Analytical Characteristics of Electrochemical Biosensor Using Pt‐Dispersed Graphene on Boron Doped Diamond Electrode

An electrochemical biosensor was developed using Pt‐nanoparticles (Pt‐NPs) dispersed graphene based on a boron‐doped diamond thin film electrode. To compare its performances with those of other biosensors, glucose was used as a target analyte. This biosensor exhibited a wide linear range, a low detection limit and a higher sensitivity compared to other amperometric biosensors using graphene‐based electrodes. In addition, the biosensor promotes a direct electron transfer between the redox enzymes and the electrode surface and detects low concentration analytes. The excellent performance of the biosensor is attributed to the synergistic effect of the Pt‐NPs, graphene sheet and the BDD thin film. Therefore, it can be a promising application for electrochemical detection of analytes.     

Pulsed Deposited Manganese and Vanadium Oxide Film Modified with Carbon Nanotube and Gold Nanoparticle: Chitosan and Ionic Liquid‐based Biosensor

Present study describes the synthesis of mixed oxide films of manganese and vanadium by electrochemical pulsed deposition technique on a glassy carbon electrode (GCE) modified with multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNT). The film was further decorated with gold nanoparticles to enhance the reduction signal of dissolved oxygen in pH 5.17 acetate buffer solution. All of the electrochemical synthesized modified electrodes have been characterized with Scanning electron microscopy(SEM), High‐resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), X‐Ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), X‐Ray diffraction (XRD) techniques. The electrode obtained (AuNPs/MnOx?VOx/CNT/GCE) was utilized as a platform for glucose biosensor where the glucose oxidase enzyme was immobilized on the composite film with the aid of chitosan and an ionic liquid. The electrochemical performance of the biosensor was investigated by cyclic voltammetry and the relative parameters have been optimized by amperometric measurements in pH 5.17 acetate buffer solution. The developed biosensor exhibited a linear range for glucose between 0.1–1.0 mM and the limit of detection was calculated as 0.02 mM.     

Pt-polyaniline nanocomposite on boron-doped diamond electrode for amperometic biosensor with low detection limit

Boron-doped diamond electrodes covered with a nanostructured Pt nanoparticle-polyaniline composite have been fabricated and employed as sensitive amperometric sensors with low detection limit. A highly conductive boron-doped diamond thin film (BDD) was prepared by chemical vapor deposition, and its morphology was characterized by scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. The nanostructured composite layer was grown on the BDD electrode by electrochemical deposition of polyaniline and Pt nanoparticles. Glucose oxidase (GOx) was then adsorptively immobilized on the modified BDD electrode. The biosensor displays a large surface area, high catalytic activity of the Pt nanoparticles, efficient electron mediation through the conducting polymer, and low background current of the electrode. The biosensor exhibits an excellent response to glucose, with a broad linear range from 5.9 μM to 0.51 mM, a sensitivity of 5.5 μA·mM^?1, a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.9947, and a detection limit of 0.10 μM. The apparent Michaelis-Menten constant (K _M ^app ) and the maximum current density of the electrode are 4.1 mM and 0.021 mA, respectively. This suggests that the immobilized GOx possesses a higher affinity for glucose at the lower K _M ^app , and that the enzymatic reaction rate constitutes the rate-limiting step of the response.     

Diamond Electrodes for High Sensitivity Mercury Detection in the Aquatic Environment: Influence of Surface Preparation and Gold Nanoparticle Activity

This work compares polished and unpolished boron doped diamond (BDD) electrodes decorated with two sizes of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) for use as robust mercury sensors in aquatic environments. The size of the catalytically active AuNPs on the electrode surfaces was demonstrated to have a less significant effect on the sensitivity for mercury detection than the surface preparation of the BDD. The lowest limits of detection were achieved with the polished BDD electrodes, which both detected mercury at a concentration of 1 pM, six orders of magnitude greater sensitivity than the lowest detection limit of 5 μM achieved with an unpolished BDD electrode, and high in comparison with other reported electrode systems.     

