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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2017

Investigating the Influence of Temperature on the Kaolinite-Base Synthesis of Zeolite and Urease Immobilization for the Potential Fabrication of Electrochemical Urea Biosensors.

David Ebo Anderson, Srinivasan Balapangu, Heidimarie N A Fleischer, Ruth A Viade, Francis D Krampa, Prosper Kanyong, Gordon A Awandare, Elvis K Tiburu

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

David Ebo AndersonDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 25, Legon, Accra, Ghana. andersondavidebo@gmail.com.
Srinivasan BalapanguDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 25, Legon, Accra, Ghana. srinivasan_bs85@yahoo.com.
Heidimarie N A FleischerDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 25, Legon, Accra, Ghana. 369hmnaf@gmail.com.
Ruth A ViadeDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 25, Legon, Accra, Ghana. ruthviade@gmail.com.
Francis D KrampaWest African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens, University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 25, Legon, Accra, Ghana. p.kanyong@waccbip.org.
Prosper KanyongSchool of Engineering, Ulster University, Jordanstown BT37 0QB, UK. gawandare@hotmail.com.
Gordon A AwandareDepartment of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 25, Legon, Accra, Ghana. fkrampa@gmail.com.
Elvis K TiburuDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 25, Legon, Accra, Ghana. etiburu@ug.edu.gh.edu.
University of Ghana · GHUniversity of Ulster · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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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TemperatureAdsorptionBiosensing TechniquesKaolinUreaUreaseZeolitesKaolinUreaUreaseZeolitesbiosensorelectrochemicalnanoparticlesureazeolites

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PMID28786961
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