• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: Fabrication of a Label‐free Femtomolar Electrochemical Mercury Ion Biosensor Based on Oligonucleotide Receptor Layers Hybridized with Multi‐walled Carbon Nanotubes
  • Beteiligte: Pal, Chittatosh; Majumder, Subrata
  • Erschienen: Wiley, 2022
  • Erschienen in: Electroanalysis, 34 (2022) 11, Seite 1673-1681
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1002/elan.202100615
  • ISSN: 1040-0397; 1521-4109
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  • Beschreibung: AbstractThe feasibility of designing a highly selective and sensitive label‐free cost‐effective biosensor to determine Hg2+ions using gold electrodes functionalized with short‐chain, thymine‐rich, ss‐DNA oligonucleotides wrapped MWNTs is examined. The potassium ferricyanide was used as a redox marker for analytical signal generation. Biosensor response was based on the difference in the electrochemical signal before and after subjecting it to a sample containing Hg2+ions. The lowest detection limit of 1 femtomolar (fM) of mercury ions was observed in the aqueous medium, together with good selectivity against common metal cations. The method developed was successfully applied for the determination of Hg2+ions in environmental waste water samples.