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. 2021 May 6;6(9):2100020. doi: 10.1002/admt.202100020

Table 2.

Summary of off‐body nanomaterial‐based electrochemical sensors of glucose

Type of electrode Platform Biological sample Sensitivity [µA mM−6 cm−2] LOD Detection range Response time Enzyme Refs.
AlGaN/GaN HEMT AuNPs/GOx Blood 106 1 × 10−9 m 0.001 × 10−3–9 × 10−3 m < 8 s GOx [ 85 ]
Carbon fiber CF‐PEDOT‐GOx Blood 8.5 0.5 × 10−3–15 × 10−3 m < 2 s GOx [ 46 ]
Cu‐nanoflowers Cu‐nanoflower@AuNPs‐GO NFs 0.018 × 10−6 m 0.001 × 10−3–0.1 × 10−3 m GOx [ 86 ]
FTO GOx/nano‐ZnO/PVA 41 2.0 × 10−6 m 0.2 × 10−3–20 × 10−3 m < 3 s GOx [ 42 ]
GCE GOx/CoS‐MWCNTs/Nafion Human blood 14.96 5 × 10−6 m 8 × 10−6–1.5 × 10−3 m 5 s GOx [ 44 ]
GCE PPhECu/GCE‐based PEC Human blood 0.16 × 10−6 m 0.5 × 10−6–5 × 10−3 m GOx [ 45 ]
ITO glass 3D porous graphene aerogel@GOx Human blood 0.87 × 10−3 m 1 × 10−3–18 × 10−3 m GOx [ 87 ]
Laser‐induced graphene (LIG) LIG/PtNPs/GOx Sweat 4.622 300 × 10−9 m 0.0003 × 10−3– 2.1 × 10−3 m GOx [ 88 ]
Pt disk PANI‐MMT/PtNPs/CS Human blood 35.56 0.1 × 10−6 m 10 × 10−6–1.94 × 10−3 m GOx [ 49 ]
Pt disk Gelatin/GOx–Pt Blood 158 0.5 × 10−6 m 0.5 × 10−6–1.8 × 10−3 m 1.4 s GOx [ 89 ]
Au AuNP‐MIPs Human blood 1.25 × 10−9 m 1.25 × 10−9–2.56 × 10−6 m [ 90 ]
Au Copper‐G‐COOH Human blood 1142 7.96 × 10−9 m 0.1 × 10−6–5.48 × 10−3 m 2 s [ 73 ]
Au PEDOT–ERGO Human blood 696.9  0.12 × 10−6 m 0.1 × 10−3–100 × 10−3 m <1 s [ 91 ]
Carbon cloth CuO/Ni(OH)2 598.6 0.31 × 10−6 m 0.05 × 10−3–8.50 × 10−3 m 1 s [ 92 ]
Carbon cloth ZnCo2O4 NWAs Human blood 3880 2.5 × 10−6 m 5 × 10−6–0.5 × 10−3 m 5 s [ 93 ]
Carbon cloth ZnO Blood 4792 0.43 × 10−6 m 1 × 10−6–1.45 × 10−3 m < 3 s [ 94 ]
Cu foam (CF) Nanoporous Cu2O NRs/NTs Blood 5792.7 0.015 × 10−6 m 15 × 10−9–0.1 × 10−6 m < 1 s [ 95 ]
CNF NiMoO4 Human blood 301.77 50 × 10−9 m 0.0003 × 10−3–4.5 × 10−3 m 5 s [ 96 ]
CF NiCu‐OH@Cu(OH)2 NRA Human blood 6560.3 32 × 10−9 m 100 × 10−9 –1.5 × 10−3 m 3 s [ 68 ]
Cu foil AuNPs@CuO NWs Human blood 1591.44 0.3 × 10−6 m 0.3 × 10−6–31.06 × 10−3 m [ 97 ]
Cu foil Cu3Pt/Cu2O Nanorod Human blood 5082 1.759 × 10−6 m 0.005 × 10−3–10 × 10−3 m < 6 s [ 62 ]
Cu foil Dendritic Au 300 0.6 × 10−6 m 10.0 × 10−6–15.0 × 10−3 m [ 98 ]
Cu sheet oxidized Zn–Sn hybrid nanostructures 2135 0.5 × 10−6–0.1 × 10−3 m 1 s [ 99 ]
Cu foil CuS nanosheets/Cu2O/CuO NWAs 4262 0.002 × 10−3–4.1 × 10−3 m [ 69 ]
