Chemical Research in Chinese Universities ›› 2012, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (1): 156-161.

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Preparation and Electrochemical Behaviors of AA-PEGMA Copolymer Film Electrode

L� Xue, LIU Feng-qi*   

  1. College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P. R. China
  • Received:2011-02-23 Revised:2011-04-06 Online:2012-01-25 Published:2011-12-27
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    Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21076065).

Abstract: A new kind of comblike copolymer film composed of acrylic acid-polyethylene glycol monomethyl ether acrylate copolymer(AA-PEGMA copolymer) was successfully synthesized to immobilize hemoglobin(Hb). FTIR, UV-Vis and CD spectra suggest that Hb kept its original structure in the AA-PEGMA copolymer film without denaturation. A pair of well-defined, quasi-reversible cyclic voltammetric peaks at around –270 mV vs. saturated calomel electrode(SCE) for the Hb Fe(Ⅲ)/Fe(Ⅱ) redox couple was observed on the film-modified electrode in phosphate buffer solution(PBS, pH=7.0). The formal potential of Hb/AA-PEGMA copolymer film-modified electrode is linearly dependent on solution pH with a slope of –46.3 mV/pH, illustrating that one-proton transfer was accompanied with each electron transfer. Furthermore, the modified electrode displayed electrocatalytic response to the reduction of H2O2 with a linear range of 3.5―126 μmol/L and a detection limit of 1.17 μmol/L. In conclusion, the AA-PEGMA copolymer film was proved to be an excellent matrix for the immobilization and electrochemistry of proteins.

Key words: Copolymer film, Hemoglobin, Comblike polymer, Electrochemical behavior