An electrochemical glucose biosensor exploiting a polyaniline grafted multiwalled carbon nanotube/perfluorosulfonate ionomer-silica nanocomposite

Biomaterials. 2009 Oct;30(30):5999-6005. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2009.07.047. Epub 2009 Aug 11.

Abstract

A glucose biosensor was fabricated with loading of glucose oxidase (GOx) into a new organic-inorganic hybrid nanocomposite. The preparation involves formation of silica network into a Nafion (perfluorosulfonate ionomer) and subsequent loading of polyaniline grafted multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNT-g-PANI) onto Nafion-silica nanocomposite. Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) of Nafion-silica/MWNT-g-PANI composite reveals the presence of spherical silica particles (sizes in the range 250 nm-1 microm) and tubular MWNT-g-PANI particles. Chronoamperometry and cyclic voltammetry were used to evaluate the performance of biosensor towards glucose. The Nafion-silica/MWCNT-g-PANI/GOx biosensor exhibited a linear response to glucose in the concentration range of 1-10 mm with a correlation coefficient of 0.9972, good sensitivity (5.01 microA/mm), a low response time (approximately 6s), repeatability (R.S.D value of 2.2%) and along-term stability. The presence of silica network within Nafion and MWNT-g-PANI synergistically contributes to the performance of the biosensor towards the electrochemical detection of glucose.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acrylic Resins*
  • Aniline Compounds / chemistry*
  • Biosensing Techniques*
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Electrochemistry / methods*
  • Enzymes, Immobilized / chemistry
  • Fluorocarbon Polymers / chemistry*
  • Glucose / chemistry*
  • Glucose Oxidase / chemistry
  • Humans
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning / methods
  • Nanocomposites / chemistry*
  • Nanotubes, Carbon / chemistry*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Silicon Dioxide / chemistry*

Substances

  • Acrylic Resins
  • Aniline Compounds
  • Enzymes, Immobilized
  • Fluorocarbon Polymers
  • Nanotubes, Carbon
  • glass ionomer
  • polyaniline
  • perfluorosulfonic acid
  • Silicon Dioxide
  • Glucose Oxidase
  • Glucose