title: Nanoporous carbon materials for electrochemical sensing.
abstract: Nanoporous carbon materials are highly important materials for a wide array of applications. Here we show that nanoporous carbon can act as highly active materials for electrochemical sensing. We observed that nanoporous carbon material exhibits a faster heterogeneous electron transfer than graphite and pure carbon nanotubes. Nanoporous carbon exhibits a superior electrochemical performance for sensing of important biomarkers such as dopamine, ascorbic acid, uric acid, NADH, DNA bases, and forensic-related compounds such as nitroaromatic explosives.
authors.affiliation: Division of Chemistry & Biological Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637371, Singapore.
authors.forename: Hwee Ling
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Poh
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pumera
mesh_terms: D015374:Biosensing Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D004563:Electrochemistry; D004566:Electrodes; D009243:NAD / Q000737:chemistry; D036103:Nanotechnology; D016062:Porosity; D014303:Trinitrotoluene / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D009243:NAD; D014303:Trinitrotoluene; D002244:Carbon