An Unmediated Hydrogen Peroxide Sensor Based on a Hemoglobin-sds Film Modified Electrode

ABSTRACT

An unmediated hydrogen peroxide sensor is designed in this paper by employing a hemoglobin-SDS film modified electrode. Hemoglobin exhibits direct (unmediated) electrochemistry at the modified electrode. The protein also shows elegant catalytic activity towards the electrochemical reduction of hydrogen peroxide. Consequently, a prototype hydrogen peroxide sensor is prepared. Under optimum conditions, this sensor provides a linear response over the hydrogen peroxide concentrations in the range of 1×10^-5～1×10^-4 mol/L. The detection limit was 2×10^-6 mol/L The relative standard deviation was 4.2% for 6 successive determinations of the hydrogen peroxide at 1×10^-5 mol/L. This configuration is shown to be sensitive, stable and easily fabricated. It might be useful in the biological and industrial fields.     

Amperometric Biosensor for Adenosine-5′-Triphosphate Based on a Platinum-Dispersed Carbon Paste Enzyme Electrode

Abstract

A new amperometric biosensor for adenosine-5′-triphosphate (ATP) was designed using a platinum-dispersed carbon paste into which glycerol kinase and glycerol-3-phosphate oxidase were incorporated. The biosensor is based on the detection of hydrogen peroxide produced by the enzymatic reaction of ATP with glycerol and the subsequent oxidation of glycerol-3-phosphate. The use of the platinum-dispersed carbon paste electrode lowered the oxidation potential for hydrogen peroxide, permitting the sensitive detection of ATP at 0.4 V vs. Ag/AgCl. A linear response to ATP was observed in the concentration range of 1 x 10^?5 to 2.5 x 10^?3 M.

     

Amperometric Biosensors Based on Platinum Nanowires

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Platinum nanowires (PtNW) were prepared by an electrodeposition strategy using nanopore alumina template. The nanowires prepared were dispersed in chitosan (CHIT) solution and stably immobilized onto the surface of glassy carbon electrode (GCE). The electrochemical behavior of PtNW‐modified electrode and its application to the electrocatalytic reduction of hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) are investigated. The modified electrode allows low potential detection of hydrogen peroxide with high sensitivity and fast response time. As an application example, the glucose oxidase was immobilized onto the surface of PtNW‐modified electrode through cross‐linking by glutaric dialdehyde. The detection of glucose was performed in phosphate buffer at –0.2 V. The resulting glucose biosensor exhibited a short response time (<8 s), with a linear range of 10^?5?10^?2 M and detection limit of 5×10^?6 M.     

Flow Injection Amperometric Determination of Hydrogen Peroxide at Low Level in Aqueous Solution

Abstract

A method is proposed for the flow-injection amperometric determination of hydrogen peroxide. Iodine is generated, by injecting hydrogen peroxide solution into an eluent 0.2 M in potassium iodide and 1 Min sulphuric acid and 5×10^?3M in Mo(VI) and is monitored at a platinum electrode that is being held at 0.1 V versus SCE. the rectilinearity range is from 10^?3?10^?6 M and the method is simple, accurate and compared favourably with the titrimetric method involving starch as indicator.     

Immobilization of Horseradish Peroxidase on a Biocompatible Titania Layer–Modified Gold Electrode for the Detection of Hydrogen Peroxide

Abstract

A procedure for fabricating an enzyme electrode has been described based on the effective immobilization of horseradish peroxidase to an ultrathin titania layer–modified self‐assembled gold electrode. The resulting electrode exhibits excellent electrocatalytical activity to hydrogen peroxide in the presence of hydroquinone as a mediator. The analytical conditions were studied in detail by using an amperometric method. Under the optimized conditions, a detection limit of 7.1×10^?7 mol l^?1 and a linear response to hydrogen peroxide that ranged from 1×10^?6 mol l^?1 to 7.6×10^?4 mol l^?1 were obtained. The reproducibility and stability were examined with satisfactory results.     

