Authors: Alves, Wendel A.; Fiorito, Pablo A.; Froyer, Gerard; Haber, Fady El; Vellutini, Luc; Torresi, Roberto M.; Córdoba de Torresi, Susana I.
Source: Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Volume 8, Number 7, July 2008 , pp. 3570-3576(7)
Publisher: American Scientific Publishers
Abstract:
The present paper deals with the immobilization of redox mediators and proteins onto protected porous silicon surfaces to obtain their direct electrochemical reactions and to retain their bioactivities. This paper shows that MP-11 and viologens are able to establish chemical bonds with 3-aminopropyltriethoxylsilane-modified porous silicon surface. The functionalization of the surfaces have been fully characterized by energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) to examine the immobilization of these mediators onto the solid surface. Amperometric and open circuit potential measurements have shown the direct electron transfer between glucose oxidase and the electrode in the presence of the viologen mediator covalently linked to the 3-aminopropyltriethoxylsilane (APTES)-modified porous silicon surfaces.Keywords: POROUS SILICON; SILANIZATION; GLUCOSE DETECTION; DIRECT ELECTRON TRANSFER
Document Type: Research article
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2008.143
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