Title
Plasma-Functionalized Isotactic Polypropylene Assembled with Conducting Polymers for Bacterial Quantification by NADH Sensing
Date Issued
01 July 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Molina B.G.
Casanovas J.
Lanzalaco S.
Pérez-Madrigal M.M.
Turon P.
Armelin E.
Alemán C.
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Publisher(s)
John Wiley and Sons Inc
Abstract
Rapid detection of bacterial presence on implantable medical devices is essential to prevent biofilm formation, which consists of densely packed bacteria colonies able to withstand antibiotic-mediated killing. In this work, a smart approach is presented to integrate electrochemical sensors for detecting bacterial infections in biomedical implants made of isotactic polypropylene (i-PP) using chemical assembly. The electrochemical detection is based on the capacity of conducting polymers (CPs) to detect extracellular nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) released from cellular respiration of bacteria, which allows distinguishing prokaryotic from eukaryotic cells. Oxygen plasma-functionalized free-standing i-PP, coated with a layer (≈1.1 µm in thickness) of CP nanoparticles obtained by oxidative polymerization, is used as working electrode for the anodic polymerization of a second CP layer (≈8.2 µm in thickness), which provides very high electrochemical activity and stability. The resulting layered material, i-PPf/CP2, detects the electro-oxidation of NADH in physiological media with a sensitivity 417 µA cm−2 and a detection limit up to 0.14 × 10−3 m, which is below the concentration of extracellular NADH found for bacterial cultures of biofilm-positive and biofilm-negative strains.
Volume
10
Issue
14
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería química Ciencia de los polímeros
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85104813889
PubMed ID
Source
Advanced Healthcare Materials
ISSN of the container
21922640
Sponsor(s)
Authors acknowledge MINECO/FEDER (RTI2018‐098951‐B‐I00), the Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (2017SGR359), and B. Braun Surgical, S.A. for financial support. Support for the research of C.A. from ICREA Academia program for excellence in research is gratefully acknowledged.
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