• 文献标题:   Graphene nanoplatelet/graphitized nanodiamond-based nanocomposite for mediator-free electrochemical sensing of urea
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   KUMAR V, KAUR I, ARORA S, MEHLA R, VELLINGIRI K, KIM KH
  • 作者关键词:   graphene nanoplatelet, graphitized nanodiamond, urea, sensing, screenprinted electrode
  • 出版物名称:   FOOD CHEMISTRY
  • ISSN:   0308-8146 EI 1873-7072
  • 通讯作者地址:   CSIO
  • 被引频次:   8
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.foodchem.2019.125375
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

Urea is well-known to offer tremendous scope for sensing/diagnosing such as adulteration in dairy products or diseases in human body. This study was organized to describe and validate a new mediator-free, unsophisticated, and direct current voltage (IV)-based sensor for facile detection of urea using nanocomposites made of urease-immobilized graphene nanoplatelets and graphitized nanodiamonds. This nanocomposite displayed sensitive and direct signal in the form of current at 0 V without the need of any complex chemical reaction. This platform was highly sensitive (limit of detection of 5 mu g/mL) far superior to the comparable systems introduced recently. The incorporation of graphitized nanodiamonds within the graphene nanoplatelets layers helped improve the sensitivity by a factor of three (up to 806.3 mu A (mg mL(-1))(-1) cm(-2)) with 20 s response time. As such, the use of this nanocomposite was helpful in improving sensing performances with enhanced enzyme loading capacity.