Fundamental mechanisms of hexagonal boron nitride sensing of dopamine, tryptophan, ascorbic acid, and uric acid by first-principles study
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Rezayei, Elham; Beheshtian, Javad; Shayeganfar, Farzaneh; Ramazani, Ali
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Selectivity of dopamine (DA), uric acid (UA), and ascorbic acid (AA) is an open challenge of electrochemical sensors in the field of biosensing. In this study, two selective mechanisms for detecting DA, UA, and AA biomolecules on the pristine boron nitride nanosheets (BNNS) and functionalized BNNS with tryptophan (Trp), i.e., Trp@BNNS have been illustrated through density functional density (DFT) calculation and charge population analysis. Our findings reveal that the adsorbed biomolecules on Trp@BNNS indicate the less sensitivity factor of biomolecule separation than the functionalized biomolecules with Trp (Trp@biomolecule) adsorbed on pristine BNNS. From the calculations, strong adsorption of Trp@biomolecule on the pristine substrate corresponds to enhancing of electron charge transfer and electrical dipole moment. Our analysis is in good agreement with the previous theoretical and experimental results and suggests new pathway for electrode modification for electrochemical biosensing.
Date issued
2022-05Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical EngineeringJournal
Journal of Molecular Modeling
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Citation
Journal of Molecular Modeling. 2022 May 20;28(6):158
Version: Author's final manuscript
ISSN
1610-2940
0948-5023