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de Lima LF, Lopes Ferreira A, Martinez de Freitas ADS, de Souza Rodrigues J, Lemes AP, Ferreira M, de Araujo WR. Biodegradable and Flexible Thermoplastic Composite Graphite Electrodes: A Promising Platform for Inexpensive and Sensitive Electrochemical Detection of Creatine Kinase at the Point-of-Care. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:18694-18706. [PMID: 37014991 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c01379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
Abstract
Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is the main cause of death worldwide, and the time of diagnosis is decisive for the effectiveness of the treatment of patients with AMI. Creatine kinase-myocardial band (CK-MB) has a predominance and high affinity with myocardial tissue, making it considered one of the main biomarkers for the diagnosis of AMI. In this work, we report a novel biodegradable composite material based on a polymer blend of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) and Poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) (PHBV:Ecoflex) and graphite microparticles for sensitive and selective electrochemical detection of CK-MB. The morphological and physicochemical characterizations of the thermoplastic composite material revealed a homogeneous and synergistic distribution of the graphite microparticles through the blend structure, providing low defects and high electrical conductivity with high electron transfer kinetics (k0 = 3.54 × 10-3 cm s-1) features with adequate flexibility for point-of-care applications. The portable and disposable devices were applied to detect CK-MB using the electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) technique in a relevant clinical concentration ranging from 5.0 ng mL-1 to 100.0 ng mL-1 and presented a limit of detection of 0.26 ng mL-1 CK-MB. The selectivity of the sensor was confirmed by testing the potential interference of major biomolecules found in biofluids and other relevant macromolecules. The accuracy and robustness were assessed by addition and recovery protocol in urine and saliva samples without sample pretreatment and demonstrated the potential of our method for rapid and decentralized tests of AMI. In addition, the study of the thermal, biological, and photodegradation of the devices after being used was also carried out, aiming at the disposal of the material more sustainably.
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Affiliation(s)
- Lucas Felipe de Lima
- Portable Chemical Sensors Lab, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), 13083-970, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Portable Chemical Sensors Lab, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), 13083-970, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Polymers and Biopolymers Technology Lab. (TecPBio), Institute of Science and Technology (ICT), Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), 12231-280, São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Center of Science and Technology for Sustainability (CCTS), Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), 18052-780, Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Polymers and Biopolymers Technology Lab. (TecPBio), Institute of Science and Technology (ICT), Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), 12231-280, São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Center of Science and Technology for Sustainability (CCTS), Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), 18052-780, Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Portable Chemical Sensors Lab, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), 13083-970, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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de Lima LF, Ferreira AL, Maciel CC, Ferreira M, de Araujo WR. Disposable and low-cost electrochemical sensor based on the colorless nail polish and graphite composite material for tartrazine detection. Talanta 2021; 227:122200. [PMID: 33714472 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2021.122200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2020] [Revised: 01/29/2021] [Accepted: 02/03/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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A new method to manufacture electrochemical devices based on the graphite and colorless nail polish (N-grap) film was developed for tartrazine (Tz) detection. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) demonstrates that the composite material presents a high porous carbon structure. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) and Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) were employed to electrochemically characterize the electrode material, which corroborates the porous structure of the N-graph due to the enhanced electroactive area (5.4-fold increase) and presented a heterogeneous electron transfer rate constant (k0) of 5.82 × 10-3 cm s-1 for potassium ferricyanide. The electrochemical determination of the Tz was carried out using square-wave voltammetry (SWV), under the optimized experimental conditions, which showed high sensitivity (0.793 A L mol-1) and a lower limit of detection (LOD) of 2.10 × 10-8 mol L-1 with a linear concentration ranging from 2.0 to 50.0 μmol L-1. The developed sensor was applied for the analysis of Tz in sports drink samples and the result obtained by N-grap device was statistically compared with a spectrophotometric method demonstrating good accordance and the accuracy of the proposed method. Based on these results, we believe that this new fabrication method to produce disposable and low-cost electrochemical devices can be an alternative method for in-field analysis of dye in commercial sport drink samples and other relevant applications.
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Affiliation(s)
- Lucas F de Lima
- Portable Chemical Sensors Lab, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, State University of Campinas - UNICAMP, P.O. Box 6154, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Center of Science and Technology for Sustainability (CCTS), Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), Sorocaba, SP, Brazil
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- Institute of Science and Technology, São Paulo State University (UNESP), 18087-180, Sorocaba, Brazil
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- Center of Science and Technology for Sustainability (CCTS), Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), Sorocaba, SP, Brazil
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- Portable Chemical Sensors Lab, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, State University of Campinas - UNICAMP, P.O. Box 6154, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
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