Title
Label-free impedimetric aptasensor for ochratoxin-A detection using iridium oxide nanoparticles
Date Issued
19 May 2015
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Rivas L.
Quesada-González D.
Zamora-Gálvez A.
De La Escosura-Muñiz A.
Merkoçi A.
Institut Catala de Nanociencia i Nanotecnologia
Publisher(s)
American Chemical Society
Abstract
In this article, a novel aptasensor for ochratoxin A (OTA) detection based on a screen-printed carbon electrode (SPCE) modified with polythionine (PTH) and iridium oxide nanoparticles (IrO<inf>2</inf> NPs) is presented. The electrotransducer surface is modified with an electropolymerized film of PTH followed by the assembly of IrO<inf>2</inf> NPs on which the aminated aptamer selective to OTA is exchanged with the citrate ions surrounding IrO<inf>2</inf> NPs via electrostatic interactions with the same surface. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) in the presence of the [Fe(CN)<inf>6</inf>]<sup>-3/-4</sup> redox probe is employed to characterize each step in the aptasensor assay and also for label-free detection of OTA in a range between 0.01 and 100 nM, obtaining one of the lowest limits of detection reported so far for label-free impedimetric detection of OTA (14 pM; 5.65 ng/kg). The reported system also exhibits a high reproducibility, a good performance with a white wine sample, and an excellent specificity against another toxin present in such sample.
Start page
5167
End page
5172
Volume
87
Issue
10
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Nano-tecnología
Química
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84929629320
PubMed ID
Source
Analytical Chemistry
ISSN of the container
00032700
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