmol dm-3.

Uric acid is one of the most important antioxidants that maintain blood pressure stability and reduce oxidative stress in living beings.

The fluctuation in the uric acid levels in the blood can result in gout disease, cardiovascular diseases, type-2 diabetics, renal disorders, hypertension and Lesch-Nyhan syndrome.


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