Electrospinning Nanoparticles-Based Materials Interfaces for Sensor Applications

Electrospinning is a facile technique to fabricate nanofibrous materials with adjustable structure, property, and functions. Electrospun materials have exhibited wide applications in the fields of materials science, biomedicine, tissue engineering, energy storage, environmental science, sensing, and others. In this review, we present recent advance in the fabrication of nanoparticles (NPs)-based materials interfaces through electrospinning technique and their applications for high-performance sensors. To achieve this aim, first the strategies for fabricating various materials interfaces through electrospinning NPs, such as metallic, oxide, alloy/metal oxide, and carbon NPs, are demonstrated and discussed, and then the sensor applications of the fabricated NPs-based materials interfaces in electrochemical, electric, fluorescent, colorimetric, surface-enhanced Raman scattering, photoelectric, and chemoresistance-based sensing and detection are presented and discussed in detail. We believe that this study will be helpful for readers to understand the fabrication of functional materials interfaces by electrospinning, and at the same time will promote the design and fabrication of electrospun nano/micro-devices for wider applications in bioanalysis and label-free sensors.

[1]  G. Neri,et al.  A novel conductometric sensor based on hierarchical self-assembly nanoparticles Sm2O3 for VOCs monitoring , 2018, Ceramics International.

[2]  Zhiqiang Su,et al.  Electrostatic Assembly of Platinum Nanoparticles along Electrospun Polymeric Nanofibers for High Performance Electrochemical Sensors , 2017, Nanomaterials.

[3]  U. Naresh,et al.  Hydrothermal synthesis of barium copper ferrite nanoparticles: Nanofiber formation, optical, and magnetic properties , 2019, Materials Chemistry and Physics.

[4]  Tong Zhang,et al.  High-performance reduced graphene oxide-based room-temperature NO2 sensors: A combined surface modification of SnO2 nanoparticles and nitrogen doping approach , 2017 .

[5]  Thomas Wågberg,et al.  Synthesis of palladium/helical carbon nanofiber hybrid nanostructures and their application for hydrogen peroxide and glucose detection. , 2013, ACS applied materials & interfaces.

[6]  Junhong Chen,et al.  Tuning gas-sensing properties of reduced graphene oxide using tin oxide nanocrystals , 2012 .

[7]  Li Li,et al.  Electrospinning of highly dispersed Ni/CoO carbon nanofiber and its application in glucose electrochemical sensor , 2019, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry.

[8]  Yang Li,et al.  Coral‐Like MoS2/Cu2O Porous Nanohybrid with Dual‐Electrocatalyst Performances , 2016 .

[9]  Shuyi Ma,et al.  Highly sensitive acetic acid gas sensor based on coral-like and Y-doped SnO2 nanoparticles prepared by electrospinning , 2014 .

[10]  Arvind Behal,et al.  ZnO and CuO nanoparticles: a threat to soil organisms, plants, and human health , 2019, Environmental Geochemistry and Health.

[11]  Bin Ding,et al.  Self-assembly of phthalocyanine and polyacrylic acid composite multilayers on cellulose nanofibers , 2010 .

[12]  Shuyi Ma,et al.  Preparation of Yb-doped SnO2 hollow nanofibers with an enhanced ethanol–gas sensing performance by electrospinning , 2015 .

[13]  Guang-Li Wang,et al.  "Oxidative etching-aggregation" of silver nanoparticles by melamine and electron acceptors: an innovative route toward ultrasensitive and versatile functional colorimetric sensors. , 2012, Analytica chimica acta.

[14]  Jianfeng Jia,et al.  Improved H2S sensing properties of Ag/TiO2 nanofibers , 2016 .

[15]  Stephan Sprenger,et al.  Epoxy resin composites with surface‐modified silicon dioxide nanoparticles: A review , 2013 .

[16]  Zhiqiang Su,et al.  Nanoporous Carbon Nanofibers Decorated with Platinum Nanoparticles for Non-Enzymatic Electrochemical Sensing of H2O2 , 2015, Nanomaterials.

