Electrochemistry and electrocatalytic properties of hemoglobin in layer-by-layer films of SiO2 with vapor-surface sol-gel deposition

  • Guoyue Shi*
  • , Zhiyu Sun
  • , Meichuan Liu
  • , Li Zhang
  • , Ye Liu
  • , Yunhe Qu
  • , Litong Jin
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In this paper, layer-by-layer {Hb/SiO2}n films assembled by alternate adsorption of positively charged hemoglobin (Hb) and vapor-surface sol-gel deposition of silica at 50°C onto a glassy carbon electrode were reported. The result films were characterized with cyclic voltametery, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, UV-vis spectroscopy, and SEM, and the direct electrochemical and electrocatalytic properties of Hb in these layer-by-layer films were investigated. A pair of well-defined quasireversible cyclic voltammetric peaks were observed, and the formal potential of the heme FeIII/FeII redox couple was found to be -0.330 V(vs SCE). The electron-transfer behavior of Hb in {Hb/SiO2}n films was dependent on the vapor temperature, the number of layers, and the pH of the Hb solution, based on which a set of optimized conditions for film fabrication was inferred. The hemoglobin in{Hb/SiO2}n films displayed good electrocatalytic activity to the reduction of hydrogen peroxide, and H 2O2 had linear current response from 1.0 × 10 -6 to 2.0 × 10-4 M with a detection limit of 5.0 × 10-7 M (S/N = 3). The apparent heterogeneous electron-transfer rate constant (ks) was 1.02 ± 0.03 s -1, and the apparent Michaeli-Menten constant (Km app) was 0.155 mM, indicating a potential application in the third-generation biosensor.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3581-3588
Number of pages8
JournalAnalytical Chemistry
Volume79
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 May 2007

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