Mediatorless Impedance Studies with Titanium Dioxide Conjugated Gold Nanoparticles for Hydrogen Peroxide Detection

Biosensors (Basel). 2017 Sep 18;7(3):38. doi: 10.3390/bios7030038.

Abstract

An impedimetric-based biosensor constructed using gold nanoparticles (AuNP) entrapped within titanium dioxide (TiO₂) particles for hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) detection is the main feature of this research. The matrix of the biosensor employed the surface of TiO₂, which was previously modified with an amine terminal group using 3-Aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTS) at a low temperature to create a ready to immobilise surface for the biosensor application. Hemoglobin (Hb), which exhibits peroxidase-like activity, was used as the bioreceptor in the biosensor to detect H₂O₂ in solution. The analysis was carried out using an alternative impedance method, in which the biosensor exhibited a wide linear range response between 1 × 10-4 M and 1.5 × 10-2 M and a limit of detection (LOD) of 1 × 10-5 M without a redox mediator.

Keywords: aminated titanium dioxide; direct electron transfer; hemoglobin; impedimetric biosensor; mediatorless.

MeSH terms

  • Biosensing Techniques / instrumentation
  • Biosensing Techniques / methods*
  • Electric Impedance*
  • Gold / chemistry
  • Hemoglobins / chemistry
  • Humans
  • Hydrogen Peroxide / analysis*
  • Metal Nanoparticles / chemistry*
  • Titanium / chemistry

Substances

  • Hemoglobins
  • titanium dioxide
  • Gold
  • Hydrogen Peroxide
  • Titanium