Electrochemical Behavior of Hydrogen Peroxide at a Glassy Carbon Electrode Modified with Nickel Hydroxide–Decorated Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes

Abstract

The multiwalled carbon nanotube–nickel hydroxide composite film used to modify glassy carbon electrode was prepared and confirmed by transmission electron microscopy and cyclic voltammetry. The process and mechanism of film formation were discussed in detail. The electrode modified with the composite film exhibited good catalytic activity toward electrochemical oxidation of hydrogen peroxide in 0.1 mol/L sodium hydroxide solution. Various factors affecting the electrocatalytic activity of nickel hydroxide film were investigated. The anodic peak current increased with the increased concentration of hydrogen peroxide. The linear range for the determination of hydrogen peroxide was from 1.5 × 10^?6 mol/L to 2.5 × 10^?3 mol/L with the detection limit 6.1 × 10^?7 mol/L (S/N = 3). And the proposed method was applied to the determination of hydrogen peroxide in disinfector with higher sensitivity and lower detection limit.     

Enzyme Electrode with Collagen-Immobilized Cholesterol Oxidase for the Microdetermination of Free Cholesterol

Abstract

Cholesterol oxidase has been immobililzed on collagen films associated to an electrochemical sensor to form a “cholesterol electrode”. The electrode poised at a potential of + 650 my vs Ag/AgCl detects the hydrogen peroxide produced in the enzymatic reaction. This device presents a very high sensitivity and a wide range of linearity (10^?7 M - 0.8.10^?4 M). The use of a non enzymatic electrode associated with the enzymatic one allowed the detection and correction of electrochemical interferences when applied to human sera for free cholesterol determination.     

Electrochemical Behaviour of a Lipid Modified Enzyme Electrode

Abstract

The modification of the surface of a platinum electrode by coating with a layer of a lipid mixture (asolectin), allows the relative measurement of hydrogen peroxide in the presence of interfering analytes. The lipid-enzyme complex and the platinum amperometric sensor offer greater selectivity and extended stability of the resulting probe. Measurements of glucose with the glucose oxidase enzyme and detection of the liberated hydrogen peroxide have been performed as a model system. Linear response of the signal versus glucose concentration was observed in the range of glucose concentration 1.10^?3 ? 1.10^?5 M with a response time of 20 s. The interferences of ascorbic acid, uric acid, iron (II), paracetamol, tyrosine and glutathion can be drastically minimized by appropriate adjustment of the amount of lipid contained in the biocatalyst layer.     

A Tissue-Based Electrode for Peroxidase Assay: Preliminary Results in Hormone Determination by EIA

Abstract

A liver tissue based electrochemical sensor for hydrogen peroxide has been realized for determination of peroxidase activity in solution. Its behaviour is based on the oxygen electrode and an enzyme catalase largely present in liver tissue. The competition between the two enzymatic reactions based on catalase and peroxidase results in a probe for peroxidase activity determination in the range 5 · 10^?3 ? 2.5 · 10^?1 U/mL.

Digoxin and Insulin, have been determined in standard solution by the living-tissue probe, by using immunoreactions with peroxidase labelled hormones and antibodies fixed on vial wall of a commercial test kit.     

Attachment of Nanoparticles to Pyrolytic Graphite Electrode and Its Application for the Direct Electrochemistry and Electrocatalytic Behavior of Catalase

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A highly hydrophilic, nontoxic, and conductive effect of colloidal gold nanoparticles (GNP) and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) on pyrolytic graphite electrode has been demonstrated. The direct electron transfer of catalase (CAT) was achieved based on the immobilization of MWCNT/CAT-GNP on a pyrolytic graphite electrode by a Nafion film. The immobilized catalase displayed a pair of well-defined and nearly reversible redox peaks in 0.1 M phosphate buffer solution (PBS) (pH 6.98). The dependence of E°′on solution pH indicated that the direct electron transfer reaction of catalase was a single-electron-transfer coupled with single-proton-transfer reaction process. The immobilized catalase maintained its biological activity, showing a surface controlled electrode process with an apparent heterogeneous electron transfer rate constant (k _s) of 1.387±0.1 s^?1 and charge-transfer coefficient (α) of 0.49, and displayed electrocatalytic activity in the electrocatalytic reduction of hydrogen peroxide. Therefore, the resulting modified electrode can be used as a biosensor for detecting hydrogen peroxide.     

