An intimately bonded titanate nanotube-polyaniline-gold nanoparticle ternary composite as a scaffold for electrochemical enzyme biosensors

作者：Liu, Xiaoqiang^*; Zhu, Jie; Huo, Xiaohe; Yan, Rui; Wong, Danny K. Y.^*

来源：Analytica Chimica Acta, 2016, 911: 59-68.

DOI：10.1016/j.aca.2016.01.024

• A TNT-PANI-GNP ternary composite
• PANI molecular wire
• Electrochemical enzyme biosensor
• Horseradish peroxidase

In this work, titanate nanotubes (TNTs), polyaniline (PANI) and gold nanoparticles (GNPs) were assembled to form a ternary composite, which was then applied on an electrode as a scaffold of an electrochemical enzyme biosensor. The scaffold was constructed by oxidatively polymerising aniline to produce an emeraldine salt of PANI on TNTs, followed by gold nanoparticle deposition. A novel aspect of this scaffold lies in the use of the emeraldine salt of PANI as a molecular wire between TNTs and GNPs. Using horseradish peroxidase (HRP) as a model enzyme, voltammetric results demonstrated that direct electron transfer of HRP was achieved at both TNT-PANI and TNT-PANI-GNP-modified electrodes. More significantly, the catalytic reduction current of H2O2 by HRP was similar to 75% enhanced at the TNT-PANI-GNPmodified electrode, compared to that at the TNT-PANI-modified electrode. The heterogeneous electron transfer rate constant of HRP was found to be similar to 3 times larger at the TNT-PANI-GNP-modified electrode than that at the TNT-PANI-modified electrode. Based on chronoamperometric detection of H2O2, a linear range from 1 to 1200 mu M, a sensitivity of 22.7 mu A mM(-1) and a detection limit of 0.13 mu M were obtained at the TNT-PANI-GNP-modified electrode. The performance of the biosensor can be ascribed to the superior synergistic properties of the ternary composite.

• 出版日期2016-3-10
• 单位河南大学