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Pulse Laser Deposition Fabricating Gold Nanoclusters on a Glassy Carbon Surface for Nonenzymatic Glucose Sensing

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A One-step technique for depositing gold nanoclusters (GNCs) onto the surface of a glassy carbon (GC) plate was developed by using pulse laser deposition (PLD) with appropriate process parameters. The method is simple and clean without using any templates, surfactants, or stabilizers. The experimental factors (pulse laser number and the pressure of inert gas (Ar)) that affect the morphology and structure of GNCs, and thus affect the electrocatalytic oxidation performance towards glucose were systematically investigated by means of transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and electrochemical methods (cyclic voltammograms (CV) and chronoamperometry methods). The GC electrode modified by GNCs exhibited a rapid response time (about 2 s), a broad linear range (0.1 to 20 mM), and good stability. The sensitivity was estimated to be 31.18 μA cm−2 mM 1 (vs. geometric area), which is higher than that of the Au bulk electrode. It has a good resistance to the common interfering species, such as ascorbic acid (AA), uric acid (UA) and 4-acetaminophen (AP). Therefore, this work has demonstrated a simple and effective sensing platform for the nonenzymatic detection of glucose, and can be used as a new material for a novel non-enzymatic glucose sensor.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51102085, 61274010, and 51202062), Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University, Ministry of Education of China (NCET-09-0135), Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province (Nos. 2011CDB057 and 2011CDA81), Science foundation from Hubei Provincial Department of Education (No. Q20111002), Wuhan Municipal academic leaders program (200951830550) and the Plan of Youth Science and technology, Wuhan City (2014072704011250).

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    Honghui Shu, Gang Chang, Zhiqiang Wang, Pai Li, Yuting Zhang & Yunbin He

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Shu, H., Chang, G., Wang, Z. et al. Pulse Laser Deposition Fabricating Gold Nanoclusters on a Glassy Carbon Surface for Nonenzymatic Glucose Sensing. ANAL. SCI. 31, 609–616 (2015). https://doi.org/10.2116/analsci.31.609

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