Electrochemical deposition of Pt nanoparticles on carbon nanotube patterns for glucose detection

Zhiyuan Zeng, Xiaozhu Zhou, Xiao Huang, Zhijuan Wang, Yanli Yang, Qichun Zhang, Freddy Boey, Hua Zhang

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Abstract

Single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) microarrays are successfully patterned on SiO2 substrates based on an evaporation-induced self-assembly mechanism. On these SWCNT micropatterns, the highly electroactive polycrystalline Pt nanoparticles (PtNPs) are deposited by using the electrochemical method. The obtained PtNP-SWCNT nanocomposites exhibit a low detection limit for hydrogen peroxide (4 μM). The further investigation on a glucose oxidase (GOx)/BSA/PtNP-SWCNT based biosensor indicates that the detection limit and sensitivity for glucose are 0.04 mM and 4.54 μA mM -1 cm-2, respectively. Our results prove that the improved electrocatalytic activity originates from the PtNP-SWCNT micropatterns, which provide a potential platform to immobilize different enzymes used for bioelectrochemical applications.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1726-1730
Number of pages5
JournalThe Analyst
Volume135
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2010
Externally publishedYes

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