An enzyme-catalyzed process has been used for dioxygen monitoring. The enzymes were two different laccases (p-diphenol:dioxygen oxidoreductases), chosen as catalysts for dioxygen reduction. The laccases were immobilized in a liquid crystalline cubic phase formed with monoolein. The structures of the cubic phases, both with and without enzymes, were established using small-angle X-ray scattering. The catalytic reduction of dioxygen was performed using a glassy carbon electrode modified with cubic phases containing the enzymes. The modified electrode was used as a dioxygen sensing system, based on the increasing reduction current of a suitable electrochemical probe in the presence of dioxygen.
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Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, 13109, Berlin, Germany.
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Center for X-mechanics, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
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