10.1007/s40097-021-00392-y

Coral-shaped tin oxide incorporated graphitic carbon nitride nanosheets as peroxidase mimic for sensitive colorimetric and fluorescence quenching based detection of hydrogen peroxide

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  • Aftab Ahmed1,
  • Akhtar Hayat2,
  • Peter John3,
  • Mian Hasnain Nawaz2,
  • Muhammad Nasir*2,
  1. Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Biomedical Materials (IRCBM), COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, Lahore, Punjab, 54000, PK Government College University Lahore, Lahore, Punjab, 54000, PK
  2. Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Biomedical Materials (IRCBM), COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, Lahore, Punjab, 54000, PK
  3. Government College University Lahore, Lahore, Punjab, 54000, PK

Published in Issue 15-02-2021

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Ahmed, A., Hayat, A., John, P., Nawaz, M. H., & Nasir, M. (2021). Coral-shaped tin oxide incorporated graphitic carbon nitride nanosheets as peroxidase mimic for sensitive colorimetric and fluorescence quenching based detection of hydrogen peroxide. Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry, 11(4 (December 2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40097-021-00392-y
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Abstract

Abstract The enhanced peroxidase-like catalytic activity of coral-shaped graphitic carbon nitride (GCN) incorporated with tin oxide (SnO 2 ) is here reported and applied for the sensitive and selective colorimetric detection of hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2 ). The SnO 2 /GCN catalyzed the oxidation of 3, 3′, 5, 5′-tetramethylbenzidine, and H 2 O 2 which resulted in the appearance/change of color in the visible range. The results of peroxidase-like activity showed that the growth of SnO 2 on GCN nanosheets improved structure, optical, and electronic properties considerably. SnO 2 /GCN-40% showed the best activity because of the optimal loading of SnO 2 , unique structural, electronic, optical, and electrical properties. The catalytic reaction of coral-shaped SnO 2 /GCN-40% followed the typical Michaelis–Menten equation, and the affinity of coral-shaped SnO 2 /GCN-40% to TMB and H 2 O 2 was higher than that of horseradish peroxide. The present study showed a rapid, selective, and sensitive response toward the H 2 O 2 bioassay in a linear range of 10 − 655 μM with a limit of detection of 0.3 μM (S/N ratio of 3). The study may provide a promising method of performance improvement for applications in catalysis, biosensors, and nanomaterial-engineering fields. Graphical abstract Scheme shows the interaction of tin oxide with graphitic carbon nitride which resulted in a coral-shaped structure shown in SEM image. It also shows the interaction of tin oxide and graphitic carbon nitride with H 2 O 2 in the presence of TMB (3,3′, 5,5′-Tetramethylbenzidine) and as a consequence, TMB gets oxidized and ended up in change in color.

Keywords

  • Coral-shaped graphitic carbon nitride,
  • Hydrogen peroxide,
  • Tin oxide,
  • Colorimetric detection,
  • Nanosheets,
  • Peroxidase mimics

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