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Projekt naukowca Wydziału Chemii UŁ: nowatorskie rozwiązania elektroanalityczne w kontroli jakości żywności

Dr Konrad Rudnicki, from the Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Lodz implemented the Preludium research project entitled "Micro-patterned membranes constructed on the basis of heat-shrinkable polymeric films as innovative electrified liquid-liquid interface supports for sensing applications " in the years 2018–2022. The project was financed by the National Science Centre (NCN) with the funding amount of amount of PLN 210,000 and received the highest score in the analytical and physical chemistry panel, which underlines its importance and innovativeness. The research was conducted at the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Lodz.

The primary objective of the project was to develop innovative porous membranes fabricated from polymer shrink films, designed to function as modern sensors based on polarized liquid interfaces. These advanced materials provide new opportunities in chemical and biological detection, combining high analytical sensitivity with the unique physicochemical properties of the membranes.

The project was of particular significance for food quality control. The designed sensors enable the monitoring of concentrations of selected biogenic amines, antibiotics and alkaloids in food samples, which is crucial for consumer safety. In addition, the developed solutions enable tracking food spoilage mechanisms in products such as milk, which can be used in the food industry and quality control systems.

Project outcomes: 

  • K. Rudnicki, Ł. Półtorak*, S. Skrzypek, E.J.R. Sudhölter; "Ion transfer voltammetry for analytical screening of fluoroquinolone antibiotics at the water – 1,2-dichloroethane interface"; Anal. Chim. Acta 1085 (2019) 75-84. 

  • K. Rudnicki*, K. Sipa, M. Brycht, P. Borgul, S. Skrzypek, Ł. Półtorak*; "Electrochemical sensing of fluoroquinolone antibiotics"; Trends Anal. Chem. 128 (2020) 115907. DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2020.115907. 

  • K. Rudnicki*, K. Sobczak, P. Borgul, S. Skrzypek, Ł. Półtorak*; "Determination of quinine in tonic water at the miniaturized and polarized liquid–liquid interface"”; Food Chem. 364 (2021) 130417. DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.130417. 

  • K. Rudnicki*, K. Sobczak, M. Kaliszczak, K. Sipa, E. Powałka, S. Skrzypek, Ł. Półtorak*, G. Herzog*; "Voltammetric study of cefotaxime at the macroscopic and miniaturized interface between two immiscible electrolyte solutions"; Microchim. Acta 188 (2021) 1-9. DOI: 10.1007/s00604-021-05072-w. 

  • K. Rudnicki*, K. Sobczak, R. Karpiński, P. Borgul, E. Powałka, S. Skrzypek Ł. Półtorak*; "Phenylethylamine sensing at the electrified liquid–liquid interface. Can electrochemistry be used to follow the UHT milk spoilage process?"; Food Chem. 442, (2024) 138407. DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2024.138407 

  • K. Rudnicki*, E. Powałka, K. Marciniak, Ł. Półtorak; "Ready-to-use polymeric films used as the electrified liquid-liquid interface supports"; Talanta 285, (2025) 127256. DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2024.127256 

  • K. Rudnicki, Ł. Półtorak, K. Sobczak, S. Skrzypek, M. Zieliński; "Sposób oznaczania chininy" – polski patent nr Pat.241980 (2020).