Direct Ascorbic Acid Detection with Ferritin Immobilized on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
Author(s) -
Chonlada Dechakiatkrai,
Jun Chen,
Carol Lynam,
Kwang Min Shin,
Sung Joong Kim,
Sukon Phanichphant,
Gordon G. Wallace
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
electrochemical and solid-state letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1944-8775
pISSN - 1099-0062
DOI - 10.1149/1.2795834
Subject(s) - ascorbic acid , ferritin , raman spectroscopy , carbon nanotube , amperometry , materials science , cyclic voltammetry , high resolution transmission electron microscopy , biosensor , nuclear chemistry , electrochemistry , transmission electron microscopy , nanotechnology , chemistry , electrode , biochemistry , food science , physics , optics
Ferritin protein was noncovalently immobilized onto single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs). This SWNT/ferritin composite was characterized using cyclic voltammetry, UV-visible spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy. The use of the SWNT/ferritin film as an amperometric biosensor was demonstrated by sensing 1.0 mM ascorbic acid in phosphate-buffered saline solution with a sensitivity of 767 μA/mg. It demonstrated that ferritin protein bound to SWNTs enhances the oxidation reaction of ascorbic acid over 11-fold.
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