title: ZnO nanonails: synthesis and their application as glucose biosensor.
abstract: Well-crystallized zinc oxide nanonails were grown in a high density by thermal evaporation process and were used as supporting matrixes for glucose oxidase (GOx) immobilization to construct efficient glucose biosensor. The GOx attached to the surfaces of ZnO nanonails had more spatial freedom in its orientation, which facilitated the direct electron transfer between the active sites of immobilized GOx and electrode surface. The fabricated biosensor showed a high sensitivity of 24.613 microA cm(-2) mM(-1) with a response time less than 10 s. Moreover, it shows a linear range from 0.1 to 7.1 mM with a correlation coefficient of R = 0.9937 and detection limit of 5 microM.
authors.affiliation: Department of Semiconductor and Chemical Engineering Chonbuk National University, Jeonju 561-756, South Korea.
authors.forename: Ahmad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Umar
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Rahman
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Y B
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Hahn
mesh_terms: D015374:Biosensing Techniques; D005947:Glucose / Q000032:analysis*; D005949:Glucose Oxidase / Q000737:chemistry; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D049329:Nanostructures; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction; D015034:Zinc Oxide / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D005949:Glucose Oxidase; D005947:Glucose; D015034:Zinc Oxide