Graphene oxide-Mn₃O₄ nanocomposites for advanced electrochemical biosensor for fumonisin B1 detection

Abstract

Occurrence of mycotoxins in food samples threat to its safety issue due to the presence of high toxicity and carcinogenic behavior, thus requiring highly sensitive and selective detection. Herein, the trimanganese tetraoxide (Mn3O4) nanoparticles in combination with graphene oxide (GO) nanocomposite were used to enhance the electrochemical performance for fabrication of electrochemical biosensor for fumonisin B1 (FB1) detection. The various characterization tools were used to validate the fabrication of GOMn3O4 nanocomposites. To fabricate the electrochemical biosensor on an indium tin oxide (ITO) coated glass substrate, a thin film of GOMn3O4 nanocomposite was prepared using electrophoretic deposition (EPD) technique, and antibodies (ab-FB1) were immobilized onto the electrode for selective FB1 detection. The differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) technique was used to observe the sensing performance. The non-binding sites of the ab-FB1 on the immunoelectrode were blocked with bovine serum albumin (BSA). The biosensor electrode was fabricated as BSA/ab-FB1/GOMn3O4/ITO for the detection of FB1. The sensitivity of the biosensor was obtained as 10.08 µA mL ng-1 cm-2 in the detection range of 1 pg mL-1 to 800 ng mL-1 with a limit of detection (LOD) of 0.195 pg mL-1. In addition, the recovery of BSA/ab-FB1/GOMn3O4/ITO immunoelectrodes was also performed on sweet corn samples and is calculated to be 98.91%.

Light-Driven Electrochemical Biosensing with DNA Origami-Assisted Hybrid Nanoantenna for Fumonisin B1 Monitoring

“…Table S2 lists representative FB1 detection methods in recent years. Compared with photoelectrochemistry, − electrochemiluminescence, − or electrochemical sensors, ,,,− the developed biosensor displays a relatively lower detection limit and is suitable for detecting FB1 at low concentrations, but it has a longer detection time compared to molecularly imprinted polymer-based sensors , and a narrow detection range. In comparison to our previous study on TDN-based electrochemical biosensors, , the as-developed biosensor also demonstrates high performance.…”