International Journal of Reconfigurable and Embedded Systems (IJRES)
Vol 15, No 3: November 2026

Lanthanum-doped reduced graphene oxide modified screen-printed carbon electrode for lactic acid sensing

Retno Supriyanti (Jenderal Soedirman University)
Rafi Satria Dwi Awanda (Jenderal Soedirman University)
Wahyu Widanarto (Jenderal Soedirman University)
Dina Rahmawati (Jenderal Soedirman University)
Madya Ardi Wicaksono (Jenderal Soedirman University)
Syafrudin Rais Akhdan (Nara Institute of Science and Technology)
Muhammad Alqaaf (Nara Institute of Science and Technology)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Nov 2026

Abstract

This study develops a high-performance lactic acid sensor by modifying screen-printed carbon electrodes (SPCEs) with lanthanum-doped reduced graphene oxide (La-rGO). To enable portable and wearable applications, the sensor is integrated into an internet of things (IoT) architecture utilizing a micro-power analog front-end (AFE), an ESP32-C6 controller, and a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) coprocessor for dynamic calibration. Electrochemical characterization demonstrated a high sensitivity of 20.36 µA·mM⁻¹·cm⁻², surpassing unmodified SPCEs. Under optimal conditions, the sensor achieved a limit of detection (LOD) of 13.58 mM and a limit of quantification (LOQ) of 45.28 mM. Furthermore, hardware evaluation showed the FPGA executes temperature compensation with an ultra-low latency of 1.80 µs. A hybrid duty-cycling strategy restricts the average current to 1.85 mA, allowing over 172 hours of continuous operation on a 320 mAh battery. These results demonstrate the hardware-accelerated, IoT-enabled La-rGO/SPCE platform's potential for continuous, non-invasive epidermal sweat analysis.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJRES

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Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance

Description

The centre of gravity of the computer industry is now moving from personal computing into embedded computing with the advent of VLSI system level integration and reconfigurable core in system-on-chip (SoC). Reconfigurable and Embedded systems are increasingly becoming a key technological component ...