A glucose biosensor based on Prussian blue/chitosan hybrid film

Based on electrodeposition of Prussian blue (PB) and chitosan (CS) directly on gold electrode, a hybrid film of PB/CS has been prepared. PB in this film shows a good stability compared with pure PB film when it worked in neutral and weak alkalescent solution and can act as redox mediator. It provides the potential application of such film in biosensor fabrication. A glucose biosensor was fabricated by electrodepositing glucose oxidase (GOD)/CS film on this PB/CS modified electrode. The optimum experimental conditions of biosensor for the detection of glucose have been studied in detail. Under the optimal conditions, a linear dependence of the catalytic current upon glucose concentration was obtained in the range of 2 x 10(-6) to 4 x 10(-4) M with a detection limit of 3.97 x 10(-7) M. The resulting biosensor could be applied to detect the blood sugar in real samples without any pretreatment. (c) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.