Amperometric study of Au-colloid function on xanthine biosensor based on xanthine oxidase immobilized in polypyrrole layer

Four kinds of xanthine oxidase (XOD) based amperometric biosensors were fabricated and their analytical performances were compared. Polypyrrole (PPY)/XOD biosensor was constructed by electrochemical oxidation of pyrrole in the solution containing xanthine oxidase and pyrrole in this paper. Colloidal Au was then immobilized on the biosensor. On the other hand, electron mediator, Prussian Blue (PB), was deposited on the electrode before the immobilization of PPY/XOD to enhance electron-transfer rate and current response. The results showed that PPY/XOD, PPY/XOD/Au-colloid, PB/PPY/XOD and PB/PPY/XOD/Au-colloid biosensors exhibit good response to xanthine in 1 x 10(-6) M and 2 x 10(-5) M and Michaelis-Menten constants (K-m) of these biosensors were 242.2, 113.4, 144.5, 43.2 mumol (.) L-1, respectively. The dependence of current responses with applied voltages was discussed, and different mechanisms of these biosensors were discussed. It has been found that colloidal Au can enhance the current response at the same concentration of xanthine solution and decrease the energy-barrier of electron-transfer reaction on the electrode.