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Electrochemical nanostructured biosensors: carbon nanotubes versus conductive and semi-conductive nanoparticles

Aliakbari, Nima  
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Taurino, Irene  
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Pravin, Jagdale
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2015
Chemical Papers

The aim of this work was to demonstrate that various types of nanostructures provide different gains in terms of sensitivity or detection limit albeit providing the same gain in terms of increased area. Commercial screen printed electrodes (SPEs) were functionalized with 100 μg of bismuth oxide nanoparticles (Bi2O3 NPs), 13.5 μg of gold nanoparticles (Au NPs), and 4.8 μg of multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) to sense hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). The amount of nanomaterials to deposit was calculated using specific surface area (SSA) in order to equalize the additional electroactive surface area. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) experiments revealed oxidation peaks of Bi2O3 NPs, Au NPs, and MWCNTs based electrodes at (790 ± 1) mV, (386 ± 1) mV, and (589 ± 1) mV, respectively, and sensitivities evaluated by chronoamperometry (CA) were (74 ± 12) μA mM−1 cm−2, (129 ± 15) μA mM−1 cm−2, and (54 ± 2) μA mM−1 cm−2, respectively. Electrodes functionalized with Au NPs showed better sensing performance and lower redox potential (oxidative peak position) compared with the other two types of nanostructured SPEs. Interestingly, the average size of the tested Au NPs was 4 nm, under the limit of 10 nm where the quantum effects are dominant. The limit of detection (LOD) was (11.1 ± 2.8) μM, (8.0 ± 2.4) μM, and (3.4 ± 0.1) μM for Bi2O3 NPs, Au NPs, and for MWCNTs based electrodes, respectively.

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research article
DOI
10.1515/chempap-2015-0004
Web of Science ID

WOS:000350130100011

Author(s)
Aliakbari, Nima  
Taurino, Irene  
Pravin, Jagdale
Tagliaferro, Alberto
Piccinini, Gianluca
De Micheli, Giovanni  
Carrara, Sandro  
Date Issued

2015

Publisher

De Gruyter Open Ltd

Published in
Chemical Papers
Volume

69

Issue

1

Start page

134

End page

142

Subjects

multi-wall carbon nanotube

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cyclic voltammetry

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chronoamperometry

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hydrogen peroxide

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bismuth oxide nanoparticle

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gold nanoparticle

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REVIEWED

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