Chemical Research in Chinese Universities ›› 2011, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (3): 496-499.

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Facile Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticle-loaded Carbon Nanofiber Composites and Their Electrocatalytic Activity Towards Dopamine, Ascorbic Acid and Uric Acid

TENG Hong1,2, LIU Yang2 and YOU Tian-yan2*   

  1. 1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130041, P. R. China;
    2. State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China
  • Received:2010-05-21 Revised:2010-08-30 Online:2011-05-25 Published:2011-04-29
  • Contact: YOU Tian-yan E-mail:youty@ciac.jl.cn
  • Supported by:

    Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.20875085) and the Fund of Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.KJCX2-YW-H11).

Abstract: A facile approach for the synthesis of gold nanoparticle-loaded carbon nanofiber(Au/CNF) composites was developed. When applied to electrochemistry, these composites showed attractive performances such as high conductivity and facile electron transfer kinetics. Under physiological conditions, the Au/CNF composite modified electrode exhibits highly electrocatalytic activity for the oxidation of dopamine, ascorbic acid and uric acid. Owing to the good selectivity for the simultaneous detection of these three species, the novel composites are promising for the development of effective electrochemical biosensors.

Key words: Gold nanoparticle-loaded carbon nanofiber composite, Electrospinning, Electrocatalysis, Dopamine;  , Ascorbic acid, Uric acid