Polyaniline enzymatic approach

Electronic and photo-active polymers as a class of advanced materials have attracted a lot of interest during last two decades. Typically these materials are synthesized chemically or electrochemically under harsh conditions such as extremely low pH, toxic catalysts and byproducts. New enzymatic approaches have been developed for the synthesis of electro and photo active polymers such as polyanilines, polyazophenols, and polypyrene derivatives. These enzymatically synthesized materials show interesting optical and electronic properties. 

The system was first applied for development of chemosensors for gaseous hydrogen chloride. Polyaniline, and its copolymers with different derivates of aniline were used. Then a similar approach was tested in the author s group for optimization of amperometric biosensors for glucose based on electrocatalytical detection of hydrogen peroxide. A pigment Prussian blue was used as an electrocatalyst for decomposition of this product of enzymatic oxidation of... 

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