Highly sensitive and selective non enzymatic electrochemical glucose sensors based on Graphene Oxide-Molecular Imprinted Polymer.

Graphene Oxide-Molecular Imprinted Polymer (GO-MIP) based electrochemical sensor was developed for the first time towards enzyme less determination of glucose. This GO-MIP was obtained from a series of fictionalization, polymerization and template molecule introduction/removal during the synthesizing process. The proposed GO-MIP based electrode showed excellent electrocatalytic activity towards glucose oxidation at optimized conditions and possessing detection limit of 0.1nM with a response time of ~2min. The current response of GO-MIP based glucose sensor was linearly related to the concentration of glucose. The results obtained from the real time usability of electrodes in human blood matches well with commercially available glucose monitors. Further, the reusability of the material is checked up to eight cycles and interference of glucose with ascorbic acid (AA), uric acid (UA) and dopamine (DA) were also studied. The obtained results endorse the promising application of GO-MIP towards superior glucose sensing with long term stability.

Design and fabrication of molecularly imprinted polymer-based potentiometric sensor from the surface modified multiwalled carbon nanotube for the determination of lindane (γ-hexachlorocyclohexane), an organochlorine pesticide.

A novel potentiometric sensor with high selectivity in addition to sensitivity was developed for the determination of lindane, γ-hexachlorocyclohexane (γ-HCCH), based on the modification of γ-HCCH imprinted polymer film onto the surface of Cu electrode. A multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) was grafted using glycidyl methacrylate (GMA). The reaction of MWCNT with GMA produces MWCNT-g-GMA and the epoxide ring present in the GMA upon reaction with allylamine produces the vinylated MWCNT (MWCNT-CH = CH2). MWCNT based imprinted polymer (MWCNT-MIP) was synthesized by means of methacrylic acid (MAA) as the monomer, ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDMA) as the cross linker, α,α'-azobisisobutyronitrile (AIBN) as the initiator and γ-HCCH, an organochlorine pesticide molecule, as the template. The optimizations of operational parameters were also done. Organized material was characterized by means of FTIR, XRD, Raman spectra and TEM analyses. The sensor responds to γ-HCCH in the range 1 × 10(-10)-1 × 10(-3)M and the detection limit was found to be 1.0 × 10(-10)M.