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JOURNAL OF ELECTROANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 893, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2021.115289
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COVID-19 control; SARS-CoV-2 virus detection; Electrochemical biosensors; Electrochemical detection; Au-based nanomaterials; Carbon-based nanomaterials
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The ongoing global threat of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has led research teams to focus on developing electrochemical biosensors for virus detection, with a particular emphasis on improving sensitivity, specificity, and response time. Results from studies on gold-based and carbon/graphene-based electrodes are promising, but further research on new nanomaterials and synthesis strategies is needed for commercialization.
The SARS-CoV-2 virus is still causing a dramatic loss of human lives worldwide, constituting an unprecedented challenge for the society, public health and economy, to overcome. The up-to-date diagnostic tests, PCR, antibody ELISA and Rapid Antigen, require special equipment, hours of analysis and special staff. For this reason, many research groups have focused recently on the design and development of electrochemical biosensors for the SARS-CoV-2 detection, indicating that they can play a significant role in controlling COVID disease. In this review we thoroughly discuss the transducer electrode nanomaterials investigated in order to improve the sensitivity, specificity and response time of the as-developed SARS-CoV-2 electrochemical biosensors. Particularly, we mainly focus on the results appeard on Au-based and carbon or graphene-based electrodes, which are the main material groups recently investigated worldwidely. Additionally, the adopted electrochemical detection techniques are also discussed, highlighting their pros and cos. The nanomaterial-based electrochemical biosensors could enable a fast, accurate and without special cost, virus detection. However, further research is required in terms of new nanomaterials and synthesis strategies in order the SARS-CoV-2 electrochemical biosensors to be commercialized.
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