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Electron transfer through an immunoglobulin layer via an immobilized redox mediator
Author(s) -
Wittstock Gunther,
Emons Hendrik,
Heineman William R.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
electroanalysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 128
eISSN - 1521-4109
pISSN - 1040-0397
DOI - 10.1002/elan.1140080209
Subject(s) - ferrocene , redox , electron transfer , chemistry , electrode , layer (electronics) , immunoassay , electrochemistry , surface modification , inorganic chemistry , photochemistry , antibody , organic chemistry , immunology , biology
As a step towards a voltammetric immunoassay with antibodies directly attached onto the electrode surface, the mediated oxidation of a redox active label has been investigated with a model system. Butyl ferrocene served as a model for the mediator and was coimmobilized onto a glassy carbon electrode within a layer of bovine immunoglobulin G, which mimiked the antibody. An overlaid polyvinyl ferrocene layer was employed to simulate a ferrocene‐tagged high molecular weight antigen bound to the immobilized antibodies. A mediated electron transfer could only be demonstrated with butyl ferrocene as mediator, whereas other compounds failed to support an electron transfer between the polyvinyl ferrocene layer and the electrode through the layer of immunoglobulin.