Abstract
A highly sensitive amperometric tyrosinase biosensor has been developed based on mesoporous composite films of carbon nanotube (CNT)-ZnO-Nafion composite film encapsulating tyrosinase on a glassy carbon electrode. Due to the mesoporous nature (diameter: 3.17nm) of the composite film, the biosensor exhibits very fast response time of 2s. The present biosensor shows an excellent sensitivity of 766 mA/M and a detection limit of 4.7×10-8M (S/N=3) for phenol. The biosensor retains 88% of its initial activity after 2 weeks of storage in 50mM phosphate buffer at pH7.0. The present biosensor exhibits good recovery for the spiked phenol in an industrial waste water sample.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 962-970 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Electroanalysis |
Volume | 23 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2011 Apr |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Analytical Chemistry
- Electrochemistry