Glassy carbon (GC) Cu‐NW‐CNT‐BL 1907 0.33 × 10−9 m 10 × 10−6–2000 × 10−6 m 1 s [ 81 ]
GC Cu(OH)2 particle Blood and urine 253 < 0.1 × 10−3 m < 4 s [ 100 ]
GC GC/PDPA/PTA/ZnO 20.30 0.1 × 10−6 m 1 × 10−6–7 × 10−6 m < 2 s [ 56 ]
GC NiCo2S4/EGF‐7 Human blood 7431.96 0.167 × 10−6 m 0.0005 × 10−3–3.571 × 10−3 m 5 s [ 101 ]
GC NiCP/CNTs Human blood 2931.4 2.1 × 10−6 m 2.1 × 10−6–400 × 10−6 m [ 102 ]
GCE AgNPs/NSC 35 220 0.046 × 10−3 m 5 × 10−6–3 × 10−3 m [ 55 ]
GCE Au@NiCo LDH 864.7 0.028 × 10−6 m 0.005 × 10−3–12 × 10−3 m 4 s [ 52 ]
GCE Au@Ni/C 23.17 0.0157 × 10−3 m 0.5 × 10−3–10 × 10−3 m 3 s [ 53 ]
GCE AuNPs/RGO Human sweat 4 × 10−6 m 10 × 10−6–400 × 10−6 m [ 54 ]
GCE Co3O4 212.92 2.7 × 10−6 m 0.05 × 10−3–3.2 × 10−3 m 5 s [ 61 ]
GCE CoMoO4/MPC‐2 Human blood 0.13 × 10−6 m 5 × 10−7–1.08 × 10−4 M 1.76 s [ 103 ]
GCE Cu@C/Nafion Human blood 2565  21.35 × 10−6 m 0.04 × 10−3–40 × 10−3 m [ 104 ]
GCE Cu@Pd‐CS 23.00 0.1 × 10−3−1 × 10−3 m [ 105 ]
GCE Cu2O MSs/S‐MWCNTs Human blood 581.89 1.46 × 10−6 m 0.00495 × 10−3–7 × 10−3 m [ 59 ]
GCE CuO‐350‐AIR Saliva 1806.1 0.15 × 10−6 m 5 × 10−6–1.165 × 10−3 m 3 s [ 106 ]
GCE Cu3(BTC)2‐derived CuO nanorod 1523.5 1 × 10−6 m 1 × 10−6–1.25 × 10−3 m 5 s [ 107 ]
GCE Cu‐xCu2O NPs@3DG foam 230.86 16 × 10−6 m 0.8 × 10−3–10 × 10−3 m [ 41 ]
GCE Cu@HHNs Human blood 1594.2 1.97 × 10−6 m 5 × 10−6–3 × 10−3 m [ 84 ]
GCE E‐NiCo‐BTC Human blood 230.5 0.187 × 10−6 m 0.0 × 10−3–5.7 × 10−3 m [ 63 ]
GCE rGO‐Cu2O micro‐octahedrals (without Nafion) Human blood 24.8 0.53 × 10−6 m 1 × 10−6–9000 × 10−6 m [ 58 ]
GCE rGO‐Cu2O micro‐octahedrals (with Nafion) Human blood 415 0.96 × 10−6 m 1× 10−6–9000 × 10−6 m [ 58 ]
GCE nCuO‐MHS/Nafion 25.46 1 × 10−6 m 0.001 × 10−3–3 × 10−3 m [ 108 ]
GCE Ni@Cu‐MOF Human blood 1703.33 1.67 × 10−6 m 5 × 10−6–2500 × 10−6 m [ 82 ]
GCE NiFe2O4‐NiCo‐LDH@rGO Human blood 111.86 12.94 × 10−6 m 3.5 × 10−5−4.525 × 10−3 m [ 64 ]
GCE Ni‐MOF400 Bovine serum 2918.2 0.92 × 10−6 m 5 × 10−6–4.1 × 10−3 m [ 83 ]
GCE NiO‐NC‐rGO Human blood 4254 70.9 × 10−9 m 0.5 × 10−6–20.0 × 10−6 m [ 109 ]
GCE NiO nanodonuts 904.6 1.4 × 10−6 m 0.05× 10−3–9.5 × 10−3 m 2 s [ 60 ]
GCE Ni5P4 Human blood 149.6  0.7 × 10−6 m 0.002 × 10−3–5.3 × 10−3 m [ 50 ]
GCE Pd–Ni@f‐MWCNT Human blood 71 0.026 × 10−6 m 0.01 × 10−3–1.4 × 10−3 m 3–5 s [ 66 ]
GCE PtAu Human blood 3 × 10−6 m 0.01 × 10−3–10 × 10−3 m [ 65 ]
GCE ZnO/CeO2 0.224 × 10−6 m 0.5 × 10−6–300 × 10−6 m [ 110 ]
Graphene Ni‐G‐PLA Blood and saliva 2.4 µmol L−1

