Journal
SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
Volume 190, Issue -, Pages 612-620Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2013.09.018
Keywords
Graphene oxide (GO); Zinc oxide quantum dots (ZnO QDs); Tyrosinase (Tyr); Biosensor; OH-PCBs
Funding
- Non-Europe Postdoc Fellowship
- Belgian Federal Science Policy (Belspo)
- European Commission
- BOF-DOCPRO UA
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Graphene oxide can act as an amplification platform for the immobilization of a hybrid structure composed of tyrosinase (Tyr) and zinc oxide quantum dots (ZnO QDs). This article describes how this platform increases the sensitivity for the detection of hydroxylated polychlorobiphenyls (OH-PCBs). The adsorption of Tyr (with low isoelectric point) on the positively charged surface of ZnO QDs is based on electrostatic interactions. The scanning electron microscopic images and UV-vis spectroscopic analysis demonstrated the adsorption of Tyr on ZnO QDs. The stepwise assembly process of the fabricated biosensor was characterized by cyclic voltammetry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. The synthesized ZnO QDs and graphene oxide were characterized by Raman spectroscopy, infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopic techniques. The determination of OH-PCBs was carried out by using square wave voltammetry over the concentration range of 2.8-27.65 mu M with a detection limit of 0.15 mu M with good reproducibility, selectivity and acceptable stability. The high value of surface coverage of ZnO QDs and small value of Michaelis-Menten constant (K app M) confirmed an excellent loading of the Tyr and a high affinity of the biosensor toward the detection of OH-PCBs. This biosensor and the described sensing platform offer a great potential for rapid, cost-effective and on-field analysis of OH-PCBs. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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