Electrocatalytic Activity of Bamboo‐Structured Carbon Nanotubes Paste Electrode Toward Hydrogen Peroxide

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In this report, we describe the finding that bamboo‐structured carbon nanotubes (CNT) showed superior electrocatalytic activity toward hydrogen peroxide. The slope of the calibration curve for hydrogen peroxide obtained with the bamboo‐structured CNT paste electrode was more than 20 times as large as the slopes obtained with hollow‐structured CNT paste and glassy carbon electrodes at an operating potential of ?0.1 V, with no interfering reactions. Incorporation of glucose oxidase within the bamboo‐structured CNT paste electrode allows the selective detection of glucose in the presence of common interferents without using any permselective membranes. This excellent ability of the bamboo‐structured CNT paste electrode toward hydrogen peroxide is applicable to the development of other enzymatic biosensors.     

Flow Injection Determination of Hydrogen Peroxide Using a Carbon Paste Electrode Modified with a Manganese Dioxide Film

Abstract

A manganese dioxide film modified carbon paste electrode was developed for use as an amperometric sensor for the determination of hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) in ammoniacal aqueous solutions. The electrode showed a stable response towards H₂O₂ after electrochemical activation. Effects of flow rate, operating potential, concentration, injection volume and interferences were investigated. A linear response towards H₂O₂ from 5 μg.l^?1 to 450 mg.l^?1 and a detection limit (3 signal-to-noise ratio) of 4.7 μg.l^?1 was found. The method was employed for the determination of H₂O₂ in rain water samples.     

Electrocatalytic Activity of Riboflavin Chemically Modified Electrode Toward Dioxygen Reduction

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A chemically modified electrode (CME) exhibiting electrocatalytic response toward dioxygen was constructed by adsorbing the mediator riboflavin onto spectroscopic graphite. The electron transfer between the riboflavin functionality and the graphite was fast. The surface apparent coverage was at most 9.6 × 10^?10 mol cm^?2. The modified electrode permitted the dioxygen electroreduction to take place at the reduction potential of the mediator molecule. Dioxygen accepted two electrons from a reduced mediator to form hydrogen peroxide. Characterisation of the performance of the CME was carried out. After 30 min of continuous electrochemical cycling of pH 6.8, 30% of the original coverage remained for the CME. The effect of the solution pH and temperature on the electrocatalytic activity of the CME for oxygen reduction was also investigated.     

Amperometric Glucose Biosensor Based on the Deposition of Copper and Glucose Oxidase onto Glassy Carbon Transducer

ABSTRACT

The performance of a first generation glucose amperometric biosensor based on the entrapment of glucose oxidase (GOx) within a net of copper electrodeposited onto activated glassy carbon electrode, is described. The copper electrodeposited offers an efficient electrocatalytic activity towards the reduction of enzymatically-liberated hydrogen peroxide, allowing for a fast and sensitive glucose quantification. The influence of the electrodeposition conditions (pH, potential, time, copper salt and enzyme concentrations) on the response of the bioelectrode was evaluated from the amperometric signals of hydrogen peroxide and glucose. The combination of copper electrodeposition with a nation membrane allows an excellent selectivity towards easily oxidizable compounds such as uric and ascorbic acids at an operating potential of -0.050 V. The response is linear up to 2.0 × 10^?2 M glucose, the detection limit being 1.2 × 10^?3 M.     

An enzyme reactor electrode for determination of amino acids

L-Leucine can be determined with an enzyme reactor electrode containing L-amino acid oxidase immobilized with glutaraldehyde to glass. The reactor also contains immobilized catalase which splits the hydrogen peroxide formed. Oxygen for the reaction is also supplied by adding hydrogen peroxide to the samples. The electrode is an ammonia gas sensor. The calibration curve is strictly linear with Nernstian slope between 3·10^-5 and 10^-3 M leucine.     

