Enhanced Electron Transfer Mediated by Conjugated Polyelectrolyte and Its Application to Washing-Free DNA Detection

  • Seonhwa Park
  • , Ji Eun Jeong
  • , Van Sang Le
  • , Jeongwook Seo
  • , Byeongjun Yu
  • , Da Young Kim
  • , Se Hun Kwon
  • , Sangyong Jon
  • , Han Young Woo*
  • , Haesik Yang
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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    Abstract

    Direct electron transfer between a redox label and an electrode requires a short working distance (<1-2 nm), and in general an affinity biosensor based on direct electron transfer requires a finely smoothed Au electrode to support efficient target binding. Here we report that direct electron transfer over a longer working distance is possible between (i) an anionic π-conjugated polyelectrolyte (CPE) label having many redox-active sites and (ii) a readily prepared, thin polymeric monolayer-modified indium-tin oxide electrode. In addition, the long CPE label (∼18 nm for 10 kDa) can approach the electrode within the working distance after sandwich-type target-specific binding, and fast CPE-mediated oxidation of ammonia borane along the entire CPE backbone affords high signal amplification.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)2409-2412
    Number of pages4
    JournalJournal of the American Chemical Society
    Volume140
    Issue number7
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2018 Feb 21

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    This work was supported by the Samsung Research Funding Center of Samsung Electronics (Project SRFC-TA1503-01) and the National Research Foundation of Korea (2017M3A7B4041973 and 2015R1D1A1A09056905).

    Publisher Copyright:
    © 2018 American Chemical Society.

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Catalysis
    • General Chemistry
    • Biochemistry
    • Colloid and Surface Chemistry

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