Electrochemical determination of metformin a carbon paste electrode modified with an Ag NPs/CuO/CuO-decorated bacterial nanocellulose composite.

Metformin (MET) is widely used in the treatment of diabetes either alone or in combination with other drugs, in drug discovery to evaluate the anti-diabetic potential of other drugs, and usually as a comparison compound in pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics studies. Measuring the concentration of this substance is very important both pre-clinically in different species and clinically in the medical monitoring of diabetic patients to prevent toxicity and ensure adherence to described drugs. Therefore, it is very important to develop a sensitive and selective method to measure MET.

NiO hedgehog-like nanostructures/Au/polyaniline nanofibers/reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite with electrocatalytic activity for non-enzymatic detection of glucose.

A novel sensitive non-enzymatic glucose sensor was fabricated based on nickel oxide hedgehog-like nanostructures decorated ternary gold nanoparticles/polyaniline nanofibers/reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites (NiO/Au/PANI/rGO). The morphology and structure of NiO/Au/PANI/rGO nanocomposites were characterized by field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy, and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR). Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) data also indicated the charge transfer of each layer decreased compared to the underneath layer.

Flower-like ZnO decorated polyaniline/reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites for simultaneous determination of dopamine and uric acid.

A novel sensor was fabricated by electrochemical deposition of ZnO flower-like/polyaniline nanofiber/reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite (ZnO/PANI/RGO) on glassy carbon electrode (GCE) for direct detection of dopamine (DA) and uric acid (UA) in the presence of fixed concentration of ascorbic acid (AA). Surface morphology and characterization of the modified electrodes were confirmed by field emission scanning microscopy (FE-SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman and FT-IR spectroscopies. For individual detection, the linear responses were in the two concentration ranges of 0.

Fabrication and characterization of non-enzymatic glucose sensor based on ternary NiO/CuO/polyaniline nanocomposite.

Novel nickel and copper oxide nanoparticle modified polyaniline (PANI) nanofibers (NiO/CuO/PANI) were fabricated and used as a non-enzymatic sensor for detecting glucose. PANI nanofibers were prepared through electrodeposition, whereas nickel and copper oxide nanoparticles were deposited on PANI nanofibers by electrodeposition and electrochemical oxidation in situ. The morphology and structure of NiO/CuO/PANI nanocomposites were characterized by field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy, and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR).

ZnO-CuxO/polypyrrole nanocomposite modified electrode for simultaneous determination of ascorbic acid, dopamine, and uric acid.

Novel zinc oxide (ZnO) nanosheets and copper oxide (CuxO, CuO, and Cu2O) decorated polypyrrole (PPy) nanofibers (ZnO-CuxO-PPy) have been successfully fabricated for the simultaneous determination of ascorbic acid (AA), dopamine (DA), and uric acid (UA). The morphology and structure of ZnO-CuxO-PPy nanocomposites were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and Raman spectroscopy. Compared with the bare glassy carbon electrode (GCE), PPy/GCE, CuxO-PPy/GCE, and ZnO-PPy/GCE, ZnO-CuxO-PPy/GCE exhibits much higher electrocatalytic activities toward the oxidation of AA, DA, and UA with increasing peak currents and decreasing oxidation overpotentials.

Electrochemically fabricated polypyrrole nanofiber-modified electrode as a new electrochemical DNA biosensor.

A new biosensor employing immobilized DNA on a nano-structured conductive polymer fixed onto a platinum electrode is presented. Upon optimization of synthesis parameters, polypyrrole nanofibers, 30-90 nm in diameter, were synthesized in an aqueous media by the electropolymerization of pyrrole using normal pulse voltammetry (NPV). The nanofiber film was investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), cyclic voltammetry (CV) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS).