A novel glucose biosensor platform based on Ag@AuNPs modified graphene oxide nanocomposite and SERS application

• We prepared mercaptophenyl boronic acid terminated Ag@AuNPs/graphene oxide. • The prepared nanocomposites were characterized by using various techniques. • The nanocomposite shows excellent SERS activity. • The biosensor was applied for the determination of glucose in blood samples. This study represents a novel template demonstration of a glucose biosensor based on mercaptophenyl boronic acid (MBA) terminated Ag@AuNPs/graphene oxide (Ag@AuNPs–GO) nanomaterials. The nanocomposites were characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and X-ray diffraction (XRD) method. The TEM image shows that Ag@AuNPs in the nanocomposite is in the range of diameters of 10–20 nm. The nanocomposite was used for the determination of glucose through the complexation between boronic acid and diol groups of glucose. Thus, a novel glucose biosensor was further fabricated by immobilizing glucose oxidase (GOD) into MBA terminated Ag@AuNPs–GO nanocomposite film (MBA–Ag@AuNPs–GO). The linearity range of glucose was obtained as 2–6 mM with detection limit of 0.33 mM. The developed biosensor was also applied successfully for the determination of glucose in blood samples. The concentration value of glucose in blood samples was calculated to be 1.97 ± 0.002 mM from measurements repeated for six times.