List of Contributors xv
Preface xix
1. Electroanalysis and Food Analysis 1Paloma Yánez-Sedeno and José M. Pingarrón
1.1 Introduction and Adequacy of Electroanalysis for Food Analysis 1
1.2 Methodologies Related to Measurement Techniques 2
1.2.1 Continuous Detection Methods 2
1.2.2 Stripping Analysis 5
1.2.3 Potentiometry and Chronopotentiometry 7
1.2.4 Electronic Tongues 7
1.2.5 Impedance Spectroscopy 9
1.3 Electrochemical Sensors and Biosensors for Food Components 9
1.3.1 Molecularly Imprinted Electrodes 9
1.3.2 Enzyme Biosensors 10
1.3.3 Affinity Biosensors 12
1.4 Nanomaterials for Electrochemical Analysis of Food 14
1.5 Future Trends 16
Acknowledgments 16
References 16
Part I Electroanalytical Techniques in Batch and Continuous Systems in Food Analysis 21
2. Voltammetric Techniques 23Sandra Mendoza, Erika Bustos, Juan Manryquez and Luis A. Godynez
2.1 Introduction 23
2.2 An Overview of Sweep Potential Electrochemical Techniques 23
2.2.1 Linear Sweep Voltammetry/Cyclic Voltammetry 25
2.2.2 Pulse Voltammetry Techniques 27
2.2.3 Normal Pulse Voltammetry 27
2.2.4 Differential Pulse Voltammetry 28
2.2.5 Square Wave Voltammetry 28
2.2.6 Stripping Voltammetry 29
2.3 Applications of Voltammetric Techniques in Food Analysis 31
2.3.1 Food Contaminants: Heavy Metals, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances 31
2.3.2 Trace Essential Elements 35
2.3.3 Food Additives 35
2.3.4 Nutraceuticals: Phenolic Acids, Flavonoids, and Others 40
2.4 Concluding Remarks 44
Abbreviations 44
References 44
3. Flow-Injection Analysis with Electrochemical Detection 49Fabiana Silva Felix and Lúcio Angnes
3.1 Introduction 49
3.2 Screening the Literature 51
3.3 Voltammetry under Flowing Stream 52
3.4 Flow Injection Analysis Principles 52
3.4.1 Liquid Propulsion in FIA 54
3.4.2 Methods of Sample Introduction in an FIA System 56
3.4.3 Flow Cell Designs 57
3.5 Batch Injection Analysis Principles 58
3.6 Sequential Injection Analysis Principles 60
3.7 Applications 61
3.7.1 FIA and Voltammetric DetectionA Happy Marriage 61
3.7.2 BIA with Voltammetric Detection 64
3.7.3 SIA with Voltammetric Detection 65
3.8 Advantages of Voltammetry under Flowing Stream 66
3.9 Concluding Remarks 67
Acknowledgments 67
References 67
4. HPLC Techniques with Electrochemical Detection 73Manuel Chicharro Santamarya, Mónica Moreno Barambio and Alberto Sánchez Arribas
4.1 Introduction 73
4.2 Fundamentals 75
4.2.1 Electrochemical Cell 75
4.2.1.1 Electrode Materials 76
4.2.1.2 Flow-Cell Designs 77
4.2.1.3 Operation Modes 80
4.2.2 Development of HPLC-ED Methods 85
4.2.2.1 Getting Started 86
4.2.2.2 Hydrodynamic Voltammograms 86
4.2.2.3 Mobile Phase Composition 87
4.2.2.4 Temperature 89
4.2.2.5 Flow Rate 90
4.2.2.6 Electrode Treatment 90
4.2.2.7 Gradient Elution 91
4.2.2.8 Maintenance of HPLC-ED Systems 91
4.3 Analytical Designs and Performance 92
4.3.1 Natural Constituents 92
4.3.1.1 Carbohydrates 92
4.3.1.2 Amino Acids 94
4.3.1.3 Vitamins 96
4.3.1.4 Natural Phenolic Compounds 97
4.3.2 Nonanthropogenic Contaminants 98
4.3.2.1 Biogenic Amines 98
4.3.2.2 Mycotoxins 100
4.3.3 Anthropogenic Contaminants 101
4.3.3.1 Antibiotics 101
