ZnO nanotube arrays as biosensors for glucose

Kun Yang, Guang-Wei She, Hui Wang, Xue-Mei Ou, Xiao-Hong Zhang, Chun-Sing Lee, Shuit-Tong Lee

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Abstract

Highly oriented single-crystal ZnO nanotube (ZNT) arrays were prepared by a two-step electrochemical/chemical process on indium-doped tin oxide (ITO) coated glass in an aqueous solution. The prepared ZNT arrays were further used as a working electrode to fabricate an enzyme-based glucose biosensor through immobilizing glucose oxidase in conjunction with a Nafion coating. The present ZNT arrays-based biosensor exhibits high sensitivity of 30.85 μA cm -2 mM-1 at an applied potential of +0.8 V vs. SCE, wide linear calibration ranges from 10 μM to 4.2 mM, and a low limit of detection (LOD) at 10 μM (measured) for sensing of glucose. The apparent Michaelis-Menten constant KMapp was calculated to be 2.59 mM, indicating a higher bioactivity for the biosensor. © 2009 American Chemical Society.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)20169-20172
JournalThe Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Volume113
Issue number47
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009

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