title: Calcium carbonate nanoparticles: a host matrix for the construction of highly sensitive amperometric phenol biosensor.
abstract: We reported on the utilization of a novel attractive nanoscaled calcium carbonate (nano-CaCO(3))-polyphenol oxidase (PPO) biocomposite to create a highly responsive phenol biosensor. The phenol sensor could be easily achieved by casting the biocomposite on the surface of glassy carbon electrode (GCE) via the cross-linking step by glutaraldehyde. The special three-dimensional structure, porous morphology, hydrophilic and biocompatible properties of the nano-CaCO(3) matrix resulted in high enzyme loading, and the enzyme entrapped in this matrix retained its activity to a large extent. The proposed PPO/nano-CaCO(3) exhibited dramatically developed analytical performance such as such as a broad determination range (6 x 10(-9) -2 x 10(-5)M), a short response time (less than 12 s), high sensitivity (474 mA M(-1)), subnanomolar detection limit (0.44 nM at a signal to noise ratio of 3) and good long-term stability (70% remained after 56 days). In addition, effects of pH value, applied potential, temperature and electrode construction were investigated and discussed.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Environmental Materials & Environmental Engineering of Jiangsu Province, Yangzhou, China. danshan@yzu.edu.cn
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shan
authors.forename: Mingjuan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: En
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Huaiguo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xue
authors.forename: Serge
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cosnier
mesh_terms: D015374:Biosensing Techniques; D002119:Calcium Carbonate; D004156:Catechol Oxidase; D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible; D053758:Nanoparticles; D019800:Phenol / Q000032:analysis*; D054558:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Non-Receptor
chemical_list: D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible; D019800:Phenol; D004156:Catechol Oxidase; C489930:PTPN5 protein, human; D054558:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Non-Receptor; D002119:Calcium Carbonate