TY - JOUR
T1 - Localized electrochemistry on a 10 μm spot on a monolith large electrode
T2 - An avenue for electrochemical microarray analysis
AU - Singh, Gaurav
AU - Moore, David
AU - Saraf, Ravi F.
PY - 2009/8/1
Y1 - 2009/8/1
N2 - By measurement of the modulation of ions under an ac field at the electrode/electrolyte interface layer (EIL) at a spatial modulation of 0.0001 nm, a quantitative measurement of local redox current on a 10 μm spot of a working electrode is achieved at a sensitivity of 0.02 nA/spot. The spot is defined by the probe laser beam. We show the principle for two redox ions, [Fe(CN)6]3- and [Ru-(NH3)6] 3+, on a 4 mm2 Au electrode. The redox peaks from the optical and the electrochemical (cyclic voltammetry (CV)) responses, which are concomitantly measured, are within 0.005 V. The setup is identical to the conventional three-electrode measurement, and the laser beam does not perturb the electrochemical process. We demonstrate high sensitivity to "read" binding between two single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) on a 10 μm spot for DNA microarray analysis where the signal is "blind" to nonspecific binding. Potentially, quantitative combinatorial electrochemistry can be performed on a monolith electrode by scanning the laser beam on the electrode.
AB - By measurement of the modulation of ions under an ac field at the electrode/electrolyte interface layer (EIL) at a spatial modulation of 0.0001 nm, a quantitative measurement of local redox current on a 10 μm spot of a working electrode is achieved at a sensitivity of 0.02 nA/spot. The spot is defined by the probe laser beam. We show the principle for two redox ions, [Fe(CN)6]3- and [Ru-(NH3)6] 3+, on a 4 mm2 Au electrode. The redox peaks from the optical and the electrochemical (cyclic voltammetry (CV)) responses, which are concomitantly measured, are within 0.005 V. The setup is identical to the conventional three-electrode measurement, and the laser beam does not perturb the electrochemical process. We demonstrate high sensitivity to "read" binding between two single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) on a 10 μm spot for DNA microarray analysis where the signal is "blind" to nonspecific binding. Potentially, quantitative combinatorial electrochemistry can be performed on a monolith electrode by scanning the laser beam on the electrode.
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U2 - 10.1021/ac900313v
DO - 10.1021/ac900313v
M3 - Article
C2 - 19555111
AN - SCOPUS:68049108397
SN - 0003-2700
VL - 81
SP - 6055
EP - 6060
JO - Analytical Chemistry
JF - Analytical Chemistry
IS - 15
ER -