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- Title
Flexible Printed Organic Electrochemical Transistors for the Detection of Uric Acid in Artificial Wound Exudate.
- Authors
Galliani, Marina; Diacci, Chiara; Berto, Marcello; Sensi, Matteo; Beni, Valerio; Berggren, Magnus; Borsari, Marco; Simon, Daniel T.; Biscarini, Fabio; Bortolotti, Carlo A.
- Abstract
Low‐cost, minimally invasive sensors able to provide real‐time monitoring of wound infection can enable the optimization of healthcare resources in chronic wounds management. Here, a novel printed organic electrochemical transistors (OECT) biosensor for monitoring uric acid (UA), a bacterial infection biomarker in wounds, is demonstrated in artificial wound exudate. The sensor exploits the enzymatic conversion of UA to 5‐hydroxyisourate, catalyzed by Uricase entrapped in a dual‐ionic‐layer hydrogel membrane casted onto the gate. The sensor response is based on the catalytic oxidation of the hydrogen peroxide, generated as part of the Uricase regeneration process, at the Pt modified gate. The proposed dual membrane avoids the occurrence of nonspecific faradic reactions as, for example, the direct oxidation of UA or other electroactive molecules that would introduce a potentially false negative response. The biosensor is robust and its response is reproducible both in phosphate buffer saline and in complex solutions mimicking the wound exudate. The sensor has a high sensitivity in the range encompassing the pathological levels of UA in wounds (<200 μm) exhibiting a limit of detection of 4.5 μm in artificial wound exudate. All these characteristics make this OECT‐based biosensor attractive for wound monitoring interfaced to the patient.
- Subjects
TRANSISTORS; CHRONIC wounds &; injuries; URIC acid; HYDROGEN oxidation; CATALYTIC oxidation; WOUNDS &; injuries
- Publication
Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2020, Vol 7, Issue 23, p1
- ISSN
2196-7350
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/admi.202001218