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Nanostructure Research and Amperometric Testing to Determine Detection Capabilities of Biopolymer Matrices Based on Acrylated Epoxidized Soybean Oil

M. Goździuk^a, B. Zgardzińska^a, T. Kavetskyy^{b, c}, K. Zubrytska^b, O. Smutok^{b, d, e}, O. Šauša^{f, g}, M. Lebedevaite^h, J. Ostrauskaite^h, A. Kiv^{i, j}
^aInstitute of Physics, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Pl. M. Curie-Skłodowskiej 5, 20-031 Lublin, Poland
^bDrohobych Ivan Franko State Pedagogical University, I. Franko Str. 24, 82100 Drohobych, Ukraine
^cThe John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Al. Racławickie 14, 20-950 Lublin, Poland
^dInstitute of Cell Biology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 79005 Lviv, Ukraine
^eDepartment of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY 13699-5810 New York, USA
^fInstitute of Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 84511 Bratislava, Slovakia
^gDepartment of Nuclear Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Mlynska dolina, Ilkovicova 6, 84215 Bratislava, Slovakia
^hDepartment of Polymer Chemistry and Technology, Kaunas University of Technology, Radvilenu Rd. 19, 50254 Kaunas, Lithuania
ⁱBen-Gurion University of the Negev, P.O.B. 653, 84105 Beer-Sheva, Israel
^jSouth-Ukrainian National Pedagogical University, Staroportofrankovskaya Str. 26, 65020 Odessa, Ukraine

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The biopolymer matrix synthesized from acrylated epoxidized soybean oil (AESO) and vanillin dimethacrylate (VDM) was examined using the positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy (PALS) and the amperometry. The matrix version with DMPA (2,2-dimethoxy-2-phenylacetophenone) admixture was also tested in order to check the influence of the admixture on the matrix properties. Samples are intended for the detection of trace pollution with xenobiotics in water. They are carcinogenic substances and have a very negative effect on the human body. The first part of the study examined the nanostructure, and the second tested the matrix for its detection capabilities. The research is aimed at finding the correlation between the nanostructure and the detection properties of the biosensor's biopolymer film.

DOI:10.12693/APhysPolA.139.432
topics: positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy, positronium, biosensors, amperometry