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Table 1 Pyoverdin-doped sol-gel glass formulations

From: Iron specificity of a biosensor based on fluorescent pyoverdin immobilized in sol-gel glass

Sol-Gel formulation

A

B

C

methanol (ml)

9.6

9.6

9.6

2 N HNO3 (ml)

7.0

7.0

7.0

water (ml)

0

3.0

6.0

pyoverdin1 (ml)

0.04

0.04

0.04

TMOS2 (ml)

9.6

9.6

9.6

R value3

5.62

8.20

10.78

number of pellets made

80

92

100

pyoverdin per pellet4 (μl)

0.50

0.43

0.40

  1. 1 purified pyoverdin solution
  2. 2 tetramethyl orthosilicate
  3. 3 calculated as: (moles water)/(moles silicon)
  4. Water sources - nitric acid, water, and pyoverdin solution.
  5. 4 calculated as: (40 μl pyoverdin solution)/(# pellets made)