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Inkjet Printed Carbon Nanotube Electrodes for Measuring Pyocyaninand Uric Acid in a Wound Fluid Simulant and Culture Media

Jarosova, Romana
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Mcclure, Sandra E Mcclure
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Gajda, Margaret
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2019
Analytical Chemistry

Polyacrylamide-coated, carbon nanotube (PA/CNT)electrodes were prepared by an ink-jet printing process and used to measure pyocyanin and uric acid in a wound fluid simulant at 37 oC.These two moleculesare potential indicators of infection and therefore their detection could proveusefulfor monitoring wound healing. Pyocyanin is a marker for the common wound bacterium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Ourlong-term goal is to use these inexpensive and disposable electrodes to measurebiomarkers of wound healing directly. In this proof-of-concept work, studieswere performed in a wound fluid simulant to evaluate the stability of the electrodes and their responsiveness for the two bioanalytes. The PA/CNT inkjet printed electrodes and electrical contacts were stable with unchanging physical and electrochemical properties in the wound fluid simulant over a 7-8-day period at 37 oC. The detection figures of merit for pyocyanin in the simulant at 37 oC were as follows: linearover the physiologically-relevant range= 0.10to 100μmol L-1(R2= 0.9992), limit of detection = 0.10 μmol L-1(S/N =3), sensitivity = 35.6 ± 0.8 mA-L mol-1and response variability≤ 4% RSD. The detection figures of merit for uric acid in the simulant at 37 oC were as follows: linear over the physiologically relevantrange = 100 to 1000 μmol L-1(R2= 0.9997), sensitivity = 2.83 ± 0.01 mA-Lmol-1and response variability≤ 4% RSD. The limit of detection was not determined. The PA/CNT electrodes were also used to quantify pyocyanin concentrations in cell-free culture media fromdifferent strains of P.aeruginosa. The detected concentrations ranged from 1.00 ± 0.02 to 118 ± 6 μM depending on the strain.

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DOI
10.1021/acs.analchem.8b05591
Author(s)
Jarosova, Romana
Mcclure, Sandra E Mcclure
Gajda, Margaret
Jovic, Milica  
Girault, Hubert  
Lesch, Andreas  
Maiden, Michael
Waters, Christopher
Swain, Greg M.
Date Issued

2019

Published in
Analytical Chemistry
Volume

91

Issue

14

Start page

8835

End page

8844

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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June 17, 2019
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