Zinc Oxide Nanowire Decorated Single‐Use Electrodes for Electrochemical DNA Detection
Articles > Article · 2014
Authors: Gulsah Congur, Elif Selen Ates, Aysegul Afal, HÜSNÜ EMRAH ÜNALAN, Kadriye Arzum ERDEM GÜRSAN
Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, WoS, 2014, vol 98, pp 663-668
DOI: 10.1111/jace.13331
Summary
The surfaces of pencil graphite electrodes ( PGE s) were decorated with zinc oxide nanowires ( ZnO NWs) for the electrochemical detection of nucleic acids. ZnO NWs were synthesized through simple hydrothermal method. PGE s decorated with ZnO NW s ( ZnO NW/PGEs) were electrochemically characterized through cyclic voltammetry (CV) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy ( EIS ) following morphological characterization through transmission (TEM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Enhanced sensor response obtained using ZnO NW/PGEs contrary to the bare PGE (control) samples. Our preliminary results simply reveal the potential of combining ZnO NW s with disposable sensor technology for the electrochemical detection of DNA .