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Paper-based sensor detects pesticides
Publicado em 03 abril 2023
RESEARCHERS at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have developed a kraft paper-based electrochemical sensor that can detect traces of pesticides in potatoes and other vegetables in real time when coupled to an electronic device.
The results are reported in an article published in the journal Food Chemistry.
Osvaldo Novais de Oliveira Junior, penultimate author of the article and a professor at IFSC-USP, said: "To find out whether a food sample contains traces of [...]