Nano Express
Copper-decorated carbon nanotubes-based composite electrodes for nonenzymatic detection of glucose
1 “Politehnica” University of Timisoara, Timisoara, 300006, Romania
2 National Institute for Research and Development in Microtechnologies, Bucharest, 077190, Romania
3 National Institute for Research and Development in Electrochemistry and Condensed Matter, Timisoara, 300569, Romania
4 Department ChemE, Delft University of Technology, Delft, 2600, The Netherlands
Nanoscale Research Letters 2012, 7:266 doi:10.1186/1556-276X-7-266
Published: 22 May 2012Abstract
The aim of this study was to prepare three types of multiwall carbon nanotubes (CNT)-based composite electrodes and to modify their surface by copper electrodeposition for nonenzymatic oxidation and determination of glucose from aqueous solution. Copper-decorated multiwall carbon nanotubes composite electrode (Cu/CNT-epoxy) exhibited the highest sensitivity to glucose determination.
