Probing cysteine self-assembled monolayers over gold nanoparticles--towards selective electrochemical sensors.

Cysteine forms self-assembled monolayers over gold nanoparticles. Based on this knowledge, a novel electrochemical sensor (Au-Au(nano)-Cys-SDS) has been constructed by the formation of self-assembly monolayer (SAM) of cysteine on gold-nanoparticles modified gold electrode (Au-Au(nano)-Cys) to be utilized for determination of dopamine in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS). Electrochemical investigation and characterization of the modified electrode sensor was achieved using cyclic voltammetry, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, scanning electron, and atomic force microscopies. Au-Au(nano)-Cys electrode in the presence of SDS gave comparable high current response to that of the gold nanoparticles modified gold electrode (Au-Au(nano)). The Au-Au(nano)-Cys-SDS electrode current signal was remarkably stable via repeated cycles and long term stability due to the strong AuS bond. Very small peak separation, almost zero or 15 mV peak separation was also obtained by repeated cycles indicating unusual high reversibility. The oxidation peak current was determined to be linearly dependent on the dopamine concentration. A resulting calibration curve using square wave voltammetry (SWV) was obtained over concentration range of 30-100 μmol L(-1) and 120-320 μmol L(-1) with correlation coefficients of 0.996 and 0.994 and a limit of detection of 16 and 57 nmol L(-1), respectively. Using differential pulse voltammetry (DPV), a highly selective and simultaneous determination of tertiary mixture of ascorbic acid AA, dopamine, and acetaminophen APAP was explored at this modified electrode. It has been demonstrated that Au-Au(nano)-Cys-SDS electrode can be used as a sensor with excellent reproducibility, sensitivity, and long term stability.

Galal A ，Atta NF ，El-Ads EH 《-》

A novel sensor of cysteine self-assembled monolayers over gold nanoparticles for the selective determination of epinephrine in presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate.

Atta NF ，Galal A ，El-Ads EH 《-》

Selective determination of dopamine in the presence of high concentration of ascorbic acid using nano-Au self-assembly glassy carbon electrode.

Hu GZ ，Zhang DP ，Wu WL ，Yang ZS ... -  《-》

Simultaneous determination of L-cysteine and L-tyrosine using Au-nanoparticles/poly-eriochrome black T film modified glassy carbon electrode.

A novel Au-nanoparticles/poly-eriochrome black T film modified glassy carbon electrode (AuNPs/PEBT/GCE) was constructed for the simultaneous determination of l-cysteine (L-Cys) and l-tyrosine (L-Tyr) by differential pulse voltammetry. Fourier transform infrared spectra and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy indicate that the PEBT film was successfully polymerized on the surface of GCE and the film efficiently decreased the charge transfer resistance value of electrode and improved the electron transfer kinetic between analytes and electrode. The scanning electron microscope image shows that the immobilized AuNPs were spherical in shape and enhanced the electrical conductivity of PEBT film. In addition, PEBT film increased the oxidation currents of analytes four times when compared to bare GCE, and the AuNPs separated the oxidation potentials of L-Cys and L-Tyr by 488 mV while bare GCE failed to resolve them. The amperometry results exhibit that the electrocatalytic currents increased linearly with L-Cys concentrations in the range 0.05-100 μM (r=0.9981), and the detection limits of L-Cys and L-Tyr were 8 nM and 10 nM (S/N=3), respectively. With high sensitivity and selectivity, the proposed electrochemical sensor provides a simple method for simultaneous determination of L-Cys and L-Tyr.

Liu X ，Luo L ，Ding Y ，Kang Z ，Ye D ... -  《-》

A high-sensitive amperometric hydrogen peroxide biosensor based on the immobilization of hemoglobin on gold colloid/L-cysteine/gold colloid/nanoparticles Pt-chitosan composite film-modified platinum disk electrode.

Yang G ，Yuan R ，Chai YQ 《COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES》