RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Promoting laccase sensing activity for catechol detection using LBL assemblies of chitosan/ionic liquid/phthalocyanine as immobilization surfaces A1 Salvo Comino, Coral A1 García Hernández, Celia A1 García Cabezón, Ana Cristina A1 Rodríguez Méndez, María Luz K1 Laccases K1 Lacasas K1 Biosensors K1 Biosensores K1 Catechol K1 Catecol K1 Phthalocyanine K1 Ftalocianina AB The performance of electrochemical laccase-based biosensors can be improved by immobilizing the enzyme on composite Layer-by-Layer (LbL) supports in which materials with complementary functions are combined. LbL films are formed by layers combining an electrocatalytic material which favors electron transfer (sulfonated copper phthalocyanine, CuPcS(−)), an ionic liquid which enhances the electrical conductivity of the layers (1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate, IL(+)) and a material able to promote enzyme immobilization (chitosan, CHI(+)). Composite films with different structures have been demonstrated to be efficient electrocatalysts, producing an increase in the magnitude of the responses towards catechol. The most intense and reproducible electrocatalytic effect was observed when a layer of the CuPcS(−) was placed on top of a layer formed by a mixture of CHI(+) + IL(+) to obtain [CHI(+) + IL(+)|CuPcS(−)]2 films.Biosensors with laccase immobilized on the surface of the LbL layers [CHI(+) + IL(+)|CuPcS(−)]2|Lac showed mediated electron transfer between the redox enzyme and the film and a reproducibility of device-to-device performance of 4.1%. The amperometric biosensor showed a sensitivity of 0.237 A·M−1 and a linear detection range from 2.4 μM to 26 μM for catechol. The excellent Limit of detection (LOD) of 8.96·10−10 M (3·σ /m) is one order of magnitude lower than that obtained in similar studies. A Michaelis-Menten constant of 3.16 μM confirms excellent enzyme-substrate affinity. PB Elsevier SN 1567-5394 YR 2020 FD 2020 LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/49112 UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/49112 LA eng NO Bioelectrochemistry, 2020, vol. 132, 107407 NO Producción Científica DS UVaDOC RD 19-abr-2024