[17]  Tingting Jiang,et al.  Ultrasensitive hydrogen sensor based on Pd(0)-loaded SnO2 electrospun nanofibers at room temperature. , 2013, ACS applied materials & interfaces.

[18]  Philip J. Martin,et al.  Harnessing the influence of reactive edges and defects of graphene substrates for achieving complete cycle of room-temperature molecular sensing. , 2013, Small.

[19]  Chia-Jung Lu,et al.  Surface modification on silver nanoparticles for enhancing vapor selectivity of localized surface plasmon resonance sensors , 2009 .

[20]  杜民,et al.  Self-assembly of palladium nanoparticles on functional TiO2 nanotubes for a nonenzymatic glucose sensor , 2016 .

[21]  Zhiqiang Su,et al.  Electrospinning: a facile technique for fabricating polymeric nanofibers doped with carbon nanotubes and metallic nanoparticles for sensor applications , 2014 .

[22]  Bo-Yu Chen,et al.  Novel fluorescent chemosensory filter membranes composed of electrospun nanofibers with ultra-selective and reversible pH and Hg2+ sensing characteristics , 2017 .

[23]  Zhiqiang Su,et al.  Fabrication of hollow CuO/PANI hybrid nanofibers for non-enzymatic electrochemical detection of H2O2 and glucose , 2019, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical.

[24]  Qinqin Zhou,et al.  Ultrasensitive and selective nitrogen dioxide sensor based on self-assembled graphene/polymer composite nanofibers. , 2014, ACS applied materials & interfaces.

[25]  Lie Wu,et al.  Self-assembly of nitrogen-doped carbon nanoparticles: a new ratiometric UV-vis optical sensor for the highly sensitive and selective detection of Hg(2+) in aqueous solution. , 2016, The Analyst.

[26]  D. Correa,et al.  Fluorescent and Colorimetric Electrospun Nanofibers for Heavy-Metal Sensing , 2017, Biosensors.

[27]  Xuehong Lu,et al.  Poly(vinylidene fluoride) nanofibrous mats with covalently attached SiO2 nanoparticles as an ionic liquid host: enhanced ion transport for electrochromic devices and lithium-ion batteries , 2015 .

[28]  Austin J. Moy,et al.  Conductive polymer-based nanoparticles for laser-mediated photothermal ablation of cancer: synthesis, characterization, and in vitro evaluation , 2017, International journal of nanomedicine.

[29]  Kan Kan,et al.  Enhanced NH3 gas sensing performance based on electrospun alkaline-earth metals composited SnO2 nanofibers , 2015 .

[30]  Sajad Pirsa,et al.  Smart films based on bacterial cellulose nanofibers modified by conductive polypyrrole and zinc oxide nanoparticles , 2018 .

[31]  Aifeng Lv,et al.  Gas Sensors Based on Polymer Field-Effect Transistors , 2017, Sensors.

[32]  Bin Ding,et al.  Controllable fabrication of soap-bubble-like structured polyacrylic acid nano-nets via electro-netting. , 2011, Nanoscale.

[33]  S. Malakhov,et al.  Functional Nonwoven Materials Obtained by Electrospinning from a Polymer Melt , 2017, Fibre Chemistry.

[34]  Gyudo Lee,et al.  Recent advances in carbon material-based NO2 gas sensors , 2018 .

[35]  A. Tuantranont,et al.  Ion-assisted e-beam evaporated gas sensor for environmental monitoring , 2005 .

[36]  Jaesub Yun,et al.  Chemically Resistant Perfluoroalkoxy Nanoparticle-Packed Porous Substrates and Their Use in Colorimetric Sensor Arrays. , 2018, Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids.

[37]  Agbaje Lateef,et al.  A novel approach to the green synthesis of metallic nanoparticles: the use of agro-wastes, enzymes, and pigments , 2016 .

[38]  Dorota Lewińska,et al.  Effect of electrospinning process variables on the size of polymer fibers and bead-on-string structures established with a 23 factorial design , 2018, Beilstein journal of nanotechnology.

[39]  Miroslav Černík,et al.  Green synthesis of copper oxide nanoparticles using gum karaya as a biotemplate and their antibacterial application , 2013, International journal of nanomedicine.