2.0–20.0 in blood

0.02–0.20 in saliva

[ 111 ]
FTO CuO 1207 1.19 × 10−6 m 1.19 × 10−6–2.2 × 10−3 m < 4 s [ 112 ]
FTO Fe2O3NR 100.46 5.5 × 10−6 m 0.5 × 10−3–2.5 × 10−3 m [ 113 ]
FTO PdNS‐Cu/Cu2O Human blood 0.1 × 10−6 m 0.5 × 10−6− 2600 × 10−6 m 5 s [ 67 ]
ITO Au‐NiO1− x HNAs Human blood 4061 0.001 × 10−3 m 0.005 × 10−3–15 × 10−3 m [ 114 ]
ITO CuO PNBs Human blood 1876.52 60 × 10−9 m 0.1 × 10−6–2 × 10−3 m [ 78 ]
ITO Hybrid Cu2O‐ZnO Blood 441.2 0.13 0.02 × 10−3–1 × 10−3 m < 3 s [ 57 ]
ITO LI–NiEC–CdS–G 0.4 × 10−6 m 1.0 × 10−6–1.0 × 10−3 m [ 115 ]
ITO NiNPs/ERGO 185 200  40 × 10−9 m 0.5 × 10−6–244 × 10−6 m 4 s [ 116 ]
ITO Pd‐PBTh 5620 7 × 10−6 m 0.04 × 10−3–0.4 × 10−3 m 3 s [ 79 ]
MEM MWCNTs‐TBA‐MIPs/AFC/MEM Blood 0.61 × 10−6 m 1 × 10−6–180 × 10−6 m [ 117 ]
Ni film Ni/Cu bowl‐like array film Urine 3924 0.05 × 10−6 m 0.5 × 10−6–2.5 × 10−3 m 5 s [ 74 ]
Ni foam Ag@CNC@NF 3.64 × 1010 6 × 10−9 m 0.5 × 10−3–7 × 10−3 m 0.1 s [ 51 ]
Ni foam ND‐Gr‐NH Human blood 15431.2 0.1 × 10−6 m 5 × 10−6–2000 × 10−6 m 1 s [ 72 ]
Ni foil GLAD Ni thin film Urine and sweat 1600 0.05 × 10−6 m 0.5 × 10−6–9 × 10−3 m [ 70 ]
Ni foil GLAD NiO thin film Urine and sweat 4400 0.007 × 10−6 m 0.5 × 10−6–9 × 10−3 m [ 70 ]
Ni foil NiMn2O4 NSs@NF 12 300 0.24 × 10−6 m 0.115 × 10−3–0.661 × 10−3 m 2 s [ 71 ]
Ni substrate Cu x Co3− x O4 nanoneedle framework thin‐film 13 291.7 1.36 × 10−6 m Up to 1.4 × 10−3 m < 0.5 s [ 118 ]
Platinum foil Ni60Nb40 nanoglass 20 000 100 × 10−9 m 2 × 10−3–38 × 10−3 m [ 119 ]
Polyurethane (PU) Ni(OH)2/PU 2845 0.32 × 10−6 m 0.01 × 10−3–2.06 × 10−3 m < 5 s [ 120 ]
Porous CuO CuO PN Saliva 2299 0.41 × 10−6 m 5 × 10−6–0.225 × 10−3 m 0.8 s [ 121 ]
Pt CoxOyHz@ZIF‐67/TiO2 NTs Human blood 0.03 × 10−6 m 0.1 × 10−6–1 × 10−3 m [ 122 ]
Titanium foils BiOBr‐TNTA Human blood 773 10 × 10−9 m (5  ×  102) × 10−9–(3  ×  107) × 10−9 m [ 75 ]
Titanium foils NiCo/TiO2@C NFAs Human blood 975.3 0.6 × 10−6 m 1 × 10−6–7658 × 10−6 m 5 s [ 123 ]
LIG Cu NPs Blood 495  0.39 × 10−6 m 1 × 10−6–6.0 × 10−3 m 0.5 s [ 124 ]