Avidin-gated mesoporous silica nanoparticles for signal amplification in electrochemical biosensor

We report herein a novel sensing strategy for electrochemical biosensors, by using mesoporous silica nanoparticles loaded with the redox probe methylene blue and capped with an avidin/imminobiotin stimulus-responsive gate-like ensemble as signal amplification element. As a proof of concept, an aptas...

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Main Authors: Sandra Jimenez-Falcao, Jorge Parra-Nieto, Hugo Pérez-Cuadrado, Ramón Martínez-Máñez, Paloma Martínez-Ruiz, Reynaldo Villalonga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-11-01
Series:Electrochemistry Communications
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S138824811930219X