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Fabrication and characterisation of a glucose-sensitive hydrogel.

Mac Kenna, Nicky, Calvert, Paul and Morrin, Aoife orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-3031-4794 (2013) Fabrication and characterisation of a glucose-sensitive hydrogel. In: EUROanalysis 2013, 25-29 Aug 2013, Warsaw, Poland .

Abstract
Stimuli-responsive hydrogels are an attractive material for biosensing applications due to their biocompatibility, ability to incorporate a wide variety of biorecognition molecules and tuneable mechanical properties. In this study, a glucose-sensitive hydrogel has been developed based on the immobilization of glucose oxidase (GOx) within an ionisable polymer network. The catalysis of glucose to gluconic acid produces an acidic environment, thereby ionizing pendant basic groups of the network and generating charge along the polymer backbone. Electrostatic repulsion forces between adjacent ionized groups creates a large osmotic swelling force altering the hydrodynamic volume and permeability of the gel. The sensitivity and response time of the hydrogel were optimized via weight-based swelling studies. A linear increase in swelling was observed from 1 - 20 mM glucose (r2 = 0.9946), encompassing the physiological range of blood glucose levels. Additionally, novel electrochemical strategies to track the swelling response of these glucose -sensitive hydrogels were explored, including both using voltammetry of a bulk solution redox probe and non-faradaic electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS).
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Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Poster)
Event Type:Conference
Refereed:No
Uncontrolled Keywords:Stimuli-responsive hydrogel
Subjects:Physical Sciences > Chemistry
Biological Sciences > Biosensors
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science and Health > School of Chemical Sciences
Research Initiatives and Centres > National Centre for Sensor Research (NCSR)
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License
ID Code:19860
Deposited On:05 Mar 2014 10:59 by Aoife Morrin . Last Modified 07 Jan 2019 11:33
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