Abstract
A novel fibre-optic sensor sensitive to glucose has been designed based on electrostatic self-assembly method. The polycation of the structure is a mixture of poly(allylamine hydrochloride) (PAH) and Prussian Blue, whereas the polyanion is well-known enzyme glucose oxidase (GOx). The range of glucose concentration that can be measured is submilimolar and is located between 0.1 and 2 mM. Measures are based on a new detection scheme based on the slope of the change of signal produced by injection of glucose, yielding to a linear response. The sensor responses in a PH range between 4 and 7.4, which includes the physiological PH of blood. Some rules for estimation of the refractive index of the material deposited and the thickness of bilayers are also given.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 259-262 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering |
| Volume | 5502 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2004 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | Second European Workshop on Optical Fibre Sensors, EWOFS'04 - Santander, Spain Duration: 9 Jun 2004 → 11 Jun 2004 |
Keywords
- Biosensors
- Chemical sensors
- Coupled mode analysis
- Electrostatic self-assembly
- Glucose
- Nanosensors