Sensitive Chronocoulometric Detection of miRNA at Screen-printed Electrodes modified by Gold decorated MoS2 Nanosheets
Abstract
Here a new chronocoulometric sensor, based on semiconducting 2H MoS2 nanosheets decorated with a controlled density of monodispersed small gold nanoparticles, was fabricated via electrodeposition, for the highly sensitive detection of miRNA-21. The size and interparticle spacing of AuNPs was optimized by controlling nucleation and growth rates through tuning of deposition-potential and Au-precursor concentration and by getting simultaneous feedback from morphological and electrochemical activity studies. The sensing strategy, involved the selective immobilization of thiolated capture probe DNA (CP) at AuNPs and hybridization of CP to a part of miRNA target, whereas the remaining part of the target was complementary to a signaling non-labelled DNA sequence. Chronocoulometry provided precise quantification of nucleic acids at each step of the sensor assay by interrogating [Ru(NH3)6]3+ electrostatically bound to phosphate backbones of oligonucleotides. A detailed and systematic optimization study demonstrated that the thinnest and smallest MoS2 NSs improved the sensitivity of the AuNP@MoS2 sensor achieving an impressive detection limit of 100 aM, which is 2 orders of magnitude lower than that of bare Au electrode and also enhanced the DNA-miRNA hybridization efficiency by 25%. Such improved performance can be attributed to the controlled packing density of CPs achieved by their self -assembly on AuNPs, large interparticle density, small size and the intimate coupling between…
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