An inkjet-printed bioactive paper sensor that reports ATP through odour generation

Zhuyuan Zhang; Jingyun Wang; Robin Ng; Yingfu Li; Zaisheng Wu; Vincent Leung; Spencer Imbrogno; Robert Pelton; John D. Brennan; Carlos D. M. Filipe

doi:10.1039/C4AN01113A

An inkjet-printed bioactive paper sensor that reports ATP through odour generation†

Zhuyuan Zhang,^a Jingyun Wang,^a Robin Ng,^a Yingfu Li,^b Zaisheng Wu,^b Vincent Leung,^a Spencer Imbrogno,^a Robert Pelton,^a John D. Brennan^c and Carlos D. M. Filipe*^a

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^a Department of Chemical Engineering, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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^b Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, Canada

^c Biointerfaces Institute & Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, Canada

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We describe an inkjet printed paper-based sensor that reports ATP by the enzyme catalysed hydrolysis of S-methyl-L-cysteine generating an odour (methyl mercaptan) that is easily detectable by the human nose.

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