自组装碳纳米管-氯洁霉素分子印迹溶胶-凝胶电化学传感器研究

结合自组装技术, 采用电聚合方法在碳纳米管修饰金电极表面制备对氯洁霉素具有特异性识别位点的分子印迹溶胶-凝胶薄膜, 成功构建了一种新型印迹溶胶-凝胶电化学传感器. 通过循环伏安法(CV)、示差脉冲法(DPV)、安培计时法(I-t)和扫描电镜(SEM)表征了该印迹溶胶-凝胶膜的电化学性能和表面形貌. 结果表明, 该传感器具有良好的选择性和灵敏度, 氯洁霉素在多壁碳纳米管修饰的印迹溶胶-凝胶传感器上的响应明显提高. 该印迹溶胶-凝胶传感器对氯洁霉素的浓度响应线性范围为5.0×10^-7~8.0×10^-5 mol/L, 检出限为2.44×10^-8 mol/L. 该传感器被成功地用于人体尿液中氯洁霉素的分析测定.     

Preparation of a nanocomposite film from poly(diallydimethyl ammonium chloride) and gold nanoparticles by in-situ electrochemical reduction, and its application to SERS spectroscopy and sensing of ascorbic acid

A nanocomposite film is described that is composed of alternating layers of poly(diallydimethyl ammonium chloride) and gold nanoparticles that interact through electrostatic forces. The films of varying thickness were prepared by the layer-by-layer technique, and Au-NPs were generated by electrochemical reduction of hexachloroauric acid. The composite films were characterized by UV?Cvis spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and cyclic voltammetry. Most nanocomposite films exhibit linear, uniform, and regular layer-by-layer growth during the process of formation. The films exhibit unique performance in terms of surface enhanced Raman scattering and electrocatalytic activitiy towards the oxidation of ascorbic acid.

表面活性剂对硫醇单层膜修饰金电极电化学行为的影响

利用自组装方法在金电极表面制备成硫醇单层膜, 循环伏安和交流阻抗实验表明硫醇单层膜与表面活性剂十六烷基三甲基溴化胺作用后, 其电化学行为发生变化, 对于带有不同电荷的探针分子, 表现出一定的选择性响应. 即使是带有相同电荷的探针分子, 由于与表面活性剂的作用方式不同, 也使它们通过硫醇单层膜在电极表面产生电化学响应的程度完全不同.     

3-Glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane mediated in situ synthesis of noble metal nanoparticles: application to hydrogen peroxide sensing

The in situ synthesis is reported of noble metal nanoparticles via 3-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane mediated reduction of 3-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane treated metal salts during sol-gel processing. The method described involves the synthesis of uniform spherical nanoparticles of gold, silver and palladium with controlled size that can be directly utilized for thin film preparation. A detailed study of the synthesis and application of gold nanoparticles to the electrochemical detection of hydrogen peroxide was carried out and reveals that the amplification of hydrogen peroxide sensing is size-dependent. In addition, these nanoparticles exhibit excellent compatibility towards composite preparation. As an example, a nanocomposite with Prussian Blue (PB) is synthesized and found to be useful for the fabrication of chemically modified electrodes (CME). The resulting CME shows dramatic improvement in the electrochemistry of PB with gradual enhancement in electrocatalytic efficiency towards hydrogen peroxide sensing. The nanocomposite is used to study the direct and horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-catalyzed reduction of hydrogen peroxide. The results recorded for hydrogen peroxide analysis show an improvement in sensitivity and limit of detection on decreasing the size of gold nanoparticles in all cases.     

Nonenzymatic glucose detection by using a three-dimensionally ordered, macroporous platinum template

A three-dimensionally ordered, macroporous, inverse-opal platinum film was synthesized electrochemically by the inverted colloidal-crystal template technique. The inverse-opal film that contains platinum nanoparticles showed improved electrocatalytic activity toward glucose oxidation with respect to the directly deposited platinum; this improvement is due to the interconnected porous structure and the greatly enhanced effective surface area. In addition, the inverse-opal Pt-film electrode responds more sensitively to glucose than to common interfering species of ascorbic acid, uric acid, and p-acetamidophenol due to their different electrochemical reaction mechanisms. Results showed that the ordered macroporous materials with enhanced selectivity and sensitivity are promising for fabrication of nonenzymatic glucose biosensors.     

