Abstract

In this study, an innovative non-invasive glucose sensor made of nickel nanowire-decorated graphene-gated field-effect transistors is demonstrated. Due to the redox reaction between nickel nanowires and glucose molecules in weakly alkaline solution, electron exchange occurs when Ni(III) reacts with glucose to form Ni(II) and gluconolactone. In order to improve the sensitivity of the glucose sensor and reduce the detection limit, we compared the characteristics of the glucose sensor fabricated by nickel nanowires on gold surface and graphene/gold surface, respectively. Since the CVD-grown graphene film has excellent electrical conductivity and no defects, the electrons generated by the redox reaction can be quickly and evenly dispersed and are not easily neutralized, resulting in a change on the gate potential, thereby affecting the current between the source and the drain metal, and then the glucose concentration in the solution can be deduced. It can be seen from the experiments that the glucose sensor with graphene film has better current stability, lower detection limit and better linear relationship between current and concentration. The demonstrated nickel wire-decorated graphene-gated FET biosensor can be used for the quantification of glucose with a linear range of 10-50 mM and a detection limit of 51nM. Figure 1

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