Biosensors, development using electropolymerized films

Through the combination of SPR with a - poten-tiostat, SPR can be measured in-situ during an electrochemical experiment (electrochemical surface plasmon resonace, ESPR). Respective setups are nowadays commercially available. Voltammetric methods, coupled to SPR, are advantageously utilized for investigations of - conducting polymers, thin film formation under influence of electric fields or potential variation, as well as - electropolymerization, or for development of -> biosensors and - modified electrodes. Further in-situ techniques, successfully used with SPR, include electrochemical - impedance measurements and -+ electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance. 

As was mentioned earlier, negatively charged CNTs can act as counterions in the electrochemical deposition of ECPs [19]. This straightforward method has been used for preparation of amperometric enz mie electrodes via entrapment of the enz3mie in the resulting ECP-CNT composite [63, 64]. Wang et al. developed amperometric glucose biosensors based on the PPy-MWCNT-GOD composite [63]. The composite was prepared by a simple one-step electrochemical method in which p3U role was electropolymerized at a constant potential of 0.7 V in the presence of c-MWCNTs and GOD. Results from the CV measurements showed that the incorporated c-MWCNTs act as counterions that maintain the electrical neutrality of the film. The influence of different parameters, such as the amount of the used MWCNTs, and the... 

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