title: Fabrication of functionalized carbon nanotube buckypaper electrodes for application in glucose biosensors.
abstract: A highly sensitive glucose detection method was developed using functionalized carbon nanotube buckypaper as a free standing electrode in an electrochemical biosensor. Glucose oxidase was immobilized onto various buckypaper samples in order to oxidize glucose resulting in a measureable current/voltage signal output of the biosensor. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) and amperometry were utilized to determine the sensitivity of these buckypaper electrodes. Sensors of three different types of buckypaper were prepared and compared. These modified buckypaper electrode-based sensors showed much higher sensitivity to glucose compared to other electrochemical glucose sensors.
authors.affiliation: High Performance Materials Institute, Florida State University, 2005 Levy Avenue, Tallahassee, FL 32310, USA; E-Mails: hap09@my.fsu.edu (H.P.); mgailla@g.clemson.edu (M.G.) ; Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, 2525 Pottsdamer Street, Tallahassee, FL 32310, USA; E-Mail: lhg12@my.fsu.edu.
authors.forename: Henry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Papa
authors.affiliation: High Performance Materials Institute, Florida State University, 2005 Levy Avenue, Tallahassee, FL 32310, USA; E-Mails: hap09@my.fsu.edu (H.P.); mgailla@g.clemson.edu (M.G.) ; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA.
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gaillard
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, 2525 Pottsdamer Street, Tallahassee, FL 32310, USA; E-Mail: lhg12@my.fsu.edu.
authors.forename: Leon
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
authors.affiliation: High Performance Materials Institute, Florida State University, 2005 Levy Avenue, Tallahassee, FL 32310, USA; E-Mails: hap09@my.fsu.edu (H.P.); mgailla@g.clemson.edu (M.G.).
authors.forename: Jhunu
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
keywords: buckypaper; carbon nanotube; electrochemical biosensor; glucose sensor; gold nanoparticles