Plasmon-enhanced photoelectrochemical monitoring of Ca2+ from living cardiomyocytes

Jing Tang, Jun Li, Debabrata Sikdar, Biao Kong, Yingzhou Quan, Sai Che, Yang Wang, Abdullah M Al-Enizi, Malin Premaratne, Gengfeng Zheng

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Abstract

Photoelectrochemical (PEC) biosensing with plasmonic nanoparticles is an attractive detection method due to the combined advantages of photo-excitation and electrochemical detection. In this paper we develop a new nanocomposite, TiO2@Ag@Ag3PO4, as a plasmon-based PEC sensing platform for monitoring Ca2+ release from living cardiomyocytes. This nanocomposite exploits the benefits of TiO2 nanowires for high stability, fast charge transport kinetics, facile surface functionalization, and environment benignity. In addition, the incorporation of a thin layer of silver@silver phosphate (Ag@Ag3PO4) core-shell nanoparticles can enhance the photoabsorption and charge transport of TiO2. The resulting synergistic effects on the composite lead to an excellent PEC sensing performance of Ca2+ ions in both buffer solutions and from living cardiomyocytes.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)14 - 20
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Electroanalytical Chemistry
Volume759
Issue numberPart 1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015

Keywords

  • Plasmon
  • Nanowire
  • Ag
  • Ag3PO4
  • Calcium sensing
  • Cardiomyocytes

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