[40]  Bin Ding,et al.  Nanoporous ultra-high specific surface inorganic fibres , 2007 .

[41]  Hirak K. Patra,et al.  A repertoire of biomedical applications of noble metal nanoparticles. , 2019, Chemical communications.

[42]  Shu-Hong Yu,et al.  Controlled assemblies of gold nanorods in PVA nanofiber matrix as flexible free-standing SERS substrates by electrospinning. , 2012, Small.

[43]  Takahiro Ishikawa,et al.  The development of nanofiber tubes based on nanocomposites of polyvinylpyrrolidone incorporated gold nanoparticles as scaffolds for neuroscience application in axons , 2018, Textile Research Journal.

[44]  Wei Xue,et al.  A highly sensitive fluorescent sensor based on small molecules doped in electrospun nanofibers: detection of explosives as well as color modulation , 2015 .

[45]  Dong Liu,et al.  Electrochemical performance of electrospun free-standing nitrogen-doped carbon nanofibers and their application for glucose biosensing. , 2014, ACS applied materials & interfaces.

[46]  H. Bandarenka,et al.  Progress in the Development of SERS-Active Substrates Based on Metal-Coated Porous Silicon , 2018, Materials.

[47]  F. Shimizu,et al.  Ternary nanocomposites based on cellulose nanowhiskers, silver nanoparticles and electrospun nanofibers: Use in an electronic tongue for heavy metal detection , 2019, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical.

[48]  Liangliang Zhang,et al.  Nitrogen-rich functional groups carbon nanoparticles based fluorescent pH sensor with broad-range responding for environmental and live cells applications. , 2016, Biosensors & bioelectronics.

[49]  Zhiqiang Su,et al.  Green synthesis and fabrication of an electrochemical and colorimetric sensor based on self-assembled peptide-Au nanofibril architecture , 2017 .

[50]  Juh Tzeng Lue,et al.  A review of characterization and physical property studies of metallic nanoparticles , 2001 .

[51]  N. Modirshahla,et al.  Photocatalytic degradation of C.I. Acid Red 27 by immobilized ZnO on glass plates in continuous-mode. , 2007, Journal of hazardous materials.

[52]  A. Kiasat,et al.  In-situ decorated silver nanoparticles on electrospun poly (vinyl alcohol)/chitosan nanofibers as a plasmonic sensor for azathioprine determination , 2018, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects.

[53]  Jun Zhu,et al.  Flexible and Highly Sensitive Hydrogen Sensor Based on Organic Nanofibers Decorated by Pd Nanoparticles , 2019, Sensors.

[54]  Andreas Greiner,et al.  Functional materials by electrospinning of polymers , 2013 .

[55]  Wei Liu,et al.  Technical synthesis and biomedical applications of graphene quantum dots. , 2017, Journal of materials chemistry. B.

[56]  Chung Hee Park,et al.  Preparation of breathable and superhydrophobic polyurethane electrospun webs with silica nanoparticles , 2016 .

[57]  Dong Liu,et al.  Pd-Ni alloy nanoparticle/carbon nanofiber composites: preparation, structure, and superior electrocatalytic properties for sugar analysis. , 2014, Analytical chemistry.

[58]  Shouheng Sun,et al.  Intermetallic Nanoparticles: Synthetic Control and Their Enhanced Electrocatalysis. , 2019, Accounts of chemical research.

[59]  Zhiqiang Su,et al.  Electrospinning design of functional nanostructures for biosensor applications. , 2017, Journal of materials chemistry. B.

[60]  Jun Zhang,et al.  Enhanced sensor response of Ni-doped SnO2 hollow spheres , 2011 .

[61]  Luca Ottaviano,et al.  2D Materials for Gas Sensing Applications: A Review on Graphene Oxide, MoS2, WS2 and Phosphorene , 2018, Sensors.

[62]  Khairurrijal Khairurrijal,et al.  Correlation between Structures and Antioxidant Activities of Polyvinylpyrrolidone/Garcinia mangostana L. Extract Composite Nanofiber Mats Prepared Using Electrospinning , 2017 .

