Nanohybrid Biosensor Based on Mussel-Inspired Electro-crosslinking of Tannic Acid Capped Gold Nanoparticles and Enzymes
Résumé
Complementary tools to classical analytical methods, enzymatic biosensors are widely applied in medical diagnosis due to
their high sensitivity, potential selectivity, and their possibility of miniaturization/automation. Among the different protocols
of enzyme immobilization, the covalent binding and cross-linking of enzymes ensure the great stability of the developed
biosensor. Obtained manually by drop-casting using a specific cross-linker, this immobilization process is not suitable for the
specific functionalization of a single electrode out of a microelectrode array. In the present work, we developed a nanohybrid
enzymatic biosensor with high sensitivity by a mussel-inspired electro-cross-linking process using a cheap and abundant
natural molecule (tannic acid, TA), gold salt, and native enzymes. Based on the use of a cheap natural compound and gold
salt, this electro-crosslinking process based on catechol/amine reaction (i) is versatile, likely to be applied on any kind of
enzymes, (ii) does not require the synthesis of a specific cross-linker, (ii) give enzymatic biosensors with high and very stable
sensitivity over two weeks upon storage at room temperature and (iv) is temporally and spatially controlled, allowing the
specific functionalization of a single electrode out of a microelectrode array. Besides the development of microbiosensors,
this process can also be used for the design of enzymatic biofuel cells.
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