Molecular and supramolecular surface modification tools for highly sensitive amperometric and electrochemiluminescent biosensors.

The overall objective of the Thesis is to develop novel genosensor platforms based on supramolecular and covalent interactions for point-of-care detection of genetic diseases and biological pathogens, using amperometric and electrochemiluminescence techniques. In first part of the Thesis it was deve...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Torréns del Valle, Mabel
Tipo de recurso: tesis doctoral
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universitat Rovira i virgili (URV)
Repositorio:Repositori Institucional de la Universitat Rovira i Virgili
OAI Identifier:oai:urv.cat:TDX:1923
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/TDX1923
http://hdl.handle.net/10803/285317
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:577 - Bioquímica. Biologia molecular. Biofísica
547 - Química orgànica
544 - Química física
543 - Química analítica
050 - Publicacions en sèrie
Descripción
Sumario:The overall objective of the Thesis is to develop novel genosensor platforms based on supramolecular and covalent interactions for point-of-care detection of genetic diseases and biological pathogens, using amperometric and electrochemiluminescence techniques. In first part of the Thesis it was developed a supramolecular genosensor platforms based on bifunctionalised carboxymethylcellulose polymer backbone bearing adamantane/ferrocene units and a DNA probe on a cyclodextrin surface linked to the gold surface. In the second part, a new approach based on Zn-mediated grafting of a bipodal diazonium salt was developed. This strategy successfully combines the principal advantage of potentiostat-free spontaneous grafting with the rapidness of electrografting. In this method, by exploiting zinc as a reducing agent for the formation of aryl radicals, the grafting in few minutes of a very thin organic layer with no instrumentation required was accomplished. Finally, it was successfully tested for DNA detection using amperometry and electrochemiluminiscence.