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
Química Nano-tecnología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84929629320
PubMed ID
Source
Analytical Chemistry
ISSN of the container
00032700
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