Enhanced conductivity of rGO/Ag NPs composites for electrochemical immunoassay of prostate-specific antigen
| Autor: | Luhai Li, Yen Wei, Cai-Xia Du, Cheng Mei Liu, Lu Han, Shi-Lei Dong, Xiaoyong Zhang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Molecular Materials science Silver Biomedical Engineering Biophysics Stacking Oxide Metal Nanoparticles 02 engineering and technology Biosensing Techniques Conductivity 010402 general chemistry Electrochemistry 01 natural sciences Silver nanoparticle law.invention Nanocomposites chemistry.chemical_compound law Limit of Detection Sodium citrate Humans Composite material Electrodes Detection limit Immunoassay Graphene technology industry and agriculture Reproducibility of Results Oxides General Medicine Electrochemical Techniques Equipment Design Prostate-Specific Antigen 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology 0104 chemical sciences chemistry Graphite 0210 nano-technology Antibodies Immobilized Biotechnology |
| Zdroj: | Biosensorsbioelectronics. 87 |
| ISSN: | 1873-4235 |
| Popis: | Electrode materials play a vital role in the development of electrochemical immunosensors (EIs), particularly of label-free EIs. In this study, composites containing reduced graphene oxide with silver nanoparticles (rGO/Ag NPs) were synthesized using binary reductants, i.e. hydrazine hydrate and sodium citrate. Due to the fact that graphene oxide (GO) was fully restored to rGO, and rGO stacking was effectively inhibited by insertion of small Ag NPs between the graphene sheets, the electrical conductivity of rGO/Ag NPs composites was significantly improved compared to rGO alone, with an enhancement factor of 346% at 40 wt% of rGO. Moreover, the conducting path between rGO and Ag NPs formed because the structural defects in rGO were effectively repaired by decoration with Ag NPs. Subsequently, based on a screen-printed three-electrode system, a label-free EI for detecting prostate-specific antigen (PSA) was constructed using rGO/Ag NPs composites as a support material. The fabricated EIs demonstrated a wide linear response range (1.0–1000 ng/ml), low detection limit (0.01 ng/ml) and excellent specificity, reproducibility and stability. Thus, the proposed EIs based on rGO/Ag NPs composites can be easily extended for the ultrasensitive detection of different protein biomarkers. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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