• 文献标题:   Graphene versus Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Electrochemical Glucose Biosensing
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHENG D, VASHIST SK, DYKAS MM, SAHA S, ALRUBEAAN K, LAM E, LUONG JHT, SHEU FS
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, multiwalled carbon nanotube, electrochemical glucose sensor, glucose oxidase
  • 出版物名称:   MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   1996-1944
  • 通讯作者地址:   Natl Univ Singapore
  • 被引频次:   45
  • DOI:   10.3390/ma6031011
  • 出版年:   2013

▎ 摘  要

A simple procedure was developed for the fabrication of electrochemical glucose biosensors using glucose oxidase (GOx), with graphene or multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs). Graphene and MWCNTs were dispersed in 0.25% 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES) and drop cast on 1% KOH-pre-treated glassy carbon electrodes (GCEs). The EDC (1-ethyl-(3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide)-activated GOx was then bound covalently on the graphene- or MWCNT-modified GCE. Both the graphene- and MWCNT-based biosensors detected the entire pathophysiological range of blood glucose in humans, 1.4-27.9 mM. However, the direct electron transfer (DET) between GOx and the modified GCE's surface was only observed for the MWCNT-based biosensor. The MWCNT-based glucose biosensor also provided over a four-fold higher current signal than its graphene counterpart. Several interfering substances, including drug metabolites, provoked negligible interference at pathological levels for both the MWCNT- and graphene-based biosensors. However, the former was more prone to interfering substances and drug metabolites at extremely pathological concentrations than its graphene counterpart.