4.3.3.2 Pesticides (Herbicides, Insecticides, and Fungicides) 102
4.4 Concluding Remarks 104
References 105
5. Capillary Electrophoresis with Electrochemical Detection 117Gang Chen
5.1 Introduction 117
5.2 Separation Techniques in Agricultural and Food Analysis 118
5.3 ECD in the CE Analysis of Foods and Agricultural Products 119
5.3.1 Amperometric Detection 119
5.3.2 Conductivity Detection and Potentiometric Detection 120
5.4 Instrumentations of CE-ECD 121
5.5 Determination of Nutritions by CE-ECD 122
5.5.1 Amino Acids and Peptides 122
5.5.2 Carbohydrates 124
5.5.3 Vitamins 126
5.5.4 Ions 127
5.6 Determination of Phenolic Compounds by CE-ECD 127
5.6.1 Phenols in Tea 127
5.6.2 Phenols in Coffee 127
5.6.3 Phenols in Wines 127
5.6.4 Phenols in Herbal Drugs 128
5.6.5 Flavones in Herbal Drugs 128
5.7 Determination of Purines by CE-ECD 130
5.8 Determination of Food Additives by CE-ECD 130
5.8.1 Preservatives 130
5.8.2 Antioxidants 131
5.8.3 Colors 131
5.8.4 Artificial Sweeteners 131
5.9 Summary 131
Abbreviations 132
Acknowledgments 132
References 133
Part II Electrochemical Sensing in Food Analysis 137
6. Microelectrode Designs 139Jonathan P. Metters and Craig E. Banks
6.1 Introduction 139
6.2 Microfabrication Techniques 142
6.2.1 Lithography and Related Processes (Deposition, Sputtering, Other Relevant Technologies) 142
6.3 Screen-Printing for Producing Electrochemical Sensors 149
6.3.1 Improving Mass Transport 151
6.3.2 Metal Oxide Electrodes, Metal and Nano and Micro Modified Screen-Printed Sensors 159
6.4 Conclusions and Perspectives 161
References 161
7. Potentiometric Sensors 169Geza Nagy and Lyvia Nagy
7.1 Introduction 169
7.2 The Types of Potentiometry 169
7.2.1 Potentiometric Stripping Analysis 170
7.2.2 Zero Current Potentiometry 171
7.2.3 Direct Potentiometry 175
7.2.4 Titrimetric Methods 177
7.3 The Selectivity of Ion-selective Electrodes and Its Determination 178
7.3.1 The Selectivity Coefficient 178
7.3.2 Separate Solution and Mixed Solution Methods 178
7.3.2.1 Separation Solution Methods 179
7.3.2.2 Mixed Solution Methods 180
7.4 Measuring Electrodes Used in Potentiometric Analysis 181
7.4.1 Ion-selective Field Effect Transistors 183
7.4.2 Severinghaus-type Probes 183
7.4.3 Potentiometric Enzyme Electrodes 184
7.5 Special Tasks 185
7.5.1 pH Measurements 185
7.5.2 Miscellaneous Analytical Tasks by Potentiometric Methods 190
7.6 Application of Potentiometric Measurements for Anions 191
7.6.1 Determination of Chloride Ion Concentration 191
7.6.1.1 Measurement of Cl Concentration in Milk 192
7.6.1.2 Measurement of Cl Concentration in Meat and Meat Products 192
7.6.1.3 Measurement of Cl Concentration in Butter 192
7.6.1.4 Measurement of Cl Concentration in Mayonnaise 192
7.6.1.5 Measurement of Cl Concentration in Soil Samples 192
7.6.1.6 Chloride Ion Determination in Fruit Juice 193
7.6.2 Determination of Fluoride Ion Concentration 193
7.6.2.1 Fluoride Content of Wines 194
7.6.3 Applications of EPA Methods for Anion and Cation Analysis 194
7.6.4 Determination of Potassium Ion Concentration 195
7.6.5 Determination of Nitrate Ion Concentration 195
7.6.5.1 Nitrate Contain of Vegetables 195
