Authors
Joseph Wang, Mustafa Musameh, Yuehe Lin
Publication date
2003/3/5
Journal
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Volume
125
Issue
9
Pages
2408-2409
Publisher
American Chemical Society
Description
The ability to solubilize single-wall and multiwall carbon nanotubes (CNT) in the presence of the perfluorinated polymer Nafion is described. Such use of Nafion as a solubilizing agent for CNT overcomes a major obstacle for creating CNT-based biosensing devices. Their association with Nafion does not impair the electrocatalytic properties of CNT. The resulting CNT/Nafion modified glassy-carbon electrodes exhibit a strong and stable electrocatalytic response toward hydrogen peroxide. The marked acceleration of the hydrogen peroxide redox process is very attractive for the operation of oxidase-based amperometric biosensors, as illustrated for the highly selective low-potential (−0.05 V vs Ag/AgCl) biosensing of glucose. These findings open the door for using CNT in a wide range of chemical sensors and nanoscale electronic devices.
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J Wang, M Musameh, Y Lin - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2003