A self assembled monolayer based microfluidic sensor for urea detection

Nanoscale. 2011 Jul;3(7):2971-7. doi: 10.1039/c1nr10240k. Epub 2011 May 25.

Abstract

Urease (Urs) and glutamate dehydrogenase (GLDH) have been covalently co-immobilized onto a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) comprising of 10-carboxy-1-decanthiol (CDT) via EDC-NHS chemistry deposited onto one of the two patterned gold (Au) electrodes for estimation of urea using poly(dimethylsiloxane) based microfluidic channels (2 cm × 200 μm × 200 μm). The CDT/Au and Urs-GLDH/CDT/Au electrodes have been characterized using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, contact angle (CA), atomic force microscopy (AFM) and electrochemical cyclic voltammetry (CV) techniques. The electrochemical response measurement of a Urs-GLDH/CDT/Au bioelectrode obtained as a function of urea concentration using CV yield linearity as 10 to 100 mg dl(-1), detection limit as 9 mg dl(-1) and high sensitivity as 7.5 μA mM(-1) cm(-2).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biosensing Techniques / methods
  • Electrochemical Techniques
  • Electrodes
  • Glutamate Dehydrogenase / chemistry
  • Glutamate Dehydrogenase / metabolism
  • Gold / chemistry
  • Immobilized Proteins / chemistry
  • Immobilized Proteins / metabolism
  • Microfluidic Analytical Techniques / instrumentation
  • Microfluidic Analytical Techniques / methods*
  • Urea / analysis*

Substances

  • Immobilized Proteins
  • Gold
  • Urea
  • Glutamate Dehydrogenase