Bhattarai Jay K, Neupane Dharmendra, Nepal Bishal, Mikhaylov Vasilii, Demchenko Alexei V, Stine Keith J
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Missouri, St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO 63121, USA.
Nanomaterials (Basel). 2018 Mar 16;8(3):171. doi: 10.3390/nano8030171.
Nanoporous gold (np-Au), because of its high surface area-to-volume ratio, excellent conductivity, chemical inertness, physical stability, biocompatibility, easily tunable pores, and plasmonic properties, has attracted much interested in the field of nanotechnology. It has promising applications in the fields of catalysis, bio/chemical sensing, drug delivery, biomolecules separation and purification, fuel cell development, surface-chemistry-driven actuation, and supercapacitor design. Many chemical and electrochemical procedures are known for the preparation of np-Au. Recently, researchers are focusing on easier and controlled ways to tune the pores and ligaments size of np-Au for its use in different applications. Electrochemical methods have good control over fine-tuning pore and ligament sizes. The np-Au electrodes that are prepared using electrochemical techniques are robust and are easier to handle for their use in electrochemical biosensing. Here, we review different electrochemical strategies for the preparation, post-modification, and characterization of np-Au along with the synergistic use of both electrochemistry and np-Au for applications in biosensing.
纳米多孔金(np-Au)因其高的表面积与体积比、优异的导电性、化学惰性、物理稳定性、生物相容性、易于调节的孔隙以及等离子体特性,在纳米技术领域引起了广泛关注。它在催化、生物/化学传感、药物递送、生物分子分离与纯化、燃料电池开发、表面化学驱动的驱动装置以及超级电容器设计等领域具有广阔的应用前景。许多化学和电化学方法都可用于制备np-Au。近来,研究人员正致力于寻找更简便且可控的方法来调节np-Au的孔隙和韧带尺寸,以用于不同的应用场景。电化学方法在微调孔隙和韧带尺寸方面具有良好的可控性。采用电化学技术制备的np-Au电极坚固耐用,且更易于在电化学生物传感中使用。在此,我们综述了用于np-Au制备、后修饰和表征的不同电化学策略,以及电化学与np-Au在生物传感应用中的协同使用。