title: Nitrite reduction and detection at a carbon paste electrode containing hemoglobin and colloidal gold.
abstract: A novel renewable reagentless nitrite biosensor based on the direct electron transfer of hemoglobin (Hb) and a new sensing mechanism was proposed by combining the advantageous features of colloidal gold nanoparticle and carbon paste technology. The direct electrochemistry of immobilized Hb displayed a pair of redox peaks with a formal potential of -42 mV (vs. NHE) in 0.2 mol dm(-3) NaAc-HAc buffer (pH 5.5). The immobilized Hb displayed an excellent response to the reduction of NO2(-) with one interfacial charge transfer followed by a chemical reaction (EC) mechanism. Under optimal conditions, the interfacial EC process could be used for the sensitive determination of NO2(-) with a linear range from 0.1 to 9.7 micromol dm(-3) and a detection limit of 0.06 [micro sign]mol dm(-3) at 3sigma. The amperometric determination of high concentrations of NO2(-) based on the irreversible reduction of NO could be performed at pH 4.0 with a linear range from 0.1 to 1.2 mmol dm(-3). The surface of biosensor could be renewed quickly and reproducibly by a simple polish step. The biosensor has been used satisfactorily for nitrite determination in native water samples.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Institute of Analytical Science, State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, PR China.
authors.forename: Songqin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Huangxian
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ju
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015374:Biosensing Techniques; D002244:Carbon; D006046:Gold; D006454:Hemoglobins; D009573:Nitrites / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D006454:Hemoglobins; D009573:Nitrites; D002244:Carbon; D006046:Gold