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ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA
Volume 525, Issue 2, Pages 221-230Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2004.08.054
Keywords
gold nanoelectrodes; immobilized enzyme; horseradish peroxidase; hydrogen peroxide; amperometric detection
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Arrays of nanoscopic gold tubes were prepared by electroless plating of the metal within the pores of nanoporous polycarbonate track-etched membranes. A procedure for fabricating an ensemble of enzyme-modified nanoclectrodes has been developed based on the efficient immobilization of horseradish peroxidase (HPP) to the gold nanotubes array using self-assembled monolayers (mercaptoethylamine or mercaptopropionic acid) as anchoring layers. Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) was determined electrochemically by using gold nanoelectrode ensembles (NEE) functionalized or not in phosphate buffer solution (PB) with or without a mediator (hydroquinone, H(2)Q). Bare NEE displays a remarkable sensitivity (14 muA mM(-1) in H(2)Q at -0.1 V versus Ag/AgCl) compared to a classical gold macroelectrode (0.41 muA mM(-1)). The gold nanoparticles that form the tubular structure act as excellent catalytic surfaces towards the oxidation and the reduction of H2O2. The HRP modified NEE presents a slightly lower sensitivity (9.5 muA mM(-1)) than bare NEE. However, this system presents an enhanced limit of detection (up to 4 x 10(-6) M) and a higher selectivity towards the detection of H2O2 over a wide range of potentials. The lifetime, fabrication reproducibility and measurement repeatability of the HRP enzyme electrode were evaluated with satisfactory results. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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