Journal
SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
Volume 241, Issue -, Pages 681-689Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2016.10.111
Keywords
Functionalized fullerene C-60; Gold nanocomposite; DFT computation; Amperometry; Non-enzymatic glucose sensing
Funding
- Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras)
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A new functionalized fullerene C-60 - thiol capped gold nanoparticle based nanocomposite using 3-amino5-mercapto-1,2,4-triazole as the ligand was designed and synthesized following electronic structure calculation via DFT formalism. The electrostatic potential map from the OFT optimized geometry implied C-60 core of the composite to remain electron deficient, and a much reduced HOMO-LUMO energy gap for the composite towards enhanced electron-transport ability was noted. Experimentally, first, fullerene-C-60 was functionalized with the multipolar group containing ligand 3-amino-5-mercapto-1,2,4-triazole, making it hydrophilic and its aqueous dispersion was subsequently used to make a composite with in-situ prepared aqueous phase gold nanoparticles. The composite modified glassy carbon electrode showed electrocatalytic behaviour towards sensing of glucose, studied via cyclic voltammetry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. Thus, the highly stable and low onset potential non-enzymatic sensor exhibited high electro-catalytic activity and effective electron transfer from the electro-catalyst to the substrate electrode in a linear concentration range spanning over 0.025-0.8 mM and a higher sensitivity response of 1.2 mu A mM(-1) cm(-2) with good reproducibility, long term stability, anti-interference ability and chloride poisoning resistance. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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