Development of platforms for a reliable, rapid, sensitive and selective detection of chikungunya virus (CHIGV) is the need of the hour in developing countries. To the best of our knowledge, there are no reports available for the electrochemical detection of CHIGVDNA. Therefore, we aim at developing a biosensor based on molybdenum disulphide nanosheets (MoS2 NSs) for the point-of-care diagnosis of CHIGV. Briefly, MoS2 NSs were synthesized by chemical route and characterized using scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, UV-Vis spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy and X-Ray Diffraction. MoS2 NSs were then subjected to physical adsorption onto the screen printed gold electrodes (SPGEs) and then employed for the detection of CHIGV DNA using electrochemical voltammetric techniques. Herein, the role of MoS2 NSs is to provide biocompatibility to the biological recognition element on the surface of the screen printed electrodes. The detection strategy employed herein is the ability of methylene blue to interact differentially with the guanine bases of the single and double-stranded DNA which leads to change in the magnitude of the voltammetric signal. The proposed genosensor exhibited a wide linear range of 0.1 nM to 100 µM towards the chikungunya virus DNA.
In this work, the fabrication of MoS 2 -Polyaniline (PANI) nanocomposites, by in situ polymerization, has been described and its application as a photocatalyst for the degradation of organic pollutants such as methylene blue (MB) and 4-chlorophenol (4-CP), has been reported. The disadvantages of MoS 2 such as poor electronic conductivity and agglomeration between the nanosheets, was overcome by intercalating 2D MoS 2 layers with 1D conducting polymer, Polyaniline (PANI). The composite material was characterised by SEM, TEM, BET, XRD, FTIR, UV-Vis spectroscopy and XPS, indicating proper intercalation between MoS 2 nanosheets and PANI. Consequently, the synthesized composites were used for the degradation of MB and 4-CP, followed by kinetic investigations to determine the rate kinetics. The photoactivity of the nanocomposite is explained by the transfer of photogenerated electrons from PANI to the CB of MoS 2 , thus preventing the direct recombination of electrons and holes. Hence, a positive synergistic effect between MoS 2 and PANI resulted in efficient photocatalytic degradation of organic dyes like MB.
Hydrothermal technique is utilized to synthesize 2D/1D heterostructure based on MoS 2 (nanosheets)/WS 2 (nanorods) for photodetector application. The sensor was fabricated by drop cast technique. X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Fourier Transform Infra-red (FTIR) Spectroscopy, Field-Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM), UV-Visible (Uv-Vis), Raman and X-Ray Photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) were performed to characterize the synthesized sample. The optical sensor based on heterostructure was studied as a function of laser wavelength (λ ex ): 635 nm (red), 785 nm (infra-red) and 1064 nm (near infra-red) and power of illuminated laser sources. The device exhibits photoresponsivity in a broadband range from the visible to the near-infrared (600-1065 nm, yield a photoresponsivity (R p ) = 15 μA/W and high specific detectivity (D * ) = 24 × 10 6 jones at λ ex = 785 nm). The photoresponsive characteristics of MoS 2 /WS 2 heterostructure hold the principle of simple power law.
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