Ultrasensitive electrochemical supersandwich DNA biosensor using a glassy carbon electrode modified with gold particle-decorated sheets of graphene oxide

We describe a supersandwich type of electrochemical DNA biosensor based on the use of a glassy carbon electrode (GCE) modified with reduced graphene oxide (rGO) sheets that are decorated with gold nanoparticles (Au NPs). Thiolated capture DNA (probe DNA) was covalently linked to the Au NPs on the surface of the modified GCE via formation of Au-S bonds. In presence of target DNA, its 3′ terminus hybridizes with capture probe and the 5′ terminus hybridizes with signal probe labeled with Methylene Blue (MB). On increasing the concentration of target DNA, hybridization between signal probe and target DNA results in the formation of three different DNA sequences that form a supersandwich structure. The signal intensity of MB improves distinctly with increasing concentrations of target DNA in the sample solution. The assembling process on the surface of the electrode was studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). Differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) was used to monitor the hybridization event by measuring the changes in the peak current for MB. Under optimal conditions, the peak currents in DPV for MB linearly increase with the logarithm of target DNA concentration in the range from 0.1 μM to1.0 fM, with a detection limit of 0.35 fM (at an signal/noise ratio of 3). This biosensor exhibits good selectivity, even over single-base mismatched target DNA.

Determination of Organophosphorus Pesticides Based on BDD Electrode Modified with Au/chitosan Fiber

The Au/chitosan fiber was firstly prepared by electrospinning and chemical reduction method and used to modify BDD electrode for the detection of methyl parathion. The results indicated that Au/chitosan fiber‐modified BDD electrode could improve the electrocatalytic activity, accelerate response, enhance the sensitivity, and reduce the detection limit, as compared with the bare BDD electrode. The repeatability and stability of Au/chitosan fiber‐modified BDD electrode was also studied. For the detection of methyl parathion in the apple juice samples, Au/chitosan fiber‐modified BDD electrode obtained favorable results and ideal recovery rate.     

基于层-层自反应的葡萄糖氧化酶有序多层膜电极

以胱胺修饰的金电极为基础电极, 利用席夫碱反应使经高碘酸根氧化的葡萄糖氧化酶在该电极表面进行自身的层-层有序组装. 用电化学交流阻抗法对多层酶膜形成过程的跟踪结果表明, 该多层酶膜的生长是一个逐步形成的均匀过程. 用循环伏安法和I-t曲线法研究了该酶电极对葡萄糖的电催化氧化. 实验结果表明, 当采用羟基二茂铁作为人工电子转移媒介体时, 该酶电极对葡萄糖具有很好的电催化氧化功能. 该传感器制作简便, 响应迅速, 性能稳定, 催化电流与葡萄糖浓度在一定范围内成正比, 并且可以通过控制葡萄糖氧化酶的组装层数来调节该生物传感器的灵敏度与检测限.     

Electrochemical urea biosensor based on Proteus mirabilis urease immobilized over polyaniline PANi-Glassy carbon electrode

In this study, a novel, sensitive electrochemical enzyme-based biosensor for urea detection was presented. This biosensor combines a three-electrode system consisting of a classic Glassy Carbon Electrode (GCE) as the working electrode, a platinum counter electrode, and Ag/AgCl as the reference electrode. To construct this urea platform, a GCE was modified with a polyaniline (PANi) film. Then, bacterial urease from Proteus mirabilis was immobilized on the modified GCE (P_m-Urease-PANi-GCE). For the characterization of surface modification, Cyclic Voltammetry (CV) and Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) were applied, while the Square Wave Voltammetry (SWV) technique was performed for urea detection. The main analytical characteristics of the P_m-Urease-PANi-GCE biosensor showed a good linear range from 0.1 to 10 mM of urea, a limit of detection (LOD) of 0.1 mM, a Michaelis-Menten K_m of 0.23 mM, and a sensitivity value 46 μA/mM/cm². This biosensor allows the detection of urea in solutions, and it could be improved for further medical, environmental, or engineering applications.     

