Electrochemical Biosensor Based on Myoglobin for Trichloroacetic Acid and Nitrite Determination

Abstract

In this paper the effect of gold nanochains (AuNCs) on direct electron transfer of Myoglobin (Myb) was studied in detail. A Nafion polymer dispersions, Myb solution and AuNCs solution were dropped on carbon ionic liquid electrode (CILE) in sequence to develop a new working electrode. AuNCs have high electrochemical activity with excellent biocompatibility, which serve as electron transfer path for intensifying electrochemical response of Myb. In electrolyte a pair of symmetrical redox peaks of Myb was displayed on cyclic voltammogram and electrochemical performance of this modified electrode was investigated. Myb on electrode surface exhibited good electrocatalytic reduction activity to trichloroacetic acid (TCA) and sodium nitrite (NaNO2). The electrocatalytic current displayed a linearity regression behavior to TCA concentrations from 2.0 to 400.0 mmol/L with the detection limit of 0.26 mmol/L, to NaNO2 concentrations from 0.04 to 1.8 mmol/L with the detection limit of 0.013 mmol/L. Consequently, this paper extended the utilization of AuNCs in construction of an excellent platform based on electrocatalysis of redox enzymes.