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Ortega MAC, González Landaeta RE, Aguirre Tostado FS, Torres Argüelles SV, Carrillo Castillo A. Urea biosensors based in zeolites and chalcogenide-oxide semiconductor thin films as active materials: A review. Anal Biochem 2025; 696:115685. [PMID: 39374822 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2024.115685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2024] [Revised: 10/02/2024] [Accepted: 10/05/2024] [Indexed: 10/09/2024]
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Diagnosis of renal failure by measuring urea levels has been a topic of intense study in recent years. A major focus has been on improving the sensitivity, linearity, precision, accuracy, and selectivity of biosensors for measuring urea. Although various materials have been used in the fabrication of urea biosensors, ceramics, and chalcogenides have been less explored in this field. Recently, the use of ceramics such as zeolite has been investigated to improve enzyme immobilization methods in urea biosensors and their application in ion-selective membranes, to increase the specificity of the devices. While oxides have been widely used as transducers in urea biosensors, chalcogenide semiconductor materials from Group VI of the periodic table also show promising properties, such as chemical stability, to signal transduction capability, and improved electrical measurements. This review provides a comprehensive overview of recent research in urea biosensors, with a special emphasis on the use of ceramics for enzyme immobilization and chalcogenides as transducers and how these materials contribute to improving the performance of these devices.
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- Manuel A Chairez Ortega
- Instituto de Ingeniería y Tecnología, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Av. Del Charro 610, C.P. 32310 Ciudad Juárez, CHIH, Mexico
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- Instituto de Ingeniería y Tecnología, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Av. Del Charro 610, C.P. 32310 Ciudad Juárez, CHIH, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación en Materiales Avanzados, S.C., Alianza Norte 202, Parque de Investigación e Innovación Tecnológica, C.P. 66600 Apodaca, NL, Mexico
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- Instituto de Ingeniería y Tecnología, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Av. Del Charro 610, C.P. 32310 Ciudad Juárez, CHIH, Mexico
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- Instituto de Ingeniería y Tecnología, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Av. Del Charro 610, C.P. 32310 Ciudad Juárez, CHIH, Mexico.
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Anderson DE, Balapangu S, Fleischer HNA, Viade RA, Krampa FD, Kanyong P, Awandare GA, Tiburu EK. Investigating the Influence of Temperature on the Kaolinite-Base Synthesis of Zeolite and Urease Immobilization for the Potential Fabrication of Electrochemical Urea Biosensors. SENSORS 2017; 17:s17081831. [PMID: 28786961 PMCID: PMC5579837 DOI: 10.3390/s17081831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2017] [Revised: 07/15/2017] [Accepted: 07/22/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Temperature-dependent zeolite synthesis has revealed a unique surface morphology, surface area and pore size which influence the immobilization of urease on gold electrode supports for biosensor fabrication. XRD characterization has identified zeolite X (Na) at all crystallization temperatures tested. However, N2 adsorption and desorption results showed a pore size and pore volume of zeolite X (Na) 60 °C, zeolite X (Na) 70 °C and zeolite X (Na) 90 °C to range from 1.92 nm to 2.45 nm and 0.012 cm3/g to 0.061 cm3/g, respectively, with no significant differences. The specific surface area of zeolite X (Na) at 60, 70 and 90 °C was 64 m2/g, 67 m2/g and 113 m2/g, respectively. The pore size, specific surface area and pore volumes of zeolite X (Na) 80 °C and zeolite X (Na) 100 °C were dramatically increased to 4.21 nm, 295 m2/g, 0.762 cm3/g and 4.92 nm, 389 m2/g, 0.837 cm3/g, in that order. The analytical performance of adsorbed urease on zeolite X (Na) surface was also investigated using cyclic voltammetry measurements, and the results showed distinct cathodic and anodic peaks by zeolite X (Na) 80 °C and zeolite X (Na) 100 °C. These zeolites’ molar conductance was measured as a function of urea concentration and gave an average polynomial regression fit of 0.948. The findings in this study suggest that certain physicochemical properties, such as crystallization temperature and pH, are critical parameters for improving the morphological properties of zeolites synthesized from natural sources for various biomedical applications.
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- David Ebo Anderson
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 25, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 25, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
- West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens, University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 25, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 25, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 25, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
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- West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens, University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 25, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
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- School of Engineering, Ulster University, Jordanstown BT37 0QB, UK.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 25, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
- West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens, University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 25, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 25, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
- West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens, University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 25, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
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Shelyakina MK, Soldatkin OO, Arkhypova VM, Kasap BO, Akata B, Dzyadevych SV. Study of zeolite influence on analytical characteristics of urea biosensor based on ion-selective field-effect transistors. NANOSCALE RESEARCH LETTERS 2014; 9:124. [PMID: 24636423 PMCID: PMC3995320 DOI: 10.1186/1556-276x-9-124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2013] [Accepted: 02/27/2014] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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A possibility of the creation of potentiometric biosensor by adsorption of enzyme urease on zeolite was investigated. Several variants of zeolites (nano beta, calcinated nano beta, silicalite, and nano L) were chosen for experiments. The surface of pH-sensitive field-effect transistors was modified with particles of zeolites, and then the enzyme was adsorbed. As a control, we used the method of enzyme immobilization in glutaraldehyde vapour (without zeolites). It was shown that all used zeolites can serve as adsorbents (with different effectiveness). The biosensors obtained by urease adsorption on zeolites were characterized by good analytical parameters (signal reproducibility, linear range, detection limit and the minimal drift factor of a baseline). In this work, it was shown that modification of the surface of pH-sensitive field-effect transistors with zeolites can improve some characteristics of biosensors.
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- Margaryta K Shelyakina
- Laboratory of Biomolecular Electronics, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 150 Zabolotnogo St., Kyiv 03680, Ukraine
- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, Mainz 55128, Germany
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- Laboratory of Biomolecular Electronics, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 150 Zabolotnogo St., Kyiv 03680, Ukraine
- Institute of High Technologies, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, 64 Volodymyrska St., Kyiv 01003, Ukraine
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- Laboratory of Biomolecular Electronics, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 150 Zabolotnogo St., Kyiv 03680, Ukraine
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- Micro and Nanotechnology Department, Middle East Technical University, Ankara 06531, Turkey
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- Micro and Nanotechnology Department, Middle East Technical University, Ankara 06531, Turkey
- Central Laboratory, Middle East Technical University, Ankara 06531, Turkey
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- Laboratory of Biomolecular Electronics, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 150 Zabolotnogo St., Kyiv 03680, Ukraine
- Institute of High Technologies, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, 64 Volodymyrska St., Kyiv 01003, Ukraine
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