[63]  Colin Thornton,et al.  Effect of interface energy on the impact strength of agglomerates , 1999 .

[64]  Li Zhang,et al.  Electrospun MOF-Based FeCo Nanoparticles Embedded in Nitrogen-Doped Mesoporous Carbon Nanofibers as an Efficient Bifunctional Catalyst for Oxygen Reduction and Oxygen Evolution Reactions in Zinc-Air Batteries , 2019, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering.

[65]  Funmilayo D. Faloye,et al.  Impact of Various Metallic Oxide Nanoparticles on Ethanol Production by Saccharomyces cerevisiae BY4743: Screening, Kinetic Study and Validation on Potato Waste , 2019, Catalysis Letters.

[66]  Pui Mun Lee,et al.  A Review on Electrospun Nanofibers-based Electrochemical Sensor , 2015 .

[67]  Wenbin Guo,et al.  High sensitive and fast formaldehyde gas sensor based on Ag-doped LaFeO3 nanofibers , 2017 .

[68]  Seeram Ramakrishna,et al.  Recent progress in electrospinning TiO2 nanostructured photo‐anode of dye‐sensitized solar cells , 2018 .

[69]  Xin Guo,et al.  Electrospun Ni-doped SnO2 nanofiber array for selective sensing of NO2 , 2017 .

[70]  Dong Liu,et al.  A novel nonenzymatic hydrogen peroxide sensor based on electrospun nitrogen-doped carbon nanoparticles-embedded carbon nanofibers film , 2016 .

[71]  Zhijie Zhang,et al.  Fabrication of Ag@TiO2 electrospinning nanofibrous felts as SERS substrate for direct and sensitive bacterial detection , 2018, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical.

[72]  Young Soo Yoon,et al.  Au-decorated WO3 cross-linked nanodomes for ultrahigh sensitive and selective sensing of NO2 and C2H5OH , 2013 .

[73]  Zhiqiang Su,et al.  Electrospinning graphene quantum dots into a nanofibrous membrane for dual-purpose fluorescent and electrochemical biosensors. , 2015, Journal of materials chemistry. B.

[74]  Shuiliang Chen,et al.  NiCo 2 O 4 nanoneedle-decorated electrospun carbon nanofiber nanohybrids for sensitive non-enzymatic glucose sensors , 2018 .

[75]  R. Ruoff,et al.  Toward practical gas sensing with highly reduced graphene oxide: a new signal processing method to circumvent run-to-run and device-to-device variations. , 2011, ACS nano.

[76]  Bin Ding,et al.  Fiber mats of poly(vinyl alcohol)/silica composite via electrospinning , 2003 .

[77]  Shu-Hong Yu,et al.  Nanoparticle Assemblies: Controlled Assemblies of Gold Nanorods in PVA Nanofiber Matrix as Flexible Free‐Standing SERS Substrates by Electrospinning (Small 5/2012) , 2012 .

[78]  Gang Xu,et al.  MOF Thin Film‐Coated Metal Oxide Nanowire Array: Significantly Improved Chemiresistor Sensor Performance , 2016, Advanced materials.

[79]  Yen Wei,et al.  Preparation and characterization of a PAN nanofibre containing Ag nanoparticles via electrospinning , 2003 .

[80]  Selvakumar Palanisamy,et al.  A novel nonenzymatic hydrogen peroxide sensor based on reduced graphene oxide/ZnO composite modified electrode , 2012 .

[81]  Gaku Imamura,et al.  Functional Nanoparticles-Coated Nanomechanical Sensor Arrays for Machine Learning-Based Quantitative Odor Analysis. , 2018, ACS sensors.

[82]  Guozhi Zhang,et al.  Electrospun In2O3/α-Fe2O3 heterostructure nanotubes for highly sensitive gas sensor applications , 2013 .

[83]  Bing Zhao,et al.  Research Progress on Nitrite Electrochemical Sensor , 2018 .

[84]  Guosong Wu,et al.  In situ synthesis of Ni(OH)2/TiO2 composite film on NiTi alloy for non-enzymatic glucose sensing , 2016 .

[85]  Yen Wei,et al.  Preparation and Characterization of Polypyrrole/TiO2 Coaxial Nanocables , 2006 .

