Nano-structured polypyrrole as a low-cost substrate for glucose biosensing applications in rural health

Author

Preethichandra, D.M.G. ; Mala Ekanayake, E.M.I.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Eng. & Technol., Central Queensland Univ., Rockhampton, QLD, Australia

fYear

2015

fDate

7-9 May 2015

Firstpage

397

Lastpage

401

Abstract

This paper presents different techniques used in fabricating polypyrrole substrates for the use in disposable blood glucose measurement sensors. It compares two main fabrication methods of templated electrodepositing and pulse depositing of polypyrrole. Paper compares the two types of sensors using their sensitivities and linear ranges with respect to production cost. The results show that polypyrrole is a very good substrate material which can be easily fabricated into a nano-surface to adsorb higher amount of glucose oxidase.

Keywords

biochemistry; biomedical measurement; biosensors; chemical sensors; enzymes; nanomedicine; polymers; substrates; a low-cost substrate; disposable blood glucose measurement sensor; glucose biosensing application; glucose oxidase; nanostructured polypyrrole; polypyrrole electrodepositing; polypyrrole pulse depositing; polypyrrole substrate fabrication; rural health; Biochemistry; Biosensors; Electrodes; Polymers; Substrates; Sugar; conducyting polymer; glucose biosensor; low-cost sensors; nanotechnology; polypyrrole; pulsed electrodeposition;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Medical Measurements and Applications (MeMeA), 2015 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Turin

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MeMeA.2015.7145235

Filename

7145235