7.6.6 Determination of Calcium Ion Concentration 197
7.6.7 Determination of Sweetening Additive Concentration 197
7.6.8 Determination of Fumaric Acid Concentration 197
7.6.8.1 Measuring the Fumarate Content in Gelatin 197
7.6.9 Quantification of Food Preservatives 198
7.6.9.1 Quantification of Sorbate 198
7.6.9.2 Quantification of Benzoate 198
7.6.10 Determination of Aluminum Ion Concentration 199
7.6.11 Methods for Detecting Histamine 199
References 200
8. Electrochemical Enzyme Biosensors 207Ilaria Palchetti and Marco Mascini
8.1 Introduction 207
8.2 General Features of Enzyme Biosensors 209
8.2.1 Enzyme Biosensor Assembly 212
8.2.2 Enzyme Biosensor Stability 213
8.2.3 Biosensors Based on the Principle of Enzyme Inhibition 213
8.3 Analytical Features of Enzyme Based Biosensors 214
8.3.1 Biosensor Calibration 214
8.3.2 Biosensor Calibration for Determination of Inhibitors 215
8.3.3 Practical Aspects 215
8.3.3.1 Response Time 215
8.3.3.2 Thickness of the Enzyme Layer 216
8.3.3.3 Effect of Additional Membranes 216
8.4 Examples of Electrochemical Enzymatic Biosensors for Food Analysis 216
8.4.1 Detection of Pesticides 217
8.5 Conclusion 219
References 220
9. Electrochemical Immunosensors 223M. Teresa Fernández-Abedul, M. Begona González-Garcya and Agustyn Costa-Garcya
9.1 Introduction 223
9.2 Defining the Problem: The Targets 225
9.3 Recognizing the Target 231
9.3.1 Antibodies 231
9.3.2 Antigens 236
9.4 Immunosensing Architectures 236
9.4.1 Components of the Sensing Layer 238
9.4.2 Surface Engineering Procedures 256
9.4.3 Renewable Solid Surfaces 259
9.5 Performing Affinity Interactions for Molecular Recognition 260
9.6 Transducing Immunological Events 263
9.6.1 Electrode Materials and Types 263
9.6.1.1 Film Electrodes 264
9.6.2 Electrochemical Detection Methodologies 266
9.6.2.1 Label-Free Approaches 267
9.6.2.2 Amperometric Response to Labels 270
9.7 Advancing in Real Immunosensing 274
9.7.1 Multiplexed Determinations 275
9.7.2 Automation of Immunosensors 277
9.8 Processing Data 278
9.9 Conclusions 278
Abbreviations 280
References 283
10. Electrochemical Genosensors 295Briza Pérez-López and Arben Merkoçi
10.1 General Introduction on Electrochemical Genosensors 295
10.1.1 Operation Principles 296
10.1.1.1 Label-Free (Direct) Detection 296
10.1.1.2 Label-Based (Indirect) Detection 300
10.2 Detection Methodologies 302
10.2.1 Voltammetric/Stripping 303
10.2.2 Potentiometric 304
10.2.3 Impedimetric 306
10.2.4 Conductometric 306
10.3 Applications 307
10.3.1 Species Identification 307
10.3.2 Contaminant Monitoring 309
10.4 Conclusions and Future Trends 311
Acknowledgments 311
References 311
11. Electrochemical Biosensors Based on Nanomaterials 317Joseph Wang
11.1 Why Nanoscale Materials? 317
11.2 Nanowires, Nanotubes, and Nanoparticles 317
11.3 Nanomaterial-based Electrochemical Biosensors 319
11.3.1 Nanomaterial-based Biocatalytic Sensors 319
11.3.2 Nanomaterial-based Bioaffinity Sensors 321
11.4 Future Prospects 325
References 326
12. Electrochemical Sensing on Microfluidic Chips 331Alberto Escarpa, Marya Cristina González and Miguel A. López
12.1 Electrochemical Detection Implementation in Microfluidic Chips 331
