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Voltammetric Detection of Hg2+ Using Peptide-Functionalized Polymer Brushes

Nicolas Schüwer A , Mary-Lou Tercier-Waeber B , Maarten Danial A and Harm-Anton Klok A C
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A École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Institut des Matériaux and Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Laboratoire des Polymères, Bâtiment MXD, Station 12, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.

B Analytical and Environmental Chemistry, Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Geneva Sciences II, 30 Quai E.-Ansermet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland.

C Corresponding author. Email: harm-anton.klok@epfl.ch

Australian Journal of Chemistry 65(8) 1104-1109 https://doi.org/10.1071/CH12177
Submitted: 30 March 2012  Accepted: 10 May 2012   Published: 14 June 2012

Abstract

Polymer brushes grafted by surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (SI-ATRP) from the surface of Ir-based microelectrode arrays are explored as a platform for the fabrication of sensory coatings for the voltammetric detection of Hg2+. The polymer brush coatings are post-modified with a metallothionein derived peptide to enable the selective detection of Hg2+. The performance of the polymer brush modified microelectrode arrays was evaluated using both cyclic voltammetry (CV) as well as square-wave anodic stripping voltammetry (SWASV) experiments. These studies revealed that the polymer brush based coatings allowed the selective detection of Hg2+ with detection limits in the subnanomolar range.


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