Nature Communications (Jul 2017)

Singlet oxygen-based electrosensing by molecular photosensitizers

  • Stanislav Trashin,
  • Vanoushe Rahemi,
  • Karpagavalli Ramji,
  • Liselotte Neven,
  • Sergiu M. Gorun,
  • Karolien De Wael

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms16108
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

Read online

Application of enzyme-based sensors is usually affected by costs, enzyme stability and immobilization and use of additional chemicals. Here, the authors show a cost-effective and robust photoelectrochemical detection system that can mimic enzymatic sensors using only air and light.