Amplified electrochemical hydrogen peroxide reduction based on hemin/G-quadruplex DNAzyme as electrocatalyst at gold particles modified heated copper disk electrode

Abstract

A new gold particles modified heated copper disk electrode (Au-HCuDE) with direct current was fabricated. The hemin/G-quadruplex horseradish peroxidase-mimicking DNAzyme (HRP-DNAzyme) was self-assembled on the heated electrode and resulted in a new biosensor denoted as HRP-DNAzyme/Au-HCuDE. By controlling the temperature of the surface of the electrode, the dramatic temperature effect on the electrocatalytic reduction of H2O2 at HRP-DNAzyme/Au-HCuDE sensing platform was demonstrated. This electrocatalytic activity of HRP-DNAzyme was enhanced with electrode temperature elevated. This method was thus preliminarily used to develop an electrochemical biosensor for highly sensitive detection of H2O2. A detection limit of 1.6×10(-7) M could be obtained (S/N=3) with an electrode temperature of 50 °C, which was more than one magnitude lower than that at electrode temperature of 0 °C. This heated electrochemical biosensor shows many merits such as easy fabrication and simple heating equipment, low cost, high thermal stability, and high sensitivity and good reproducibility.

Keywords: Electrocatalysis; Gold particles modified heated copper disk electrode; H(2)O(2); Hemin/G-quadruplex DNAzyme; Horseradish peroxidase-mimicking DNAzyme.