Electrochemical Dissolution of Silver Nanoparticles and Its Application in Metalloimmunoassay

This work demonstrates the use of silver nanoparticles as a simple electrochemical biolabel to induce 10(6) signal enhancement. We propose it mechanism of measuring the silver nanoparticles oil a specific screen-printed planar carbon electrode, without the requirement for the harsh oxidant or toxic reagents described in prior-art for gold sol methods. The possible measurement process was validated with orthogonal techniques such as UV/Vis spectroscopy. dynamic light scattering and by anodic stripping voltammetry (ASV). The findings Were utilized to develop a novel electrochemical sandwich immunoassay where the analyte concentration is directly proportional to ASV oxidation peak of silver. This technique in the future is envisaged to form the foundation of a generic Point of Care platform. The assay was applied to cardiac marker: myoglobin with detection limit of 3 ng/mL.