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A composite prepared from BiOBr and gold nanoparticles with electron sink and hot-electron donor properties for photoelectrochemical aptasensing of tetracycline

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A photoelectrochemical (PEC) aptasensor is described for detecting tetracycline (TC). A gold nanoparticles/BiOBr (AuNPs/BiOBr) composite was prepared where the AuNPs play a key function in carrier transfer which is ascribed to the wavelength-dependent dual function as an electron sink and as a hot-electron donor. Due to this dual function, the composite exhibits a wide photo-response and high electron transfer efficiency. This results in enormously enhanced PEC response. The TC-aptamer was immobilized on an ITO modified with AuNPs/BiOBr via Au-S covalent bonding. The resulting PEC aptasensor possesses a wide linear range (1–104 ng L−1) and a low detection limit (0.35 ng L−1; at S/N = 3).

Schematic representation of a photoelectrochemical aptasensor for tetracycline based on the use of a AuNP/BiOBr composite with electron sink and hot-electron donor properties of the gold nanoparticles.

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Acknowledgements

This work has been financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21676128, 21705058), Six Talent Peaks Project of Jiangsu Province (XNY-009), the Provincial Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu (No. BK20170524), Chinese Postdoctoral Foundation (2018 T110450), High-tech Research Key laboratory of Zhenjiang (SS2018002) and a Project Funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions.

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    Jintao Dong, Henan Li, Pengcheng Yan, Li Xu, Jianming Zhang & Huaming Li

  2. Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Environment Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Intelligent Building Energy Efficiency, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou, 215009, People’s Republic of China

    Junchao Qian & Jianping Chen

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Dong, J., Li, H., Yan, P. et al. A composite prepared from BiOBr and gold nanoparticles with electron sink and hot-electron donor properties for photoelectrochemical aptasensing of tetracycline. Microchim Acta 186, 794 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-019-3954-z

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