Title
Microfluidic platform for environmental contaminants sensing and degradation based on boron-doped diamond electrodes
Date Issued
15 January 2016
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Medina-Sánchez M.
Watanabe T.
Ivandini T.
Honda Y.
Pino F.
Nakata A.
Fujishima A.
Einaga Y.
Merkoçi A.
Institut Catala de Nanociencia I Nanotecnologia
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
We have developed a lab-on-a-chip (LOC) platform for electrochemical detection and degradation of the pesticide atrazine (Atz). It is based on boron-doped diamond (BDD) electrodes and a competitive magneto-enzyme immunoassay (EIA) that enables high sensitivity. To detect the enzymatic reaction, we employed a BDD electrode modified with platinum nanoparticles (PtNPs), as a highly conductive catalytic transducer. Chronoamperometry revealed a limit of detection (LOD) of 3.5pM for atrazine, which, to the best of our knowledge, is one of the lowest value published to date. Finally, we degraded Atz in the same platform, using a bare BDD electrode that features remarkable corrosion stability, a wide potential window, and much higher O 2 overvoltage as compared to conventional electrodes. These characteristics enable the electrode to produce a greater amount of HO • on the anode surface than do conventional electrodes and consequently, to destroy the pollutant more rapidly. Our new LOC platform might prove interesting as a smart system for detection and remediation of diverse pesticides and other contaminants.
Start page
365
End page
374
Volume
75
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Electroquímica Nano-materiales
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84940518216
PubMed ID
Source
Biosensors and Bioelectronics
ISSN of the container
09565663
Sponsor(s)
The authors acknowledge the support given by MICINN for the project Spain–Japan International Bilateral PIB2010JP-00278 and support from the Severo Ochoa Program ( MINECO , Grant SEV-2013-0295 ).
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