Biosensors for β17-estradiol detection based on graphene quantum dots (GQDs)/conducting polymer and laccase modified platinum/gold electrodes
Kamila Spychalska, Sylwia Baluta, Agnieszka Świst, Joanna Cabaj
Abstract
A convenient electrochemical sensing pathway was investigated for β17-estradiol determination based on graphene quantum dots (GQDs)/conducting polymer and laccase modified platinum (Pt)/gold (Au) electrodes. The miniature estradiol biosensors were created through the immobilization of laccase on the surface of an electroactive layer of an electrode coated with GQDs or with electroconducting polymer – poly(4-(5-hexylthiophen-2-yl)-2,6-bis(5-(selenophen-2-yl)thiophen-2-yl)pyridine). This sensing arrangement utilized the catalytic oxidation of β17-estradiol to a reactive oxygen agent, and then to oligomeric structures. The process of hormone determination was based on the redox reaction using the presence of the laccase enzyme. Under optimized conditions, the constructed systems demonstrated a convenient degree of sensitivity – 0.25-0.75 μA mM -1 cm -2 - selectivity in a wide linear range (0.1–120x10 -6 M) with a detection limit of ca. 1 μM. Moreover, the method was successfully applied for hormone determination in the presence of interfering compounds (ascorbic acid, L-cysteine, uric acid).