Nitroaromatic Actuation Of Mitochondrial Bioelectrocatalysis For Self-poweredrnexplosive Sensors

摘要

Ultrasensitive explosive detection has been a popular area of research over the past decade in an effort to better combat terrorism. Common techniques for the detection of explosives have ranged diversely from dogs' acute sense of smell to analytical techniques from ion mobility spectrometry to gas chromatography. Capabilities in explosive detection today are limited by cost, complexity, and bulkiness. Efforts in current research in this area have used selective polymers for more sensitive explosive detection via fluorescent chemosensors. This paper focuses on the use of a mitochondria-catalyzed biofuel cell for explosive sensing. The biofuel cell contains two electrodes: a cathode that will reduce oxygen to water and a bioanode that will oxidize pyruvate in a fuel container to carbon dioxide and water.