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Electropolymerization of amphiphilic monomers for designing amperometric biosensors
Author(s) -
Cosnier Serge
Publication year - 1997
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.1140091206
Subject(s) - biosensor , amperometry , amphiphile , monomer , nanotechnology , chemistry , materials science , combinatorial chemistry , electrochemistry , polymer , organic chemistry , electrode , copolymer
The principle and potentialities of an original electrochemical procedure of biosensor construction based on amphiphilic pyrrole derivatives are reviewed. The two‐step procedure consists of the adsorption of an aqueous amphiphilic pyrrole monomers–biomolecule mixture on an electrode surface followed by the electrochemical polymerization of the adsorbed amphiphilic monomers. This method is compared with the more conventionally used electrochemical procedures of biosensor construction. Examples of multienzyme and additive entrapments, organic phase enzyme electrode, microelectrode functionalization and the electrical wiring of immobilized enzymes are presented.