Determination of organophosphate pesticides using an acetylcholinesterase-based biosensor based on a boron-doped diamond electrode modified with gold nanoparticles and carbon spheres

We report on a biosensor for organophosphate pesticides (OPs) by exploiting their inhibitory effect on the activity of acetylcholinesterase (AChE). A boron-doped diamond (BDD) electrode was modified with a nanocomposite prepared from carbon spheres (CSs; with an average diameter of 500 nm) that were synthesized from resorcinol and formaldehyde, and then were coated with gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) by chemically growing them of the CSs. Compared to a bare BDD electrode, the electron transfer resistance is lower on this new electrode. Compared to an electrode without Au-NPs, the peak potential is negatively shifted by 42 mV, and the peak current is increased by 55 %. This is ascribed to the larger surface in the AuNP-CS nanocomposite which improves the adsorption of AChE, enhances its activity, and facilitates electrocatalysis. Under optimum conditions, the inhibitory effect of chlorpyrifos is linearly related to the negative log of its concentration in the 10^?11 to 10^?7 M range, with a detection limit of 1.3?×?10^?13 M. For methyl parathion, the inhibition effect is linear in the 10^?12 to 10^?6 M range, and the detection limit is 4.9?×?10^?13 M. The biosensor exhibits good precision and acceptable operational and temporal stability.

The Fabrication and Characterization of a Nickel Nanoparticle Modified Boron Doped Diamond Electrode for Electrocatalysis of Primary Alcohol Oxidation

We report the fabrication of a Ni nanoparticle modified BDD electrode and its application in the electrocatalysis of primary alcohol electrooxidation. Modification was achieved via electrodeposition from Ni(NO₃)₂ dissolved in sodium acetate solution (pH 5). Characterization of the Ni‐modified BDD (Ni‐BDD) was performed using ex situ atomic force microscopy (AFM) and high resolution scanning electron microscopy (SEM) coupled with energy dispersive X‐ray spectroscopy (EDX). Large nanoparticles of nickel were observed on the BDD surface ranging 5 to 690 nm in height and 0.18 μm^?3 in volume, and an average number density of ca. 13×10⁶ nanoparticles cm^?2 was determined. The large range of sizes suggests progressive rather than instantaneous nucleation and growth. Electrocatalysis of ethanol and glycerol, was conducted in an alkaline medium using an unmodified BDD, Ni‐BDD and a bulk Ni macro electrode. The Ni‐BDD electrode gave the better electrocatalytic performance, with glycerol showing the greatest sensitivity. Linear calibration plots were obtained for the ethanol and glycerol additions over concentration ranges of 2.8–28.0 mM and 23–230 μM respectively. This gave an ethanol limit of detection of 1.7 mM and sensitivity of 0.31 mA/M, and the glycerol a limit of detection of 10.3 μM with a sensitivity of 35 mA/M.     

以对苯二甲酸为手臂连接剂的大肠杆菌DNA传感器

将空心球状CdS超声分散于聚乙烯醇(PVA)溶液中, 得到均匀的CdS-PVA复合材料分散液. 取适量分散液滴涂于玻碳电极表面, 晾干得到CdS-PVA修饰电极. 以对苯二甲酸为手臂连接剂, 在CdS-PVA膜上共价固定大肠杆菌特定寡聚核苷酸序列, 构建了一种新型的DNA传感器. 采用电化学阻抗法考察了该传感器的分析性能, 结果表明该传感器能有效区分互补序列、 单碱基错配序列、 三碱基错配序列和完全错配序列, 可在1.0×10^-12～1.0×10^-7 mol/L范围内对大肠杆菌目标序列进行定量分析, 检出限为1.3×10^-13 mol/L. 将该传感器应用于大肠杆菌实际样品的检测, 结果令人满意.     

An electrochemical biosensor for direct detection of DNA using polystyrene-g-soya oil-g-imidazole graft copolymer

A label-free electrochemical DNA biosensor was developed through the attachment of polystyrene-g-soya oil-g-imidazole graft copolymer (PS-PSyIm) onto modified graphene oxide (GO) electrodeposited on glassy carbon electrode (GC). GC/GO electrode was initially functionalised via electrochemical reduction of 4-nitrobenzene diazonium salt, followed by the electrochemical reduction of NO₂ to NH₂. Subsequent to the electrochemical deposition of gold nanoparticles on modified surface, the attachment of the PS-PSyIm graft copolymer on the resulting electrode was achieved. The interaction of PS-PSyIm with DNA at the bare glassy carbon electrode was studied by cyclic voltammetry technique, and it was found that interaction predominantly takes place through intercalation mode. The selectivity of developed DNA biosensor was also explored by DPV on the basis of considering hybridisation event with non-complementary, one-base mismatched DNA and complementary target DNA sequence. Large decrease in the peak current was found upon the addition of complementary target DNA. The sensitivity of the developed DNA biosensor was also investigated, and detection limit was found to be 1.20 nmol L^?1.     

