Abstract
A flow injection amperometric glucose biosensor based on electrostatic self-assembling glucose oxidase (GOx) on a carbon nanotube (CNT)-modified glassy carbon transducer is described. GOx is immobilized on the negatively charged CNT surface by alternatively assembling a cationic polydiallyldimethylammonium chloride (PDDA) layer and a GOx layer. The unique sandwich-like layer structure (PDDA/GOx/PDDA/CNT) formed by self-assembling provides a favorable microenvironment to keep the bioactivity of GOx and to prevent enzyme molecule leakage. The direct electrochemistry behavior of GOx and electrocatalysis of H2O2 on the fabricated PDDA/GOx/PDDA/CNT electrode demonstrated that such a biosensor fabrication method preserves the activity of enzyme molecules and the mechanical and electrocatalytic properties of carbon nanotubes, enabling sensitive determination of glucose. Flow injection amperometric detection of glucose is carried out at -100 mV (vs Ag/AgCl) in 0.05 M phosphate buffer solution (pH 7.4) with wide linear response range of 15 uM- 6 mM and a detection limit of 7 uM. The PDDA/GOx/PDDA/CNT/GC biosensor showed excellent properties for the sensitive determination of glucose with good reproducibility, remarkable stability, and free of interference from other co-existing electroactive species. The present methods can be applied to assemble other enzyme molecules and biological molecules, such as antibody, antigen, and DNA, to the CNTmore » surface for wide biosensor and bioassay applications.« less
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