Conducting Polymers in the Design of Enzymatic Sensors

Conducting polymers have found application in various sensors and biosensors. In this research achievements of authors in the synthesis and application of conducting polymers in enzymatic glucose biosensors is overviewed and discussed. Some methods of conducting polymer synthesis are outlined and compared. The most attention has been paid to electrochemical, chemical and biochemical synthesis of conducting polymers applied by authors for synthesis of such conducting polymers as polypyrrole, polyaniline, polythiophene, and some others conducting or pi-pi conjugated polymers. Applicability of conducting polymer based functional layers in the design of electrochemical biosensors is overviewed. Significant attention is focused on the application of enzyme - glucose oxidase (GOx) as the mostly in design of glucose sensors applied biocatalyst.