Output details

Nano-yarn carbon nanotube fiber based enzymatic glucose biosensor

This research exploits the exceptional properties of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) towards demonstrating the better efficacy of CNT fibres as new electrodes for amperometric glucose biosensors compared to the traditional platinum elelctrodes. Nano-sized CNTs are known to be spontaneously absorbed by cells leading to cell death. CNT fibres presented here are derived by spinning CNTs as they are generated in a furnace, into macro-structures, thus preventing toxicity and making them suitable for implantable biomedical device applications. This clinically driven and highly cited research was supported by the NIH/NIBIB – R01EB001640 funding and is leading to further research perfecting materials.