Electrochemical synthesis of silver nanoparticles-coated gold nanoporous film electrode and its application to amperometric detection for trace Cr(VI)

A simple and rapid approach for the electrochemical synthesis of Ag nanoparticles-coated gold nanoporous film (AgGNF) on a gold substrate was reported. The solid gold electrode (SGE) was directly anodized under a high potential of 5 V, and then reduced to obtain gold nanoporous film (AuNF) by freshly prepared ascorbic acid. The Ag nanoparticles (AgNPs) were grown on the AuNF electrode by potential-step electrodeposition. The resulting AgGNF composites electrodes were characterized by scanning electron micro...     

In situ chemical reductive growth of platinum nanoparticles on glass slide for the mass fabrication of biosensors

Platinum nanoparticles (PtNPs) attached to glass slide surface was successfully prepared by using a simple in situ chemical reduction method. In this method, a approximately 10nm gold layer was first sputtered uniformly onto the glass slide surface, PtNPs could be grown directly on the gold layer by immersing the glass slide into the grown solution containing H(2)PtCl(4) and ascorbic acid. The gold layer sputtered uniformly serves as "seed" for the following growth of PtNPs and high dense of PtNP modified film can be prepared. Control experiment without the gold layer found no obvious formation of PtNPs indicating the importance of the "seed". The electrocatalytic effect of the PtNP film was investigated with the detection of hydrogen peroxide and for the fabrication of biosensors. Glucose oxidase was selected and directly electrodeposited onto the PtNPs modified surface. The resulting biosensor has a fast response time (<10s) with wide linear range (5x10(-6) to 2x10(-2)). The fabrication method is simple, convenient and can be used for the mass fabrication of biosensors. The present preparation method of PtNPs modified film could be used for the preparation of other metal nanoparticle and find electrochemical applications as well as for optical uses.     

Enzyme-free amperometric sensing of glucose by using gold nanoparticles

A nonenzymatic electrochemical method is described for the detection of glucose by using gold (Au) nanoparticles self-assembled on a three-dimensional (3D) silicate network obtained by using sol-gel processes. The nanosized Au particles have been self-assembled on the thiol tail groups of the silicate network and enlarged by hydroxylamine. The Au nanoparticles efficiently catalyze the oxidation of glucose at less-positive potential (0.16 V) in phosphate buffer solution (pH 9.2) in the absence of any enzymes or redox mediators. The Au nanoparticle-modified transducer (MPTS-nAuE) was successfully used for the amperometric sensing of glucose and it showed excellent sensitivity with a detection limit of 50 nM. The common interfering agent ascorbate (AA) does not interfere with the detection of glucose. The MPTS-nAuE transducer showed individual voltammetric responses for glucose and AA. This transducer responded linearly to glucose in the range of 0-8 mM and the sensitivity of the transducer was found to be 0.179 nA cm(-2) nM(-1). Excellent reproducibility, and long-term storage and operational stability was observed for this transducer.     

Novel, highly selective gold nanoparticle patterning on surfaces using pure water

We present a simple, novel procedure to selectively deposit gold nanoparticles using pure water. It enables patterning of nanoparticle monolayers with a remarkably high degree of selectivity on flat as well as microstructured oxide surfaces. We demonstrate that water molecules form a thin "capping" layer on exposed thiol molecules within the mercaptan self-assembled layer. This reversible capping of water molecules locally "deactivates" the thiol groups, therewith inhibiting the binding of metallic gold nanoparticles to these specific areas. This amazing role of water molecules can be used as a tool to pattern flat as well as structured surfaces with gold nanoparticles.     

Direct electrochemistry of cytochrome c immobilized on a novel macroporous gold film coated with a self-assembled 11-mercaptoundecanoic acid monolayer

We have successfully constructed a novel gold film with open interconnected macroporous walls of nanoparticles by combining the hydrogen bubble dynamic template synthesis with galvanic replacement reaction. After modified by a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) of 11-mercaptoundecanoic acid (MUA), the three-dimensionally (3D) interconnected macroporous Au film has been used as a biocompatible substrate for the immobilization of cytochrome c. The morphology, structure and electrochemical features of the modified and unmodified macroporous Au films were characterized by field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX), cyclic voltammetry (CV) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The results reveal that the resultant films had a large electroactive surface area for high protein loading, enhanced electron transfer of cytochrome c, retained electrochemical activity, good stability and repeatability. And the excellent electrochemical behaviors could be attributed to the hierarchical structure of the macroporous Au film constructed by nanoparticles.     

