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Functional Polymers and Polymer-Dye Composites for Food Sensing.

Hang Zhang1, Mary B Chan-Park1, Mingfeng Wang1

  • 1School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637459, Singapore.

Macromolecular Rapid Communications
|August 26, 2020
PubMed
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Developing advanced food sensors is crucial for public health and the economy. This review highlights progress in functional polymer-based food sensors for real-time quality detection.

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Area of Science:

  • Food Science
  • Materials Science
  • Analytical Chemistry

Background:

  • Sensitive, safe, and portable detection of food spoilage is critical due to globalized food supply chains and public health concerns.
  • Current food monitoring methods often fall short of real-time, sensitive, and reliable detection requirements.
  • The development of ideal food sensors is an ongoing research focus to ensure food quality.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review recent advancements in food sensors specifically utilizing functional polymers.
  • To discuss the molecular design of polymer structures for enhanced sensor performance.
  • To explore sensing mechanisms and fabrication techniques for diverse food sensor devices.

Main Methods:

  • Review of recent scientific literature on functional polymer-based food sensors.
Keywords:
compositesdyesfoodpolymerssensors

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  • Analysis of molecular design strategies for polymer-based sensing materials.
  • Examination of various sensing mechanisms and processing techniques for sensor fabrication.

    • Main Results:

    • Functional polymers offer promising avenues for developing sensitive and reliable food spoilage sensors.
    • Molecular design of polymers influences sensing mechanisms and overall device performance.
    • Diverse processing techniques enable the fabrication of various functional polymer-based food sensor devices.

    Conclusions:

    • Functional polymers are key to advancing real-time, portable food quality monitoring.
    • Continued research into polymer design and sensing mechanisms will improve food safety.
    • Fabrication techniques are essential for translating polymer-based sensors into practical applications.