Leopold and students publish on developing sensors for “date rape” drugs

Michael C. Leopold, professor and Floyd D. and Elisabeth S. Gottwald Chair of Chemistry, along with undergraduate students Charlie Sheppard, '26, Joyce Stern, '26, Arielle Vinnikov, '27, Holly Wemple, '25, and Ben Edelman, '27, published “Adsorptive Cathodic Stripping Analysis of Xylazine within Fouling-Resistant and Nanomaterial-Enhanced Modified Electrode Sensors" in the journal Sensors. This latest publication continues the group's work in developing sensors for the fast, on-site detection of common "date rape" drugs that may be found in adulterated beverages.