Towards a Capacitive Enzyme Sensor for Direct Determination of Organophosphorus Pesticides: Fundamental Studies and Aspects of Development

Sensors

Michael J. Schöning¹  Michael Arzdorf¹  Priti Mulchandani¹  Wilfred Chen¹ 

[1] ¹University of Applied Sciences Aachen, Ginsterweg 1, 52428 Jülich, Germany ²Institute of Thin Films and Interfaces, Research Centre Jülich GMBH, 52425 Jülich, Germany ³Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Riversite California, Riversite , CA 92521, USA

关键词: capacitive EIS sensor;    OPH;    semiconductor technology;    enzyme biosensor;   

DOI  :  10.3390/s30600119

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

The realisation of a miniaturised potentiometric enzyme biosensor is presented. The biosensor chip utilises the enzyme organophosphorus hydrolase (OPH) for the direct determination of pesticides. The transducer structure of the sensors chip consists of a pH-sensitive capacitive electrolyte-insulator-semiconductor (EIS) structure that reacts towards pH changes caused by the OPH-catalised hydrolysis of the organophosphate compounds. The biosensor is operated versus a conventional Ag/AgCl reference electrode. Measurements were performed in the capacitance/voltage (C/V) and the constant capacitance (ConCap) mode for the two different pesticides paraoxon and parathion. For the development of this new type of biosensor, different immobilisation strategies, influence of buffer composition and concentration, transducer material, detection limit, long-term stability and selectivity have been studied.

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