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ELECTROCHEMISTRY COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 9, Issue 1, Pages 142-148Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.elecom.2006.08.049
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SBA-15; Au-SBA-15; hemoglobin; direct chemistry; hydrogen peroxide
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The encapsulation of hemoglobin (Hb) on the mesoporous silicas SBA-15 and Au-doped SBA-15 (Au-SBA-15) has been studied as a model protein adsorption system. The influences of solution pH, structure of mesoporous silicas and gold nanoparticles incorporation on Hb immobilization are investigated in detail. The spectral characteristics of Hb/SBA-15 and Hb/Au-SBA-15 nanoconjugate show an absorption curve quite similar to that of native Hb, indicating that Hb retains its higher-order structure in the mesopores of SBA-15. Direct electrochemistry of Hb is obtained when Hb is adsorpted by mesoporous silicas SBA-15 or Au-SBA-15. Moreover, Hb/AuSBA-15 exerts enhancing electron transfer ability because of the Au incorporation. Additionally, the Hb/Au-SBA-15 displays good electrocatalytic reduction of hydrogen peroxide with a detection limit of 1.0 mu M, about 3 times as low as that for the Hb/SBA-15. The Hb/Au-SBA-15 exhibits higher peroxidase-like activity with the apparent Michaelis-Menton constant (K-m) of 2.87 mM, significantly lower than the 7.78 mM value for the Hb/SBA-15. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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