Dendritic Silver/Silicon Dioxide Nanocomposite Modified Electrodes for Electrochemical Sensing of Hydrogen Peroxide

A novel biosensor for hydrogen peroxide was prepared by immobilizing horseradish peroxidase (HPR) on newly synthesized dendritic silver/silicon dioxide nanocomposites, which were coated on a glassy carbon electrode. The modified electrode was characterized with XPS, SEM, and electrochemical methods. This biosensor showed a very fast amperometric response to hydrogen peroxide with a linear range from 0.7 to 120 μM, a limit of detection of 0.05 μM and a sensitivity of 1.02 mA mM^?1 cm^?2. The Michaelis‐Menten constant of the immobilized HRP was estimated to be 0.21 mM, indicating a high affinity of the HRP to H₂O₂ without loss of enzymatic activity. The preparation of the proposed biosensor was convenient, and it showed high sensitivity and good stability.     

Amperometric detection of ultra trace amounts of Hg(I) at the surface boron doped diamond electrode modified with iridium oxide

Iridium oxide (IrOx) films formed electrochemically on the surface boron doped diamond electrode by potential cycling in the range −0.2 to 1.2 V from a saturated solution of alkaline iridium(III) solution. A strongly adherent deposit of iridium oxide is formed after 5–10 potential scans. The properties, stability and electrochemical behavior of iridium oxide layers were investigated by atomic force microscopy and cyclic voltammetry. The boron doped diamond (BDD) electrode modified with electrodeposition of a thin film, exhibited an excellent catalytic activity for oxidation of Hg(I) over a wide pH range. The modified electrode shows excellent analytical performance for Hg(I) amperometric detection. The detection limit, sensitivity, response time and dynamic concentration ranges are 3.2 nM, 77 nA μM⁻¹, 100 ms and 5 nM–5 μM. These analytical parameters compare favorably with those obtained with modern analytical techniques and recently published electrochemical methods.     

Cytochrome c biosensor for determination of trace levels of cyanide and arsenic compounds

An electrochemical method based on a cytochrome c biosensor was developed, for the detection of selected arsenic and cyanide compounds. Boron doped diamond (BDD) electrode was used as a transducer, onto which cytochrome c was immobilised and used for direct determination of Prussian blue, potassium cyanide and arsenic trioxide. The sensitivity as calculated from cyclic voltammetry (CV) and square wave voltammetry (SWV), for each analyte in phosphate buffer (pH = 7) was found to be in the range of (1.1–4.5) × 10⁻⁸ A μM⁻¹ and the detection limits ranged from 4.3 to 9.1 μM. The biosensor is therefore able to measure significantly lower than current Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines, for these types of analytes. The protein binding was monitored as a decrease in biosensor peak currents by SWV and as an increase in biosensor charge transfer resistance by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). EIS provided evidence that the electrocatalytic advantage of BDD electrode was not lost upon immobilisation of cytochrome c. The interfacial kinetics of the biosensor was modelled as equivalent electrical circuit based on electrochemical impedance spectroscopy data. UV–vis spectroscopy was used to confirm the binding of the protein in solution by monitoring the intensity of the soret bands and the Q bands. FTIR was used to characterise the protein in the immobilised state and to confirm that the protein was not denatured upon binding to the pre-treated bare BDD electrode. SNFTIR of cyt c immobilised at platinum electrode, was used to study the effect of oxidation state on the surface bond vibrations. The spherical morphology of the immobilised protein, which is typical of native cytochrome c, was observed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and confirmed the immobilisation of the cytochrome c without denaturisation.     

