Screen-printed electrodes with electropolymerized Meldola Blue as versatile detectors in biosensors

Biosens Bioelectron. 2003 May;18(5-6):781-90. doi: 10.1016/s0956-5663(03)00044-7.

Abstract

Electropolymerization of Meldola Blue was carried out by cyclic voltammetry in the range from -0.6 to +1.4 V vs. Ag/AgCl, thus defining a new immobilization procedure of the phenoxazine mediator on screen-printed graphite electrodes. Evidence of polymer formation was provided by electrochemical and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) data. Following polymerization, Meldola Blue preserved the ability to catalyze NADH oxidation allowing to achieve a detection limit of 2.5 x 10(-6) mol l(-1) and a sensitivity of 3713 microA l mol(-1) in amperometric determinations at 0 V vs. Ag/AgCl. In addition, the polymeric mediator was found to facilitate the reduction of hydrogen peroxide in the absence of peroxidase. Typical calibration at -0.1 V vs. Ag/AgCl shows a detection limit of 8.5 x 10(-5) mol l(-1), a sensitivity of 494 microA l mol(-1) and a linear range from 2.5 x 10(-4) to 5 x 10(-3) mol l(-1) hydrogen peroxide.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Evaluation Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biosensing Techniques / instrumentation*
  • Biosensing Techniques / methods
  • Coated Materials, Biocompatible / chemical synthesis
  • Coated Materials, Biocompatible / chemistry
  • Coenzymes / chemistry
  • Electrochemistry / instrumentation*
  • Electrochemistry / methods*
  • Electrodes*
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Hydrogen Peroxide / analysis
  • NAD / analysis*
  • NAD / chemistry
  • Oxazines / chemical synthesis
  • Oxazines / chemistry*
  • Photography / methods
  • Polymers / chemical synthesis
  • Polymers / chemistry
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity

Substances

  • Coated Materials, Biocompatible
  • Coenzymes
  • Oxazines
  • Polymers
  • NAD
  • Meldola blue
  • Hydrogen Peroxide