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Electrochemiluminescence Based Enzymatic Urea Sensor Using Nanohybrid of Isoluminol‐gold Nanoparticle‐graphene Oxide Nanoribbons
Author(s) -
Ismail Nur Syakimah,
Hoa Le Quynh,
Huong Vu Thi,
Inoue Yuki,
Yoshikawa Hiroyuki,
Saito Masato,
Tamiya Eiichi
Publication year - 2017
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.201600477
Subject(s) - electrochemiluminescence , graphene , nanoparticle , materials science , nanotechnology , colloidal gold , oxide , graphene nanoribbons , urea , chemistry , electrode , organic chemistry , metallurgy
This study evaluates on the possibility of using gold nanoparticles functionalized with the luminol derivative N‐(aminobutyl)‐N‐(ethylisoluminol) (ABEI) and hybridized with graphene oxide nanoribbons on a carbon based screen‐printed electrode (ABEI‐AuNP‐GONR/SPE) as an enzymatic electrochemiluminescence (ECL) urea sensor. The electrocatalytic activity and ECL intensity of ABEI‐AuNP‐GONR/SPE were found to increase proportionally with the concentration of urea in the analyte sample, owing to the rise in pH value. These phenomena are attributed to increased formation of luminol monoanion precursors for further electrochemical oxidation, which in turn produce either luminol radicals or excited 3‐amino‐phthalate molecules. The luminescence is most likely caused by the interaction of luminol radicals with superoxide radicals formed from dissolved oxygen. The sensitivity of our sensor was determined to be 170.58 mM −1 and 16.23 mM −1 for urea concentrations from 2 to 5.82 mM and from 5.82 to 30 mM, respectively, covering the normal urea level in human blood.