[86]  M. Hashim,et al.  Ionic Liquid-Carbon Nanomaterial Hybrids for Electrochemical Sensor Applications: a Review , 2016 .

[87]  Valtencir Zucolotto,et al.  Electrospun polyamide 6/poly(allylamine hydrochloride) nanofibers functionalized with carbon nanotubes for electrochemical detection of dopamine. , 2015, ACS applied materials & interfaces.

[88]  Hamid Reza Ghorbani,et al.  A Review of Methods for Synthesis of Al Nanoparticles , 2014 .

[89]  Jie Yu,et al.  Electrospinning highly aligned long polymer nanofibers on large scale by using a tip collector , 2007 .

[90]  Robert C. Cammarata,et al.  Surface and interface stress effects on interfacial and nanostructured materials , 1997 .

[91]  Haoqing Hou,et al.  Electrochemical Detection of Hydrazine Based on Electrospun Palladium Nanoparticle/Carbon Nanofibers , 2009 .

[92]  Meilin Liu,et al.  A highly sensitive and fast-responding SnO2 sensor fabricated by combustion chemical vapor deposition , 2005 .

[93]  Gautam Sen,et al.  Synthesis of polyacrylamide grafted polyvinyl pyrollidone (PVP-g-PAM) and study of its application in algal biomass harvesting , 2017 .

[94]  Iline Steyaert,et al.  Dye Modification of Nanofibrous Silicon Oxide Membranes for Colorimetric HCl and NH3 Sensing , 2016 .

[95]  Ayesha Sultana,et al.  A Self-Powered Wearable Pressure Sensor and Pyroelectric Breathing Sensor Based on GO Interfaced PVDF Nanofibers , 2019, ACS Applied Nano Materials.

[96]  Wei Zhou,et al.  Electrospun nanofibers of NiO/SiO2 composite , 2009 .

[97]  Vinay Kumar,et al.  Electrospinning of Fe-doped ZnO nanoparticles incorporated polyvinyl alcohol nanofibers for its antibacterial treatment and cytotoxic studies , 2019, European Polymer Journal.

[98]  Zhengren Huang,et al.  Engineering of SERS Substrates Based on Noble Metal Nanomaterials for Chemical and Biomedical Applications , 2015 .

[99]  Yong Jin Jeong,et al.  High-Resolution, Fast, and Shape-Conformable Hydrogen Sensor Platform: Polymer Nanofiber Yarn Coupled with Nanograined Pd@Pt. , 2019, ACS nano.

[100]  Osvaldo N. Oliveira,et al.  Immunosensor for Pancreatic Cancer Based on Electrospun Nanofibers Coated with Carbon Nanotubes or Gold Nanoparticles , 2017, ACS omega.

[101]  P. Su,et al.  Flexible NO2 sensors fabricated by layer-by-layer covalent anchoring and in situ reduction of graphene oxide , 2014 .

[102]  Haiqing Liu,et al.  ZnO Nanofiber and Nanoparticle Synthesized Through Electrospinning and Their Photocatalytic Activity Under Visible Light , 2008 .

[103]  Jianzhi Wang,et al.  Meso-microporous carbon nanofibers with in-situ embedded Co nanoparticles for catalytic oxidization of azo dyes , 2019, Journal of Molecular Liquids.

[104]  Qiqing Zhang,et al.  Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy. , 2019, Journal of biomedical nanotechnology.

[105]  Yoon-Kyoung Cho,et al.  Hierarchically structured suspended TiO2 nanofibers for use in UV and pH sensor devices. , 2014, ACS applied materials & interfaces.

[106]  Anran Liu,et al.  High‐Performance NO2 Sensors Based on Chemically Modified Graphene , 2013, Advanced materials.

[107]  Qingsheng Liu,et al.  Structure regulation and properties of melt-electrospinning composite filter materials , 2017, Fibers and Polymers.

[108]  Gang Li,et al.  Self-assembly of palladium nanoparticles on functional TiO2 nanotubes for a nonenzymatic glucose sensor. , 2016, Materials science & engineering. C, Materials for biological applications.

