A hydrogen peroxide biosensor based on direct electrochemistry of hemoglobin in palladium nanoparticles/graphene-chitosan nanocomposite film

Appl Biochem Biotechnol. 2012 Feb;166(3):764-73. doi: 10.1007/s12010-011-9465-y. Epub 2011 Dec 3.

Abstract

Thermally two-dimensional lattice graphene (GR) and biocompatibility chitosan (CS) act as a suitable support for the deposition of palladium nanoparticles (PdNPs). A novel hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) biosensor based on immobilization of hemoglobin (Hb) in thin film of CS containing GR and PdNPs was developed. The surface morphologies of a set of representative membranes were characterized by means of scanning electron microscopy and showed that the PdNPs are of a sphere shape and an average diameter of 50 nm. Under the optimal conditions, the immobilized Hb showed fast and excellent electrocatalytic activity to H(2)O(2) with a small Michaelis-Menten constant of 16 μmol L(-1), a linear range from 2.0 × 10(-6) to 1.1 × 10(-3) mol L(-1), and a detection limit of 6.6 × 10(-7) mol L(-1). The biosensor also exhibited other advantages, good reproducibility, and long-term stability, and PdNPs/GR-CS nanocomposites film would be a promising material in the preparation of third generation biosensor.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biosensing Techniques / methods*
  • Chitosan / chemistry*
  • Electrochemical Techniques
  • Electrodes
  • Graphite / chemistry*
  • Hemoglobins / chemistry*
  • Hydrogen Peroxide / analysis*
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Kinetics
  • Metal Nanoparticles / chemistry*
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
  • Nanocomposites / chemistry*
  • Palladium
  • Particle Size
  • Reproducibility of Results

Substances

  • Hemoglobins
  • Palladium
  • Graphite
  • Chitosan
  • Hydrogen Peroxide