In this work,we developed a novel photoelectrochemical(PEC)sensor based on n-p organic semiconductor heterojunction for sensitive detecting MCF-7 cancer cells.BTA-C4 Ph and PM6 were designed as photoactive materials t...In this work,we developed a novel photoelectrochemical(PEC)sensor based on n-p organic semiconductor heterojunction for sensitive detecting MCF-7 cancer cells.BTA-C4 Ph and PM6 were designed as photoactive materials to form n-p heterojunction,which greatly enhanced the photoelectric conversion efficiency.Antibody-modified magnetic nanoparticles were utilized to capture and separate MCF-7 cells from samples.Detection of MCF-7 is ascribed to the loading of MCF-7 onto BTA-C4 Ph-PM6 modified electrode that resulted in the decrease of photocurrent intensity.The PEC immunosensor displayed a linear concentration ranging from 50 cell/m L to 1×10^(4) cell/m L with a limit of detection(LOD)of 41 cell/m L(S/N=3)for MCF-7.Additionally,the senor also exhibited good stability,excellent selectivity and prominent reproducibility.Furthermore,the sensor was successfully applied to detect MCF-7 in whole blood.This work illustrates that n-p heterojunction of organic semiconductor may find wide applications for the preparation of different photoelectrochemical sensors.展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.22174163)the Hunan Provincial Science and Technology Plan Project,China(No.2019TP1001)the Innovation Driven Project of Central South University(No.2020CX002)。
文摘In this work,we developed a novel photoelectrochemical(PEC)sensor based on n-p organic semiconductor heterojunction for sensitive detecting MCF-7 cancer cells.BTA-C4 Ph and PM6 were designed as photoactive materials to form n-p heterojunction,which greatly enhanced the photoelectric conversion efficiency.Antibody-modified magnetic nanoparticles were utilized to capture and separate MCF-7 cells from samples.Detection of MCF-7 is ascribed to the loading of MCF-7 onto BTA-C4 Ph-PM6 modified electrode that resulted in the decrease of photocurrent intensity.The PEC immunosensor displayed a linear concentration ranging from 50 cell/m L to 1×10^(4) cell/m L with a limit of detection(LOD)of 41 cell/m L(S/N=3)for MCF-7.Additionally,the senor also exhibited good stability,excellent selectivity and prominent reproducibility.Furthermore,the sensor was successfully applied to detect MCF-7 in whole blood.This work illustrates that n-p heterojunction of organic semiconductor may find wide applications for the preparation of different photoelectrochemical sensors.
