Enzymatic glucose biosensor based on ZnO nanorod array grown by hydrothermal decomposition

A. Wei, X. W. Sun, J. X. Wang, Y. Lei, X. P. Cai, C. M. Li, Z. L. Dong, W. Huang

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Abstract

We report herein a glucose biosensor based on glucose oxidase (GOx) immobilized on ZnO nanorod array grown by hydrothermal decomposition. In a phosphate buffer solution with a pH value of 7.4, negatively charged GOx was immobilized on positively charged ZnO nanorods through electrostatic interaction. At an applied potential of +0.8 V versus Ag/AgCl reference electrode, ZnO nanorods based biosensor presented a high and reproducible sensitivity of 23.1 μA cm-2 mM-1 with a response time of less than 5 s. The biosensor shows a linear range from 0.01 to 3.45 mM and an experiment limit of detection of 0.01 mM. An apparent Michaelis-Menten constant of 2.9 mM shows a high affinity between glucose and GOx immobilized on ZnO nanorods.

Original languageEnglish
Article number123902
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume89
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006
Externally publishedYes

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