writer:Tao Chen, Debby P. Chang, Ting Liu, Ramya Desikan, Ram Datar, Thomas Thundat, Ruediger Berger and Stefan Zauscher
keywords:Sensing, Polymer Brush
source:期刊
specific source:J. Mater. Chem., 2010, 20, 3391-3395
Issue time:2010年
Glucose responsive polymer brushes were synthesized on gold substrates and microcantilever arrays. The response properties of these brushes were evaluated by exposing them to different glucose concentrations for a range of pH values. This work demonstrates the potential for polymer brush-functionalized micromechanical cantilevers as glucose detectors. Furthermore, the work demonstrates that stimulus-responsive polymer brushes on micromechanical cantilevers have a significantly larger bending response due to glucose binding compared with self-assembled monolayers.