[109]  Dong Liu,et al.  PdCo alloy nanoparticle-embedded carbon nanofiber for ultrasensitive nonenzymatic detection of hydrogen peroxide and nitrite. , 2015, Journal of colloid and interface science.

[110]  Bing Zhang,et al.  Rapid quantitative determination of hydrogen peroxide using an electrochemical sensor based on PtNi alloy/CeO2 plates embedded in N-doped carbon nanofibers , 2019, Electrochimica Acta.

[111]  Eduardo Ruiz-Hitzky,et al.  Photoactive nanoarchitectures based on clays incorporating TiO2 and ZnO nanoparticles , 2019, Beilstein journal of nanotechnology.

[112]  A. Teleki,et al.  Semiconductor gas sensors: dry synthesis and application. , 2010, Angewandte Chemie.

[113]  Zhiqiang Su,et al.  Electrospun doping of carbon nanotubes and platinum nanoparticles into the β-phase polyvinylidene difluoride nanofibrous membrane for biosensor and catalysis applications. , 2014, ACS applied materials & interfaces.

[114]  Vincent Salles,et al.  Fabrication of highly sensitive gas sensor based on Au functionalized WO3 composite nanofibers by electrospinning , 2015 .

[115]  Hai-zhu Liu,et al.  A novel non-enzymatic ECL sensor for glucose using palladium nanoparticles supported on functional carbon nanotubes. , 2009, Biosensors & bioelectronics.

[116]  Zhiqiang Su,et al.  Developing Graphene-Based Nanohybrids for Electrochemical Sensing. , 2018, Chemical record.

[117]  Jian Song,et al.  NiO@ZnO heterostructured nanotubes: coelectrospinning fabrication, characterization, and highly enhanced gas sensing properties. , 2012, Inorganic chemistry.

[118]  D. G. Babar,et al.  High sensitivity sensor development for Hexamethylphosphoramide by polyaniline coated polyurethane membrane using resistivity assessment technique , 2016 .

[119]  Wenjiao Zhang,et al.  Theoretical Study of Size Effect on Melting Entropy and Enthalpy of Sn, Ag, Cu, and In Nanoparticles , 2019, Physics of Metals and Metallography.

[120]  Yingfeng Li,et al.  Enhanced ethanol sensing performance of hollow ZnO–SnO2 core–shell nanofibers , 2015 .

[121]  Shuyi Ma,et al.  Excellent acetone sensor of La-doped ZnO nanofibers with unique bead-like structures , 2015 .

[122]  Younan Xia,et al.  Direct Fabrication of Composite and Ceramic Hollow Nanofibers by Electrospinning , 2004 .

[123]  Jou-Hyeon Ahn,et al.  Electrochemical performance of electrospun poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene)-based nanocomposite polymer electrolytes incorporating ceramic fillers and room temperature ionic liquid , 2010 .

[124]  Hamad F. Alharbi,et al.  Enhancement of heavy metal ion adsorption using electrospun polyacrylonitrile nanofibers loaded with ZnO nanoparticles , 2018, Journal of Applied Polymer Science.

[125]  Seyed Mohammad Amini,et al.  Preparation of antimicrobial metallic nanoparticles with bioactive compounds. , 2019, Materials science & engineering. C, Materials for biological applications.

[126]  Yan Wang,et al.  Development of core–sheath structured smart nanofibers by coaxial electrospinning for thermo-regulated textiles , 2019, RSC advances.

[127]  Anitha Senthamizhan,et al.  Glucose sensors based on electrospun nanofibers: a review , 2016, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry.

[128]  Na Li,et al.  D-penicillamine-templated copper nanoparticles via ascorbic acid reduction as a mercury ion sensor. , 2016, Talanta.

[129]  Raquel Couto de Azevedo Gonçalves Mota,et al.  Effect of the Addiction of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles on the Physical, Chemical and Thermal Properties of PVA Based Nanocomposites , 2018 .

[130]  Lingwen Zeng,et al.  A simple and sensitive sensor for rapid detection of sulfide anions using DNA-templated copper nanoparticles as fluorescent probes. , 2012, The Analyst.