Functional multiwalled carbon nanotube nanocomposite with iron picket-fence porphyrin and its electrocatalytic behavior

A kind of nanocomposite with good dispersion in water was prepared through noncovalent adsorption of iron picket-fence porphyrin (FeTMAPP), iron-5,10,15,20-tetrakis[αααα-2-trismethylammoniomethyl-phenyl]porphyrin, on multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs). UV–visible spectroscopic and electrochemical methods were used to characterize the nanocomposite. A gold nanoparticles/nanocomposite self-assembled monolayer was formed on gold electrode and showed highly synergetic behavior towards the electrocatalytic reduction of O₂ with a decrease of overpotential of 200 mV. FeTMAPP acted as the catalytic active center, and MWNTs increased the amount of FeTMAPP adsorbed and accelerated the electron transfer between FeTMAPP and electrode. The resulting biosensor exhibited good response to oxygen with a linear range from 0.52 to 180 μM and a detection limit of 0.38 μM, without the interference of ascorbic acid and uric acid, which showed an application potential of the proposed nanocomposite and monolayer in detection of dissolved oxygen and oxidase substrates.     

Determination of ascorbic acid using an electrode modified with cysteine self-assembled gold-platinum nanoparticles

We report on a new type of indium tin oxide (ITO) electrode for sensing ascorbic acid (AA). The ITO film was modified with gold-platinum alloy nanoparticles (Au-Pt NPs) functionalized with a self-assembled film of L-cysteine. The Au-Pt NPs were electrodeposited on the ITO film and characterized by scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction. A cyclic voltammetric study revealed that the electrode exhibits excellent electrocatalytic activity towards the oxidation of AA. The calibration plot for AA is linear over the concentration range from 2 to 400???M with a correlation coefficient of 0.9991. The detection limit of AA is 1???M.

Self-assembled monolayers of alkanethiols on gold prepared in a hexagonal lyotropic liquid crystalline phase of Triton X-100/water system

In this paper, we have reported a new method of preparing self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of decanethiol and hexadecanethiol on gold surface by using a lyotropic liquid crystalline phase as an adsorbing medium. The stability and blocking ability of these SAMs were characterized using grazing angle Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and electrochemical techniques such as cyclic voltammetry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. The lyotropic liquid crystalline medium possesses a hexagonal structure consisting of a nonionic surfactant Triton X-100, water, and the corresponding thiol, which provides a highly hydrophobic environment to solubilize the alkanethiols and later to facilitate their delivery to the gold surface. We find that the SAMs formed from the hexagonal liquid crystalline phase are highly compact and have excellent electrochemical blocking ability towards the redox probes compared to conventional SAMs prepared from commonly used organic solvents such as ethanol. From the impedance studies, we have determined the capacitance of the monolayer-coated electrodes and the surface coverage of the SAM, which has been found to be >99.98% on gold surface. We have also estimated the extent of ionic permeability through the film and measured the rate constants for the redox reactions on the SAM-modified electrodes. Our results show that the rate constants of [Fe(CN)6](3-/4-) and [Ru(NH3)6](2+/3+) redox couples are very much lower in the case of monolayers prepared in liquid crystalline phase compared to the SAM formed in 1 mM thiol in ethanol solution, suggesting a better blocking ability of the SAMs in the former case. From the grazing angle FTIR spectroscopic studies and capacitance measurements, we have ruled out any coadsorption of surfactant molecules on the Au surface. These results suggest that SAMs of very low defect density and extremely low ionic permeability can be obtained when a hexagonal lyotropic liquid crystalline phase is used as an adsorbing medium.     

Alkylthiol gold nanoparticles in sol-gel-based open tubular capillary electrochromatography

A novel open-tubular capillary electrochromatography (OTCEC) column was prepared by immobilizing dodecanethiol gold nanoparticles on prederivatised fused-silica capillary columns with sol-gel technology. 3-Mercaptopropyl-trimethoxysilane (MPTMS) was selected as sol-gel precursor to develop a sol-gel layer on the inner wall of the capillary, prior to assembly of dodecanethiol gold nanoparticles onto the generated sol-gel layer through specific interaction between the gold nanoparticles and surface terminating thiol groups. The electrochromatographic behaviour of the sol-gel gold nanoparticle capillary was compared with a gold nanoparticle capillary prepared via MPTMS surface functionalisation, through variation of the percentage of the organic modifier, pH, and separation voltage. Efficient separation for a "reversed-phase" test mixture of thiourea, naphthalene, and biphenyl and for selected polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) was obtained on the sol-gel based gold nanoparticle capillaries. OTCEC separations of three selected drug substances (propiophenone, benzoin, and warfarin) were also demonstrated. Scanning electron microscopy was used for the characterization of the sol-gel gold nanoparticle capillary surface. The results confirm that dodecanethiol gold nanoparticles, bound on the sol-gel-based inner layer of fused-silica capillary, can provide sufficient solute-bonded phase interactions for OTCEC with reproducible retention as well as characteristic reversed-phase behaviour.     

