Fabrication of Functionalized Carbon Nanotube Buckypaper Electrodes for Application in Glucose Biosensors

Author: Papa Henry   Gaillard Melissa   Gonzalez Leon   Chatterjee Jhunu  

Publisher: MDPI

E-ISSN: 2079-6374|4|4|449-460

ISSN: 2079-6374

Source: Biosensors, Vol.4, Iss.4, 2014-11, pp. : 449-460

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Abstract

A highly sensitive glucose detection method was developed using functionalized carbon nanotube buckypaper as a free standing electrode in an electrochemical biosensor. Glucose oxidase was immobilized onto various buckypaper samples in order to oxidize glucose resulting in a measureable current/voltage signal output of the biosensor. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) and amperometry were utilized to determine the sensitivity of these buckypaper electrodes. Sensors of three different types of buckypaper were prepared and compared. These modified buckypaper electrode-based sensors showed much higher sensitivity to glucose compared to other electrochemical glucose sensors.