Clozapine is the most effective antipsychotic medication for schizophrenia, but it is underutilized because of the inability to effectively monitor its treatment efficacy and side effects. In this work, we demonstrate the first analytical micro-system for real-time monitoring of clozapine serum levels. An electrochemical lab-on-a-chip is developed and integrated with a catechol-chitosan redox c...

The removal of metronidazole, a biorecalcitrant antibiotic, by coupling an electrochemical reduction with a biological treatment was examined. Electroreduction was performed in a home-made flow cell at -1.2V/SCE on graphite felt. After only one pass through the cell, analysis of the electrolyzed solution showed a total degradation of metronidazole. The biodegradability estimated from the BOD5/C...

Nanostructured network-like MnO2-NiO composite electrodes were electrodeposited onto stainless steel substrates via different electrodeposition modes, such as chronopotentiometry, chronoamperometry, and cyclic voltammetry, and then subjected to heat treatment at 300°C for metal oxide conversion. X-ray diffraction, field emission scanning electron microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy...

Oxygen functional groups were removed from activated carbon in order to improve the electrochemical supercapacitor performance. Commercially available and surface-modified activated carbon electrodes were compared in non-aqueous electrolyte, which allowed stable experimentation at high voltages. N2-adsorption, FT-IR, and elemental analyzer were used to characterize the surface areas, pore volum...

This research aims is the agroindustrial wastewater treatment by an electrochemical device called Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC), which produces electricity while to metabolize the wastewater. The behavior of biofilme formed at reticulated carbon vitreous/Shewanella putrefaciens/vinasse solution interface as anode, was studied by electrochemical measurements. The polarization curves against the carb...

In this work, electrochemical removal of hydrocortisone, a steroid hormone, from water using aluminum electrodes was investigated. The effects of many experimental parameters such as current density, electrolysis time, initial concentration of hydrocortisone, initial pH, electrolyte type and concentration, and distance between electrodes were studied. Moreover, the sludge formed was characteriz...