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Glucose detection is crucial in food processing, pharmaceuticals, and clinical diagnostics. To enhance the performance of glucose detection, enzyme immobilization has emerged as a key strategy that improves enzyme stability and reusability. Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) have served to immobilize enzymes and fabricate electrochemical biosensors due to their physicochemical properties. Here, MWCNTs were amino-functionalized through an effective and easy three-step chemical reaction (hydroxylation, chlorination, and amination). Then, glucose oxidase (GOx) was immobilized onto MWCNTs-NH2 modified glassy carbon electrode (GOx/MWCNTs-NH2/GCE) to construct an enzymatic glucose biosensor. The chemical, structural, and morphological characteristics of MWCNTs-NH2 were confirmed through various analytical techniques, including Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX) spectroscopy, field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), and atomic force microscopy (AFM). The electrochemical behavior of GOx/MWCNTs-NH2/GCE was examined using cyclic voltammetry (CV), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV). CV voltammogram of GOx/MWCNTs-NH2/GCE shows redox peaks with formal potential (E°′) of −0.446 V related to immobilized GOx. Also, the kinetics parameters including electron transfer rate constants (ks) were determined as 5.94 s−1. Moreover, GOx/MWCNTs-NH2/GCE was used for glucose biosensing via the DPV method with the linear range 1.9–49.5 μM along with the limit of detection (LOD) and sensitivity of 0.75 μM and 1143 μA mM−1 cm−2, respectively. In real samples of orange, apple, and pineapple fruit juices, glucose was measured as 2.30, 1.58 and 1.64 gL−1, respectively. This biosensor provides an appropriate platform for glucose determination and purpose MWCNTs-NH2 as a candidate to immobilize biological molecules.
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