Modular Assembly of MXene Frameworks for Noninvasive Disease Diagnosis via Urinary Volatiles

ACS Nano. 2022 Oct 25;16(10):17376-17388. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.2c08266. Epub 2022 Oct 13.

Abstract

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in urine are valuable biomarkers for noninvasive disease diagnosis. Herein, a facile coordination-driven modular assembly strategy is used for developing a library of gas-sensing materials based on porous MXene frameworks (MFs). Taking advantage of modules with diverse composition and tunable structure, our MFs-based library can provide more choices to satisfy gas-sensing demands. Meanwhile, the laser-induced graphene interdigital electrodes array and microchamber are laser-engraved for the assembly of a microchamber-hosted MF (MHMF) e-nose. Our MHMF e-nose possesses high-discriminative pattern recognition for simultaneous sensing and distinguishing of complex VOCs. Furthermore, with the MHMF e-nose being a plug-and-play module, a point-of-care testing (POCT) platform is modularly assembled for wireless and real-time monitoring of urinary volatiles from clinical samples. By virtue of machine learning, our POCT platform achieves noninvasive diagnosis of multiple diseases with a high accuracy of 91.7%, providing a favorable opportunity for early disease diagnosis, disease course monitoring, and relevant research.

Keywords: MXene frameworks; e-nose; machine learning; noninvasive disease diagnosis; urinary volatiles.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biomarkers
  • Electronic Nose
  • Graphite*
  • Smart Materials*
  • Volatile Organic Compounds*

Substances

  • Volatile Organic Compounds
  • Graphite
  • Biomarkers
  • Smart Materials