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- Title
Flotation Assembly of Large-Area Ultrathin MWCNT Nanofilms for Construction of Bioelectrodes.
- Authors
Gross, Andrew J.; Hammond, Jules L.; Holzinger, Michael; Cosnier, Serge
- Abstract
We report a simple, versatile, and rapid method for the fabrication of optically-transparent large-area carbon nanotube (CNT) films via flotation assembly. After solvent-induced assembly, floating films were transferred to a flat supporting substrate to form conductive and transparent CNT film electrodes. The resulting electrodes, with uniform 40 ± 20 nm multi-walled CNT (MWCNT) layers, were characterized by electrochemical and microscopy methods. The flotation method does not require specialized thin-film instrumentation and avoids the need for surfactants and pre-oxidized CNTs which can hamper electrochemical performance. A proof-of-concept nanostructured bioelectrode demonstrating high sensitivity for glucose was developed with an electropolymerized poly(pyrene-adamantane) layer for host--guest immobilization of active β-cyclodextrin tagged GOx enzymes. The polymer provides pyrene groups for cross-linking to CNTs and pendant adamantane groups for binding the β-cyclodextrin groups of the tagged enzyme. This demonstration offers a new approach for the preparation of stable and transparent CNT film electrodes with attractive electrochemical properties towards future photobio- and bio-electrochemical fuel cells, electrochemical sensors, and electroanalysis.
- Subjects
MULTIWALLED carbon nanotubes; ELECTROPOLYMERIZATION; BIOSENSORS
- Publication
Nanomaterials (2079-4991), 2017, Vol 7, Issue 10, p342
- ISSN
2079-4991
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/nano7100342