Imprinted zeolite-based electrodes for detection of blood glucose level

What is it about?

Modifying carbon paste electrodes with imprinted zeolite type TS-1 and applying it as a sensor for determining blood glucose levels by potentiometry

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Why is it important?

Carbon has a large surface area and high conductivity, so it is widely used as an electrode material in electrometry. The properties of zeolite as a porous material that has a three-dimensional framework, large surface area, high ion exchange capacity, as well as good thermal and chemical stability, and rigid is very suitable to be used to improve the performance of carbon as electrochemical sensors. Imprinted zeolites are zeolites which contain molecular imprints in their pores. The mold only matches the molecule that are placed -in this case is glucose molecule- as a result of the shape, size and bonding site left behind during printing. Electrodes that are modified with imprinted zeolites have a high selectivity toward analytes in a complex sample matrix.

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