title: Nonenzymatic glucose detection using mesoporous platinum.
abstract: Roughness of nanoscopic dimensions can be used to selectively enhance the faradaic current of a sluggish reaction. Using this principle, we constructed mesoporous structures on the surfaces of pure platinum electrodes responding even more sensitively to glucose than to common interfering species, such as L-ascorbic acid and 4-acetamidophenol. Good sensitivities, as high as 9.6 microA cm(-2) mM(-1), were reproducibly observed in the presence of high concentration of chloride ion. The selectivities, sensitivities, and stabilities determined experimentally have demonstrated the potential of mesoporous platinum as a novel candidate for nonenzymatic glucose sensors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, Medical Research Center, Seoul National University, 28 Yongon-dong, Chongno-gu, Seoul 110-744, Korea.
authors.forename: Sejin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Taek Dong
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Hee Chan
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D015374:Biosensing Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D004563:Electrochemistry; D004566:Electrodes; D005947:Glucose / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D010984:Platinum / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D010984:Platinum; D005947:Glucose