@article{ContinFrascaVivekananthanetal.2015,
  author    = {Contin, Andrea and Frasca, Stefano and Vivekananthan, Jeevanthi and Leimk{\"u}hler, Silke and Wollenberger, Ursula and Plumere, Nicolas and Schuhmann, Wolfgang},
  title     = {A pH Responsive Redox Hydrogel for Electrochemical Detection of Redox Silent Biocatalytic Processes. Control of Hydrogel Solvation},
  series = {Electroanalysis : an international journal devoted to fundamental and practical aspects of electroanalysis},
  volume    = {27},
  journal   = {Electroanalysis : an international journal devoted to fundamental and practical aspects of electroanalysis},
  number    = {4},
  publisher = {Wiley-VCH},
  address   = {Weinheim},
  issn      = {1040-0397},
  doi       = {10.1002/elan.201400621},
  pages     = {938 -- 944},
  year      = {2015},
  abstract  = {The control of bioelectrocatalytic processes by external stimuli for the indirect detection of non-redox active species was achieved using an esterase and a redox enzyme both integrated within a redox hydrogel. The poly( vinyl) imidazole Os(bpy)(2)Cl hydrogel displays pH-responsive properties. The esterase catalysed reaction leads to a local pH decrease causing protonation of imidazole moieties thus increasing hydrogel solvation and mobility of the tethered Os-complexes. This is the key step to enable improved electron transfer between an aldehyde oxidoreductase and the polymer-bound Os-complexes. The off-on switch is further integrated in a biofuel cell system for self-powered signal generation.},
  language  = {en}
}