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Current Challenges and Breakthroughs in Electrochemical Aptamer-Based Sensors
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Current Challenges and Breakthroughs in Electrochemical Aptamer-Based Sensors

A special issue of Biosensors (ISSN 2079-6374). This special issue belongs to the section "Biosensor and Bioelectronic Devices".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2024 | Viewed by 1462

Special Issue Editors

Dr. George Tsekenis

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Applied Biophysics and Surface Science Group, Bio-Medical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens (BRFAA), Athens, Greece
Interests: biointerfaces; aptamers; surface (bio)functionalization; material-independent chemis-tries; biosensors; lab-on-a chip; NEMS; microfluidics; point-of-need; medical diagnostics; food safety; drug screening; environmental monitoring
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Dr. Lise Barthelmebs

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1. Biocapteurs-Analyses-Environnement, University Perpignan Via Domitia, 66860 Perpignan, France
2. Laboratoire de Biodiversité et Biotechnologies Microbiennes, USR 3579 Sorbonne Universités (UPMC) Paris 6 et CNRS Observatoire Océanologique, 66650 Banyuls-sur-Mer, France
Interests: microbial ecotoxicology; biodegradation; herbicides; contaminant analysis; soil
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Over the past decade, the field of electrochemical, aptamer-based sensors has experienced rapid growth due to the advances made both in aptamer selection techniques as well as in their implementation, along with novel nanomaterials, into highly sensitive sensing platforms. Nevertheless, and despite the progress made, a number of factors still limit the widespread adoption of electrochemical aptasensors in the field. In an attempt to address these, smart concepts exploiting the nucleic acid nature of aptamers for signal generation and amplification have been proposed, along with innovative strategies for the detection of ‘tough’ analytes, such as small molecules and hydrophobic compounds. This Special Issue aims to gather the latest solutions proposed to address challenging issues still faced by electrochemical, aptamer-based sensors that permit detection range tunability, enhance sensor stability over prolonged storage periods, and demonstrate their calibration-free operation.

Dr. George Tsekenis
Dr. Lise Barthelmebs
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • aptamer-based sensors
  • electrochemical biosensors
  • bioFETs
  • nanomaterials
  • signal enhancement
  • signal stability
  • small molecule analytes

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Truncated Electrochemical Aptasensor with Enhanced Antifouling Capability for Highly Sensitive Serotonin Detection
by Ziheng Hu, Ruifeng Zhu, Gabriela Figueroa-Miranda, Lei Zhou, Lingyan Feng, Andreas Offenhäusser and Dirk Mayer
Biosensors 2023, 13(9), 881; https://doi.org/10.3390/bios13090881 - 11 Sep 2023
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Accurate determination of serotonin (ST) provides insight into neurological processes and enables applications in clinical diagnostics of brain diseases. Herein, we present an electrochemical aptasensor based on truncated DNA aptamers and a polyethylene glycol (PEG) molecule-functionalized sensing interface for highly sensitive and selective [...] Read more.
Accurate determination of serotonin (ST) provides insight into neurological processes and enables applications in clinical diagnostics of brain diseases. Herein, we present an electrochemical aptasensor based on truncated DNA aptamers and a polyethylene glycol (PEG) molecule-functionalized sensing interface for highly sensitive and selective ST detection. The truncated aptamers have a small size and adopt a stable stem-loop configuration, which improves the accessibility of the aptamer for the analyte and enhances the sensitivity of the aptasensor. Upon target binding, these aptamers perform a conformational change, leading to a variation in the Faraday current of the redox tag, which was recorded by square wave voltammetry (SWV). Using PEG as blocking molecules minimizes nonspecific adsorption of other interfering molecules and thus endows an enhanced antifouling ability. The proposed electrochemical aptamer sensor showed a wide range of detection lasting from 0.1 nM to 1000 nM with a low limit of detection of 0.14 nM. Owing to the unique properties of aptamer receptors, the aptasensor also exhibits high selectivity and stability. Furthermore, with the reduced unspecific adsorption, assaying of ST in human serum and artificial cerebrospinal fluid (aCSF) showed excellent performance. The reported strategy of utilizing antifouling PEG describes a novel approach to building antifouling aptasensors and holds great potential for neurochemical investigations and clinical diagnosis. Full article
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