Highly efficient bienzyme functionalized nanocomposite-based microfluidics biosensor platform for biomedical application

Sci Rep. 2013 Sep 27:3:2661. doi: 10.1038/srep02661.

Abstract

This report describes the fabrication of a novel microfluidics nanobiochip based on a composite comprising of nickel oxide nanoparticles (nNiO) and multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), as well as the chip's use in a biomedical application. This nanocomposite was integrated with polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) microchannels, which were constructed using the photolithographic technique. A structural and morphological characterization of the fabricated microfluidics chip, which was functionalized with a bienzyme containing cholesterol oxidase (ChOx) and cholesterol esterase (ChEt), was accomplished using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and scanning electron microscopy. The XPS studies revealed that 9.3% of the carboxyl (COOH) groups present in the nNiO-MWCNT composite are used to form amide bonds with the NH2 groups of the bienzyme. The response studies on this nanobiochip reveal good reproducibility and selectivity, and a high sensitivity of 2.2 mA/mM/cm2. This integrated microfluidics biochip provides a promising low-cost platform for the rapid detection of biomolecules using minute samples.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biosensing Techniques* / instrumentation
  • Cholesterol Oxidase / chemistry
  • Cholesterol Oxidase / metabolism
  • Electrodes
  • Enzymes / chemistry
  • Enzymes / metabolism*
  • Metal Nanoparticles / chemistry
  • Metal Nanoparticles / ultrastructure
  • Microfluidics* / instrumentation
  • Nanocomposites / chemistry*
  • Nanocomposites / ultrastructure
  • Nanotubes, Carbon / chemistry
  • Nanotubes, Carbon / ultrastructure
  • Nickel / chemistry
  • Photoelectron Spectroscopy
  • Spectrum Analysis, Raman
  • Sterol Esterase / chemistry
  • Sterol Esterase / metabolism
  • X-Ray Diffraction

Substances

  • Enzymes
  • Nanotubes, Carbon
  • Nickel
  • nickel monoxide
  • Cholesterol Oxidase
  • Sterol Esterase