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Bacterial Detection & Identification Using Electrochemical Sensors
Published on: April 23, 2013
Nanozyme Cascade Self-Powered H2O2 Strategy for Chemiluminescence Array Sensor to Monitor and Deactivate Multiple
Feng Shi1, Haibing Zhu1, Guiling Li2
1School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, 180 Siwangting Road, Yangzhou 225002, PR China.
Abstract:
Early warning and deactivation of multiple bacteria are highly desirable to prevent pathogen-responsible bacterial infectious illnesses. Here, we developed a nanozyme cascade self-powered H2O2 strategy for a chemiluminescence (CL) array immunosensor to enable high-throughput and simultaneous monitoring of multiple bacteria as well as their deactivation. Specifically, a novel ZIF-67@CoFePBA yolk-shell nanozyme was synthesized through a dissociation and re-coordination mechanism, exhibiting significantly enhanced peroxidase (POD)-like activity due to the confinement and synergistic effects. ZIF-67@CoFePBA nanozyme was utilized to immobilize glucose oxidase (GOx) for constructing the nanozyme cascade self-powered H2O2 system. ZIF-67@CoFePBA nanozyme can catalyze in-situ H2O2 to produce hydroxyl radicals (·OH), resulting in stable glow-type CL to construct array immunosensors without exogenous H2O2. The self-powered CL array sensor was exploited to simultaneously detect numerous bacteria with wide linear ranges of 1.5×10-1.5×107 CFU/mL for Staphylococcus aureus and 1.5×102-1.5×107 CFU/mL for Escherichia coli. Furthermore, the generated ·OH can destroy the internal structure of the bacteria and effectively eliminate them. This study provides a promising insight into the design of self-powered H2O2 sensors for high-throughput and simultaneous detection of multiple bacteria and their subsequent deactivation.

