A highly sensitive molecular structural probe applied to in-situ biosensing of metabolites using PEDOT:PSS
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Accepted version
Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
A large amount of research within organic biosensors is dominated by organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) that use conducting polymers such as poly(3,4-ethylene dioxythiophene doped with poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS). Despite the recent advances in OECT-based biosensors, the sensing is solely reliant on the amperometric detection of the bioanalytes. This is typically accompanied by large undesirable parasitic electrical signals from the electroactive components in the electrolyte. Herein, we present the use of in-situ resonance Raman spectroscopy to probe subtle molecular structural changes of PEDOT:PSS associated with its doping level. We demonstrate how such doping level changes of PEDOT:PSS can be used, for the first time, on operational OECTs for sensitive and selective metabolite sensing whilst simultaneously performing amperometric detection of the analyte. We test the sensitivity by molecularly sensing a lowest glucose concentration of 0.02 mM in phosphate buffered saline (PBS) solution. By changing the electrolyte to cell culture media, the selectivity of in-situ resonance Raman spectroscopy is emphasized as it remains unaffected by other electroactive components in the electrolyte. The application of this molecular structural probe highlights the importance of developing biosensing probes that benefit from high sensitivity of the material's structural and electrical properties whilst being complimentary with the electronic methods of detection.
Date Issued
2020-01
Date Acceptance
2019-10-04
Citation
Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 2020, 117 (1), pp.291-299
ISSN
0006-3592
Publisher
Wiley
Start Page
291
End Page
299
Journal / Book Title
Biotechnology and Bioengineering
Volume
117
Issue
1
Copyright Statement
© 2019 Owner. This is the accepted version of the following article: Tan, E, Pappa, A‐M, Pitsalidis, C, et al. A highly sensitive molecular structural probe applied to in situ biosensing of metabolites using PEDOT:PSS. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 2019; 1– 9. https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.27187, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.27187.
Sponsor
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31589342
Grant Number
EP/L016702/1
Subjects
OECT
PEDOT:PSS
doping level
in-situ
metabolite sensing
resonance Raman
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
United States
Date Publish Online
2019-10-07