TY - JOUR A1 - Sarauli, David A1 - Xu, Chenggang A1 - Dietzel, Birgit A1 - Stiba, Konstanze A1 - Leimkühler, Silke A1 - Schulz, Burkhard A1 - Lisdat, Fred T1 - Thin films of substituted polyanilines interactions with biomolecular systems JF - Soft matter N2 - We use substituted polyanilines for the construction of new polymer electrodes for interaction studies with the redox protein cytochrome c (cyt c) and the enzyme sulfite oxidase (SO). For these purposes four different polyaniline copolymers are chemically synthesized. Three of them are copolymers, containing 2-methoxyaniline-5-sulfonic acid with variable ratios of aniline; the fourth copolymer consists of 3-amino-benzoic acid and aniline. The results show that all polymers are suitable for being immobilized as thin stable films on gold wire and indium tin oxide (ITO) electrode surfaces from DMSO solution. This can be demonstrated by cyclic voltammetry and UV-Vis spectroscopy measurements. Moreover, cyt c can be electrochemically detected not only in solution, but also immobilized on top of the polymer films. Furthermore, the appearance of a significant catalytic current has been demonstrated for the sulfonated polyanilines, when the polymer-coated protein electrode is being measured upon addition of sulfite oxidase, confirming the establishment of a bioanalytical signal chain. Best results have been obtained for the polymer with highest sulfonation grade. The redox switching of the polymer by the enzymatic reaction can also be analyzed by following the spectral properties of the polymer electrode. Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1039/c2sm07261k SN - 1744-683X VL - 8 IS - 14 SP - 3848 EP - 3855 PB - Royal Society of Chemistry CY - Cambridge ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sarauli, David A1 - Riedel, Marc A1 - Wettstein, Christoph A1 - Hahn, Robert A1 - Stiba, Konstanze A1 - Wollenberger, Ursula A1 - Leimkühler, Silke A1 - Schmuki, Patrik A1 - Lisdat, Fred T1 - Semimetallic TiO2 nanotubes new interfaces for bioelectrochemical enzymatic catalysis JF - Journal of materials chemistry N2 - Different self-organized TiO2 nanotube structures are shown to represent new interfaces for the achievement of bioelectrochemical enzymatic catalysis involving redox proteins and enzymes without further surface modification or the presence of mediators. Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1039/c2jm16427b SN - 0959-9428 VL - 22 IS - 11 SP - 4615 EP - 4618 PB - Royal Society of Chemistry CY - Cambridge ER -