Abstract
We have successfully developed for the first time an electrochemical sensor for glucose by using a simple and effective design of growing CuO nanobelts graphene composites (CuO@G). The as prepared composites were characterized by X-ray diffraction studies (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The prepared composite material exhibits higher electrocatalytic activity for the oxidation of glucose compared to chemically reduced graphene (C rGO) and bare CuO nanobelts. The optimized protocol has linearity with current response for glucose concentration in the range 0.5-6.5 μmol L−1 and detection limits were found to be 0.05 μmol L−1 (3σ). The method exhibits good reproducibility and selectivity towards glucose in the presence of other electro active compounds that are normally present in blood serum like dopamine, ascorbic acid, uric acid and sodium chloride. The protocol has been successfully applied for glucose determination in clinic human blood serum samples.
Highlights
The development of reliable, fast and cheap sensing devices for monitoring of glucose is of considerable importance
In the presence of ethanol, water system and Cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) help the growth of Cu(OH)[2] nano wires morphology on the graphene oxide (GO) surface
Refluxing the above reaction mixture at 80 °C for 4 h leads to the formation of CuO nanobelts graphene composite
Summary
The development of reliable, fast and cheap sensing devices for monitoring of glucose is of considerable importance. Before applying the CuO nanobelts graphene composite modified glassy carbon electrode to electrocatalytic oxidation of glucose, we carried out cyclic voltammetric studies.
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