Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ltd.

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Eugenii Katz

Itamar Willner

Yael Cohen

Arie Dagan

Ron Blonder

Shlomo Levi

Maya Zayats

The present invention concerns an electrode carrying immobilized redox enzymes such that electric charge can flow between an electron mediator group to the enzyme cofactor by the use of boronic acid or a boronic acid derivative that acts as a linker moiety between the cofactor and the electron mediator group. The invention also concerns devices and systems that make use of the electrode of the invention, such as bio-sensors and fuel cells, the electrode being one of the components thereof.

Biosensor carrying redox enzymes

Binding between two members of a recognition pair, e.g. antigen-antibody is determined by utilizing a probe which includes a piezoelectric crystal with electrodes on two opposite faces of the crystal. The crystal carries one or more metal plates which may be the same or different than the electrodes, the metal plates having immobilized thereon a first member of a recognition pair. Binding of a second member of the recognition pair to the first member, or dissociation between the two members and release of the second member from the probe, causes a change of immobilized mass which results in a change to the probe's resonance frequency. The immobilized members may be immobilized on the surface of the metal plates by means of a linking group, having the following general formula (I): Z&mdash;R &mdash;Q, wherein Z represents a sulphur-containing moiety which is capable of chemical association with, attachment to or chemisorption onto the metal, R represents a connecting group, Q is a functional group which is capable of forming a covalent bond with a moiety of said first member of the recognition pair.

Determination of an analyte in a liquid medium

Electrochemical determination of the presence, and optionally concentration of an analyte utilizes an electrode having immobilized thereon one member of a recognition pair, the recognition pair consisting of said analyte. In the presence of the analyte medium pair complexes, which are complexes between the analyte and the immobilized member are formed. The electrode forms part of an electrochemical system which includes also redox molecules comprising at least one first redox molecule and at least one second redox molecule, the former transferring electrons between the electrode and the latter. Upon formation of a pair complex the electron transfer is inhibited and the change in the electrical response then indicates the presence of said analyte in the medium.

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Eugenii Katz