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A bioinspired antifouling zwitterionic interface based on reduced graphene oxide carbon nanofibers: electrochemical aptasensing of adenosine triphosphate

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An antifouling electrochemical aptasensor for ATP is described that has a zwitterionic self-assembled sensing interface on a glassy carbon electrode modified with a reduced graphene oxide carbon nanofiber (GO-CNF). The GO-CNF was first modified by self-polymerization of dopamine which provided a platform for simultaneously self-assembly of the ATP aptamer and cysteine. By using hexacyanoferrate as the electrochemical probe, in the presence of ATP, the aptamer strands fold around ATP molecules, thus leading to the variation of the electrochemical signal. The aptasensor has a linear response in the 0.1 pM to 5 nM ATP concentration range, and a 13 fM lower detection limit. The electrode is strongly resistant to nonspecific adsorption and biofouling. This enabled the detection of ATP even in spiked human plasma.

An antifouling electrochemical aptasensor employing reduced graphene oxide carbon nanofiber as conductive substrate and zwitterionic cysteine as antifouling material for adenosine triphosphate detection.

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This work acknowledges support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21375045) and Natural Science Foundation of Jilin Province (No. 20180101195JC).

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  1. College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China

    Tingting Zhang, Haixin Xu, Zhiqian Xu, Yue Gu, Xiaoyi Yan, He Liu, Nannan Lu & Zhiquan Zhang

  2. Experimental School of the Affiliated Middle School to Jilin University, Changchun, 130021, China

    Siyuan Zhang

  3. Department of Breast Surgery, First Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China

    Ming Yang

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Zhang, T., Xu, H., Xu, Z. et al. A bioinspired antifouling zwitterionic interface based on reduced graphene oxide carbon nanofibers: electrochemical aptasensing of adenosine triphosphate. Microchim Acta 186, 240 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-019-3343-7

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