12.2 Microchip Electrophoresis with Electrochemical Detection for Food Analysis 335
12.2.1 Microchip Electrophoresis with Amperometric Detection for Organic Food Analytes 335
12.2.2 Microchip Electrophoresis with Amperometric Detection for Inorganic Food Analytes 341
12.2.3 Microchip Electrophoresis with Conductometric Detection for Food Analysis 341
12.3 Microfluidic Chips with Nanomaterial-Based Electrochemical Detection for Food Analysis 342
12.4 Microfluidic Electrochemical Biosensing Chips for Food Analysis 346
12.5 Outlook 350
Acknowledgments 351
Acronyms 351
References 352
13. Nanoelectrochemistry Applications Based on Electrospinning 357Matteo Scampicchio, Maria Stella Cosio, Solomon Lemma Mengistu and Saverio Mannino
13.1 A Note on Nanoelectrochemistry 357
13.2 Electrochemical Sensors Modified with Nanofibrous Membranes 358
13.3 Introduction to Electrospinning 359
13.4 Applications of Electrochemical Sensors Based on Electrospinning 361
13.4.1 Nanofibrous Membranes as Coating Material 361
13.4.2 High Permeability 362
13.4.3 Selective Barrier to Diffusion 362
13.4.4 Conducting Nanofibrous Membranes 364
13.4.5 Biosensor Based on Nanofibrous Membranes 369
References 374
14. Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy 381Araceli González-Cortés
14.1 Introduction 381
14.2 Impedance SpectroscopyTheoretical Background 382
14.3 Chemical Sensors 387
14.4 Electrochemical Biosensors Based on Impedance Spectroscopy 390
14.4.1 Enzymatic Biosensors 391
14.4.2 Immunosensors 392
14.4.2.1 Impedimetric Immunosensors Using Interdigitated Array Microelectrodes 403
14.4.3 Genosensors and Aptasensors 406
14.5 Nonelectrochemical Interfacial Impedance 410
14.6 Conclusions and Perspectives 414
References 415
Part III Industrial Implications 421
15. Electroanalysis in Food Process Control 423Maria Stella Cosio, Simona Benedetti, Matteo Scampicchio and Saverio Mannino
15.1 Sensors in Food Process 426
15.2 Electronic Nose 429
15.3 Electronic Nose Technologies 430
15.3.0.1 Metal Oxide Semiconductors 431
15.3.0.2 Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistors 431
15.3.0.3 Conducting Organic Polymers 431
15.3.0.4 Piezoelectric Crystal Sensors 432
15.4 Electronic Noses for the Food Industry 433
15.5 Electronic Tongue 434
15.6 Pattern Recognition Models 436
15.7 Sampling 437
15.8 Conclusions 439
References 439
16. Instrumental Aspects of Food Analysis by Electrochemical Methods 443Wendell K. T. Coltro, Maria F. Mora and Carlos D. Garcia
16.1 Introduction 443
16.2 Principles 444
16.3 Instrumentation for Electrochemical Detection 445
16.3.1 Instruments for Voltammetric Techniques 445
16.3.1.1 Amperometry 445
16.3.1.2 Pulsed Amperometric Detection 446
16.3.1.3 Voltammetry 447
16.3.2 Instrumentation for Potentiometric Techniques 448
16.3.3 Instruments for Conductometric Techniques 449
16.3.4 Instruments Developed for Portability 451
16.3.5 Low-Cost Potentiostats 455
16.3.6 Remotely Controlled Instruments 459
16.3.7 Electrochemical Detectors Coupled to Microchip Capillary Electrophoresis 460
16.4 Conclusions 464
Acknowledgments 464
References 464
Index 479
