Monica Florescu

Prof. Monica Florescu

"Transilvania" University of Brasov, Faculty of Medicine
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Academic Career Length

24Years (2003-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 October 2006 in Electrochemistry Communications
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FCFrank N. Crespilho
Frank N. Crespilho
Mariana Emilia GhicaMariana Emilia Ghica
Mariana Emilia Ghica
Monica FlorescuMonica Florescu
Monica Florescu
FNFrancisco C. Nart
Francisco C. Nart
OOOsvaldo N. Oliveira
Osvaldo N. Oliveira
CBChristopher Brett
Christopher Brett

1 October 2014 in Bioelectrochemistry
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Madalina BarsanMadalina Barsan
Madalina Barsan
MDMelinda David
Melinda David
Monica FlorescuMonica Florescu
Monica Florescu
LŢLaura Ţugulea
Laura Ţugulea
CBChristopher Brett
Christopher Brett

7 June 2017 in Sensors
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Monica FlorescuMonica Florescu
Monica Florescu
Melinda DavidMelinda David
Melinda David
A novel tyrosinase-based biosensor was developed for the detection of dopamine (DA). For increased selectivity, gold electrodes were previously modified with cobalt (II)-porphyrin (CoP) film with electrocatalytic activity, to act both as an electrochemical mediator and an enzyme support, upon which the enzyme tyrosinase (Tyr) was cross-linked. Differential pulse voltammetry was used for electrochemical detection and the reduction current of dopamine-quinone was measured as a function of dopamine concentration. Our experiments demonstrated that the presence of CoP improves the selectivity of the electrode towards dopamine in the presence of ascorbic acid (AA), with a linear trend of concentration dependence in the range of 2–30 µM. By optimizing the conditioning parameters, a separation of 130 mV between the peak potentials for ascorbic acid AA and DA was obtained, allowing the selective detection of DA. The biosensor had a sensitivity of 1.22 ± 0.02 µA·cm−2·µM−1 and a detection limit of 0.43 µM. Biosensor performances were tested in the presence of dopamine medication, with satisfactory results in terms of recovery (96%), and relative standard deviation values below 5%. These results confirmed the applicability of the biosensors in real samples such as human urine and blood serum.

1 February 2018 in Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical
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MDMelinda David
Melinda David
MBMadalina M. Barsan
Madalina M. Barsan
CBChristopher M.A. Brett
Christopher M.A. Brett
Monica FlorescuMonica Florescu
Monica Florescu


22 April 2005 in Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry
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RPRasa Pauliukaite
Rasa Pauliukaite
Monica FlorescuMonica Florescu
Monica Florescu
CBChristopher Brett
Christopher Brett