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Synthesis and grafting of diazonium tosylates for thermoplastic electrode immunosensors

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ANALYTICAL METHODS
Volume 13, Issue 42, Pages 5056-5064

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ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d1ay00965f

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  1. National Science Foundation [CHEM1710222]
  2. National Institutes of Health [R21EB030349]

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The optimization of diazonium tosylate salts synthesis and grafting for modification of thermoplastic electrodes (TPEs) successfully developed the first TPE immunosensors for the sensitive detection of C-reactive protein (CRP). Through direct or indirect amine functionalization, the TPE immunosensor platform showed high selectivity and sensitivity against interfering species, with LODs of 2 ng mL(-1) in buffer and 10 ng mL(-1) in spiked serum. This low-cost and robust platform can be easily adapted for other analytes and multiplexed detection.
For electrochemical immunosensors, inexpensive electrodes with fast redox kinetics, and simple stable methods of electrode functionalization are vital. However, many inexpensive and easy to fabricate electrodes suffer from poor redox kinetics, and functionalization can often be difficult and/or unstable. Diazonium tosylates are particularly stable soluble salts that can be useful for electrode functionalization. Recently developed thermoplastic electrodes (TPEs) have been inexpensive, moldable, and highly electroactive carbon composite materials. Herein, the synthesis and grafting of diazonium tosylate salts were optimized for modification of TPEs and used to develop the first TPE immunosensors. With diazonium tosylates, TPEs were amine functionalized either directly through grafting of p-aminophenyl diazonium salt or indirectly through grafting p-nitrophenyl diazonium salt followed by electrochemical reduction to an amine. Diazonium tosylates were synthesized in situ as a paste in 6 min. Once the reaction paste was spread over the electrodes, near monolayer coverage (1.0 +/- 0.2 nmol cm(-2)) was achieved for p-nitrophenyl diazonium salt within 5 min. Amine functionalized electrodes were conjugated to C-reactive protein (CRP) antibodies. Antibody-modified TPEs were applied for the sensitive detection of CRP, a biomarker of cardiovascular disease using electrochemical enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA). LODs were determined to be 2 ng mL(-1) in buffer, with high selectivity against interfering species for both functionalization methods. The direct p-aminophenyl modification method had the highest sensitivity to CRP and was further tested in spiked serum with an LOD of 10 ng mL(-1). This low-cost and robust TPE immunosensor platform can be easily adapted for other analytes and multiplexed detection.

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