Glucose biosensor based on a glassy carbon electrode modified with polythionine and multiwalled carbon nanotubes.

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Title: Glucose biosensor based on a glassy carbon electrode modified with polythionine and multiwalled carbon nanotubes.
Authors: Wenwei Tang, Lei Li, Lujun Wu, Jiemin Gong, Xinping Zeng
Source: PLoS ONE, Vol 9, Iss 5, p e95030 (2014)
Publisher Information: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014.
Publication Year: 2014
Collection: LCC:Medicine
LCC:Science
Subject Terms: Medicine, Science
More Details: A novel glucose biosensor was fabricated. The first layer of the biosensor was polythionine, which was formed by the electrochemical polymerisation of the thionine monomer on a glassy carbon electrode. The remaining layers were coated with chitosan-MWCNTs, GOx, and the chitosan-PTFE film in sequence. The MWCNTs embedded in FAD were like "conductive wires" connecting FAD with electrode, reduced the distance between them and were propitious to fast direct electron transfer. Combining with good electrical conductivity of PTH and MWCNTs, the current response was enlarged. The sensor was a parallel multi-component reaction system (PMRS) and excellent electrocatalytic performance for glucose could be obtained without a mediator. The glucose sensor had a working voltage of -0.42 V, an optimum working temperature of 25°C, an optimum working pH of 7.0, and the best percentage of polytetrafluoroethylene emulsion (PTFE) in the outer composite film was 2%. Under the optimised conditions, the biosensor displayed a high sensitivity of 2.80 µA mM(-1) cm(-2) and a low detection limit of 5 µM (S/N = 3), with a response time of less than 15 s and a linear range of 0.04 mM to 2.5 mM. Furthermore, the fabricated biosensor had a good selectivity, reproducibility, and long-term stability, indicating that the novel CTS+PTFE/GOx/MWCNTs/PTH composite is a promising material for immobilization of biomolecules and fabrication of third generation biosensors.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 1932-6203
Relation: http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4015890?pdf=render; https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095030
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/25d68a79b7e444fba21f82552b89586f
Accession Number: edsdoj.25d68a79b7e444fba21f82552b89586f
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:19326203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0095030
Published in:PLoS ONE
Language:English