Electrochemically induced morphology and volume changes in surface-grafted poly(ferrocenyldimethylsilane) monolayers

Poly(ferrocenyldimethylsilanes), composed of alternating ferrocene and dimethylsilane units in their main chain and featuring a thiol end group, were self-assembled to redox-active monolayers on gold. Electrochemical atomic force microscopy was employed to study the morphology of the monolayers as a function of the applied potential in situ. Surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy and spectroscopic ellipsometry measurements, performed under electrochemical control, indicated thickness changes of up to 15% upon oxidizing and reducing the surface-grafted polymers. X-ray reflectivity measurements unambiguously showed a thickness increase upon electrochemical oxidation of the monolayers. The reversible thickness change was attributed to stretching of the polymer chains upon oxidation due to an increase in charge density and to the attraction of counterions and associated solvent molecules, which are released when the polymer film is reduced to its neutral state.     

Electroreduction of oxygen on octadecylmercaptan self-assembled monolayers

The reduction of oxygen has been studied on octadecylmercaptan self-assembled monolayers adsorbed on gold substrates in borate buffer solutions with a rotating disc electrode. A great inhibition of the oxygen reduction and other electrochemical reactions by these monolayers has been found. However, after polarisation at -0.80 V(SHE) the protecting properties of the film against electron transfer reactions are lost, and a behaviour similar to bare gold is observed. Ex situ XPS indicates that the thiol monolayer has not been desorbed to a large extent during oxygen reduction. Disorders of the monolayer structure and desorption of thiol molecules are proposed as the main reasons for the accessibility of electrochemical reactions to the surface.     

An EXAFS Study on Iron-Cobalt-Silica Nanocomposite Materials Prepared by the Sol-Gel Method

The structural evolution of FeCo-SiO₂ xerogel and aerogel nanocomposite samples during their sol-gel preparation have been studied by EXAFS (extended X-ray absorption fine structure) technique. Depending on the precursors of the alloy nanoparticles different intermediate are formed which have a strong influence on the formation of the FeCo alloy of the desired composition. The porous structure also plays an important role.     

Textural,structural and catalytic properties of zirconia doped by heteropolytungstic acid: a comparative study between aerogel and xerogel catalysts

Zirconia doped by heteropolytungstic acid HPW have been synthesized by sol–gel method using two drying techniques of the solvent evacuation. Samples were analyzed with adsorption–desorption of N₂ at 77 K, and the aerogel catalyst was found to exhibit a higher surface area and a higher average pore diameter compared to xerogel. XRD results show that aerogel develops ZrO₂ tetragonal phase, whereas xerogel is amorphous. The thermal analysis studies show that the aerogel’s thermal stability is better than the xerogel one. The catalytic behavior of the aerogel and xerogel toward the nature of the isomerization products probably depends on the acidity and the presence of carbide species. This has been explained by XPS and isopropanol dehydration reaction. In fact, the deconvolution aerogel’s Cls bands reveals the presence of four carbon species assigned to C–C, C=O, C–O and carbide species.     

抗坏血酸在铂纳米粒子/碳纳米管/聚吡咯复合修饰电极上的电化学行为

研究了抗坏血酸在铂纳米粒子/碳纳米管/聚吡咯复合膜修饰电极上的电化学行为,发现复合修饰电极对抗坏血酸的电化学反应具有较好的电催化作用,与空白电极相比电化学氧化电流增加了7倍。用电化学阻抗谱研究了电子在修饰电极界面上的传输过程,发现修饰电极的电催化性能与修饰电极可以提高界面电子传输能力是相关的。同时研究了碳纳米管用量、支持电解质、扫速、电沉积条件等因素对抗坏血酸在修饰电极上电化学行为的影响。     

Electroreduction of oxygen on octadecylmercaptan self-assembled monolayers

The reduction of oxygen has been studied on octadecylmercaptan self-assembled monolayers adsorbed on gold substrates in borate buffer solutions with a rotating disc electrode. A great inhibition of the oxygen reduction and other electrochemical reactions by these monolayers has been found. However, after polarisation at –0.80 V_SHE the protecting properties of the film against electron transfer reactions are lost, and a behaviour similar to bare gold is observed. Ex situ XPS indicates that the thiol monolayer has not been desorbed to a large extent during oxygen reduction. Disorders of the monolayer structure and desorption of thiol molecules are proposed as the main reasons for the accessibility of electrochemical reactions to the surface.