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Photoelectrochemical sensing of glucose based on quantum dot and enzyme nanocomposites

  • Min Zheng
  • , Yan Cui
  • , Xinyu Li
  • , Shaoqin Liu*
  • , Zhiyong Tang
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Harbin Institute of Technology
  • National Center for Nanotechnology and Science

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Abstract

A simple procedure for constructing the photoelectrochemical biosensor based on TiO2/CdSe@CdS QD nanocomposite modified electrode was developed. The TiO2/CdSe@CdS QD nanocomposite modified electrode was obtained by alternately depositing water-soluble CdSe@CdS QD and a mixture of [cobalt(o-phen)3]2+/3+ and poly(ethyleneimine) (PEI) over mesoscopic TiO2 films. The obtained TiO2/CdSe@CdS QD nanocomposite modified electrode exhibits much higher and stable photocurrent intensity than that of the photoelectrochemical biosensors reported so far. After the TiO2/CdSe@CdS QD nanocomposite modified electrode was coated with glucose oxidase, the photocurrent intensity was enhanced towards the addition of glucose. Thus, a photoelectrochemical biosensor for the detection of glucose was developed by monitoring the changes in the photocurrent intensity. Moreover, the proposed biosensor possessed good reproducibility and storage stability. Combining TiO2/CdSe@CdS nanocomposite and other biomolecules could be extended readily for sensing other biorecognition events.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)167-173
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Electroanalytical Chemistry
Volume656
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Jun 2011

Keywords

  • Glucose oxidase
  • Nanocomposite
  • Photoelectrochemical sensor
  • Quantum dots

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