Electrochemistry and biosensing of glucose oxidase immobilized on Pt-dispersed mesoporous carbon

A method for immobilizing proteins in a carbon mesoporous material (CMM) containing platinum nanoparticles (Pt-NPs) is demonstrated. Compared to pure CMM or carbon nanotubes, CMM containing Pt-NPs enhances the electron transfer and redox properties of redox enzymes, such as glucose oxidase (GOx), due to a cooperative effect of Pt-NPs and CMM. The quasi-reversible electron transfer of GOx in this system is probed, and the apparent heterogeneous electron transfer rate constants are found to be 66% larger than in pure CMM. The GOx/Pt-CMM based glucose biosensor enables the determination of glucose at a potential of 600 mV (vs. SCE). Its detection limit is 10 times lower, and the sensitivity is 16 times higher than that of the respective biosensor without Pt-NPs.     

MoS_2中空纳米球的制备及在超灵敏microRNA电化学生物传感器中的应用

采用模板法制备了二硫化钼中空球纳米材料,利用扫描电子电子显微镜、X射线衍射仪和Raman光谱仪对材料的形貌和结构进行表征.将适配体固定在金纳米粒子和二硫化钼共同修饰的电极上构建了一种新型的微小核糖核酸(microRNA)电化学生物传感器,采用循环伏安、微分脉冲伏安和电化学阻抗等技术对构筑的传感器进行表征.结果表明,microRNA浓度在1.0×10~(-10)~1.0×10~(-16)mol/L范围内峰电流(I)与microRNA浓度的负对数(-lgc)呈良好的线性,目标miRNA的检出限为0.55×10~(-16)mol/L.构建出的传感器具备选择性好、灵敏度高、稳定性强等特性,具有广阔的应用前景.     

Electrochemical Sensing Performances for Uric Acid Detection on Various Amine Adlayers Used in Immobilizing Reduced Graphene Oxide

We investigated an influence of amine adlayer on electrochemical sensing performances for uric acid detection on reduced graphene oxide (RGO)‐decorated indium‐tin oxide electrode surfaces. Various amine‐terminated molecules including aminoethyl aryldiazonium cation, 2,2′‐(ethylenedioxy)bis(ethylamine), 3‐aminopropyltriethoxysilane, polyethyleneimine were introduced as adlayers to electrostatically immobilize RGO on the electrode surfaces. The anodic oxidation current of uric acid was observed on the various surfaces with differential pulse voltammetry. The current was highly enhanced by electrocatalytic activity of RGO. The sensing performances including linearity, sensitivity, limit of detection, and correlation coefficient were measured and compared. The adlayer with 3‐aminopropyltriethoxysilane showed the best performances on the RGO‐modified surface.     

Development of Silver Nanowires Based Highly Sensitive Amperometric Glucose Biosensor

The fabrication of a highly sensitive amperometric glucose biosensor based on silver nanowires (AgNWs) is presented. The electrochemical behavior of glassy carbon electrode modified by Ag NWs exhibits remarkable catalytic performance towards hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) and glucose detection. The biosensor could detect glucose in the linear range from 0.005 mM to 10 mM, with a detection limit of 50 µM (S/N=3). The glucose biosensor shows high and reproducible sensitivity of 175.49 µA cm^?2 mM and good stability. In addition, the biosensor exhibits a good anti‐interference ability and favorable stability over relatively long‐term storage (more than 21 days).     

RNA Modified Electrodes for Simultaneous Determination of Dopamine and Uric Acid in the Presence of High Amounts of Ascorbic Acid

A promising electrochemical biosensor was fabricated by electrochemical grafting of ribonucleic acid (RNA) at 1.8 V (vs. SCE) on glassy carbon electrode (GCE) (denoted as RNA/GCE), for simultaneous detection of dopamine (DA) and uric acid (UA) with coexistence of excess amount of ascorbic acid (AA). The electrode was characterized by X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), cyclic voltammetry (CV) and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) techniques. The RNA modified layer on GCE exhibited superior catalytic ability and anionic exclusive ability in comparison with the DNA modified electrode. Three separated anodic DPV peaks were obtained at 0.312, 0.168 and ?0.016 V for UA, DA and AA, respectively, at the RNA/GCE in pH 7.0 PBS. In the presence of 2.0 mM AA, a linear range of 0.37 to 36 μM with a detection limit of 0.2 μM for DA, and in the range of 0.74 to 73 μM with a detection limit of 0.36 μM for UA were obtained. The co‐existence of 5000 fold AA did not interfere with the detection of DA or UA. The modified electrode shows excellent selectivity, good sensitivity and good stability.