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Selective sensing of the biotinyl moiety using molecularly imprinted polyaniline nanowires
, Mandal S., Suriyanarayanan S., Nicholls I.A.
Published in IOP Publishing
2018
Volume: 165
   
Issue: 14
Pages: 669 - 678
Abstract
A chemosensor for selective recognition of biotinyl moiety has been devised using electropolymerized film and tested against selective biotinylated targets. The sensor comprises biotin molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) polymeric nanowires, as a recognition element, overlaid on gold-coated quartz transducers. The preparation of nanostructured MIPs and reference systems have been demonstrated using electrochemical copolymerization of the stabilized complex between the template (biotin), the functional monomer (4-aminobenzoic acid), and cross-linker (aniline) and/or sacrificial biotin-modified Al2O3 membrane. Density functional theoretical studies signify formation of a stable hydrogen-bonded complex of biotin with 4-aminobenzoic acid in the pre-polymerization mixture. Scanning electron microscope studies revealed uniformly grown and densely packed polyaniline hierarchical structures. Piezoelectric microgravimetry under flow injection analysis (FIA) conditions revealed selective binding of biotin methyl ester (BtOMe, 4) (79.89 ± 2.17 Hz/mM) with imprinted polyaniline hierarchical structures over 10 fold higher than the non-imprinted counterpart. The detection limit of the MIP is 50 nM under optimized conditions. Particularly, the sensor selectively recognizes BtOMe from structural or functional analogues, such as thiamine (4.87 ± 0.10 Hz/mM) and pyridoxamine (12.08 ± 0.24 Hz/mM). Importantly, the MIP hierarchical structures were shown to be selective for biotinylated targets (biotin moiety labeled cytochrome C, dextran, oxytocin and obestatin). © 2018 The Electrochemical Society.
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