Silver nanoparticle assemblies supported on glassy-carbon electrodes for the electro-analytical detection of hydrogen peroxide

Electrochemical detection of hydrogen peroxide using an edge-plane pyrolytic-graphite electrode (EPPG), a glassy carbon (GC) electrode, and a silver nanoparticle-modified GC electrode is reported. It is shown, in phosphate buffer (0.05 mol L^–1, pH 7.4), that hydrogen peroxide cannot be detected directly on either the EPPG or GC electrodes. However, reduction can be facilitated by modification of the glassy-carbon surface with nanosized silver assemblies. The optimum conditions for modification of the GC electrode with silver nanoparticles were found to be deposition for 1 min at –0.5 V vs. Ag from 5 mmol L^–1 AgNO₃/0.1 mol L^–1 TBAP/MeCN, followed by stripping for 2 min at +0.5 V vs. Ag in the same solution. A wave, due to the reduction of hydrogen peroxide on the silver nanoparticles is observed at –0.68 V vs. SCE. The limit of detection for this modified nanosilver electrode was 2.0×10^–6 mol L^–1 for hydrogen peroxide in phosphate buffer (0.05 mol L^–1, pH 7.4) with a sensitivity which is five times higher than that observed at a silver macro-electrode. Also observed is a shoulder on the voltammetric wave corresponding to the reduction of oxygen, which is produced by silver-catalysed chemical decomposition of hydrogen peroxide to water and oxygen then oxygen reduction at the surface of the glassy-carbon electrode.     

Amperometric Determination of Lactic Acid. Applications on Milk Samples

Abstract

A hydrogen peroxide electrochemical sensor, coupled with immobilized lactate oxidase and covered with a cellulose acetate dialysis membrane has been applied in flow analysis of lactate in milk samples. The hydrogen peroxide produced by the enzymatic reaction is measured with a platinum electrode polarized at +650 mV versus Ag/AgCl. Milk samples were analyzed and compared with a spectophotometric reference method. The developed procedure is very simple and the short response time allows its use in assaying milk samples on dairy farms.     

Determination of Hydrogen Peroxide Concentrations By Flow Injection Analysis Based On the Enhanced Chemiluminescent Reaction Using Peroxidase

Abstract

The technique of flow injection analysis was employed in the determination of hydrogen peroxide. the method was based on the chemiluminescence reaction of luminol with H₂O₂ which is catalyzed by horseradish peroxidase and enhanced by p-iodophenol. Hydrogen peroxide was linearly detected in the range 10^?6M-10^?4M by measuring the maximum intensity of light emitted. the detection limit is about 1 · 10^?6M hydrogen peroxide. Transition metal cations at millimolar concentrations do not have any interference on the determination of hydrogen peroxide by FIA based on the enhanced chemiluminescent reaction. This technique is relatively rapid and simple, and permits measurement of up to 80 samples/hr using generally available equipment.     

Amperometric Choline Sensor with Enzyme Immobilized by Gamma-Irradiation in a Biocompatible Membrane

Abstract

An amperometric choline biosensor was constructed using choline oxidase immobilized on poly(2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate) membranes obtained by gamma radiation-induced polymerization at low temperature. The measurements were carried out by Clark-type oxygen or hydrogen peroxide electrodes. Calibration curves were linear in the 10-200 umol · 1^?1 range for the oxygen probe and 5-250 umol · 1^?1 for the H₂O₂-based probe. Temperature and pH effects on the activity of immobilized enzyme are described and the response characteristics of the sensor are summarized. The immobilized enzyme membranes stored in glycine buffer or in a dry state were very stable and no significant decrease in the electrode response was observed after three months. The biosensor was employed also to analyse a choline-containing pharmaceutical product and the results were compared to those obtained by enzymatic-spectrophotometric detection.     

Enzyme Electrodes Using Bioelectrocatalytic Reduction of Hydrogen Peroxide

Abstract

Amperometric electrodes have been constructed using the direct electron transfer between electrode and peroxidase for mediatorless hydrogen peroxide detection at a potential of ?0.010 V. For this purpose peroxidase was either adsorbed on pyrographite or immobilized in electrochemically synthesized polypyrrole layers on pyrographite or platinum electrodes.