The development of polyoxometalate chemistry not only
is derived
from the continuous discovery of novel polyoxometalates (POMs) but
also stems from the exploitation of their new functionalities. In
this work, we obtained a rigid sulfur-containing heterocyclic ligand-linking
aggregate [N(CH3)4]10Na6H6[Ce8(H2O)26W8(HTDA)2(TDA)2O20][SeW4O18]2[SeW9O33]4·112H2O (1) (H2TDA = 2,5-thiophenedicarboxylic
acid). Its polyanionic unit consists of one [Ce4(H2O)13W4O10(HTDA)(TDA)O10]18+ cluster and two kinds of Keggin-type [SeW4O18] and [SeW9O33] segments.
It is noteworthy that H2TDA ligands not only work as connectors
to link two symmetrical {[Ce4(H2O)13W4(HTDA)(TDA)O10][SeW4O18][SeW9O33]2}11– units but also function as ornaments to graft to the polyanionic
backbone. Furthermore, 1 and 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene
(EDOT) were deposited on the glassy carbon electrode (GCE) by the
electropolymerization (EPM) method, resulting in a 1-poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)
(1-PEDOT) composite film, which can provide sufficient
binding sites to immobilize Au nanoparticles (Au NPs). Hereafter,
the Au NPs-immobilized 1-PEDOT modified electrode (Au/1-PEDOT/GCE) was used to construct an electrochemical aptasensor
to detect mucin 1, showing a low detection limit of 29.5 fM in the
Tris solution. This work not only demonstrates that rigid heterocyclic
ligands are beneficial for the creation of novel rare-earth-substituted
selenotungstate hybrids but also provides more enlightenment for POM-based
materials used for electrochemical detection of cancer markers.