title: Carbon electrodes modified with ruthenium metallodendrimer multilayers for the mediated oxidation of methionine and insulin at physiological pH.
abstract: A pentaerythritol-based metallodendrimer with ruthenium(II) terpyridine units, Ru(II)Den, catalyzed the oxidation of L-methionine and insulin at pH 7.0. The Ru(II)Den was immobilized on a carbon surface through layer-by-layer electrostatic deposition; the negatively charged polymer, poly(styrene sulfonate), was its counterpart. These bilayers were assembled on a glassy carbon electrode that was first modified by deposition of a layer of the conjugate base of sulfanilic acid and then with quaternized poly(4-vinylpyridine). Reversible voltammetry for the Ru(II/III) redox couple was observed, the current for which increased linearly with layer number, n, of Ru(II)Den up to n = 12. Cyclic voltammetry was used to demonstrate the mediation of L-methionine oxidation by a Ru(II)Den-containing multilayer assembly. Flow injection amperometric determination of insulin at pH 7.0 at this modified electrode yielded a calibration curve with the following characteristics: linear dynamic range, 6 nM-0.4 microM; sensitivity, 225 nA microM(-1); detection limit (k = 3 criterion), 2 nM. Of particular importance was that the sensitivity was proportional to the number of Ru(II)Den layers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45056, USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Pacey
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Cox
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002244:Carbon; D004563:Electrochemistry / Q000379:methods; D004566:Electrodes / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D008715:Methionine / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D012428:Ruthenium; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D002244:Carbon; D012428:Ruthenium; D008715:Methionine