Abstract
Electrochemical sensors have been among the main applications of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) over the last decade, as biocompatibility and possible conjugation with biomolecules afforded by nanotubes were exploited. Amperometric sensors are among the several electrochemical (bio)sensing systems with CNTs incorporated onto electrodes to detect substances of biological and clinical interest. The layer-by-layer (LbL) technique, in particular, has been used to arrange CNTs with many materials in nanostructured films, leading to sensors and biosensors with enhanced properties to be employed in the biomedical field. This chapter brings an overview of the use of CNTs-based LbL films as amperometric sensors and their advantages as sensing platform.
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The authors thank the Brazilian funding agencies CAPES, CNPq (477668/2013-5), FAPEMIG (APQ-01358-13 and APQ-00756-16), and FAPESP (2013/14262-7) for their financial support.
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Oliveira, D.A., Oliveira, O.N., Siqueira, J.R. (2017). Amperometric Sensors Based on Carbon Nanotubes in Layer-by-Layer Films. In: Schöning, M., Poghossian, A. (eds) Label-Free Biosensing. Springer Series on Chemical Sensors and Biosensors, vol 16. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/5346_2017_14
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