Electrospun Carbon Nanofiber Webs with Controlled Density of States for Sensor Applications

Electrospun carbon nanofiber (CNF) webs with controlled density of states (DOS) are synthesized through varying the carbonization conditions to manipulate the concentration of nanosized graphite domains. These materials exhibit adjustable electrochemical activity and biosensitivity: both electron tr...

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Main Authors: Mao, Xianwen, Simeon, Fritz, Rutledge, Gregory C., Hatton, T. Alan
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemical Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/80779
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0879-6018
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4558-245X
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8137-1732
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Summary:Electrospun carbon nanofiber (CNF) webs with controlled density of states (DOS) are synthesized through varying the carbonization conditions to manipulate the concentration of nanosized graphite domains. These materials exhibit adjustable electrochemical activity and biosensitivity: both electron transfer kinetics for various redox systems and direct electron transfer efficiencies with enzymes increase with the DOS of the CNF webs.