Fabrication of a Novel Optical Glucose Biosensor Using Copper(II) Neocuproine as a Chromogenic Oxidant and Glucose Dehydrogenase-Immobilized Magnetite Nanoparticles

Selen Ayaz, Ayşem Üzer, Yusuf Dilgin, M Reşat Apak · 2023

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Ayaz, Üzer, Dilgin, and Apak build a light-based sensor for blood sugar in a 2023 paper. The sensor pins a sugar-splitting enzyme onto tiny magnetic beads coated with a gel. When glucose meets the enzyme, a partner molecule changes form. That new form then turns a copper mix into a yellow-orange dye.

A magnet pulls the beads out, and the dye shade tells how much glucose was present. The sensor read sugar across a wide range, from very low levels up, with a tiny detection floor. Common other substances did not spoil the reading. Tests on real samples matched well. The authors present the device as a cheap, selective tool for sugar checks.

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CREATORSelen Ayaz, Ayşem Üzer, Yusuf Dilgin, M Reşat Apak
YEAR2023
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE37 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC10719923

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