Evaluation of Mesoporous TiO2 Layers as Glucose Optical Sensors

[EN] Porous materials are currently the basis of many optical sensors because of their ability to provide a higher interaction between the light and the analyte, directly within the optical structure. In this study, mesoporous TiO2 layers were fabricated using a bottom-up synthesis approach in order to develop optical sensing structures. In comparison with more typical top-down fabrication strategies where the bulk constitutive material is etched in order to obtain the required porous medium, the use of a bottom-up fabrication approach potentially allows increasing the interconnectivity of the pore network, hence improving the surface and depth homogeneity of the fabricated layer and reducing production costs by synthesizing the layers on a larger scale. The sensing performance of the fabricated mesoporous TiO2 layers was assessed by means of the measurement of several glucose dilutions in water, estimating a limit of detection even below 0.15 mg/mL (15 mg/dL). All of these advantages make this platform a very promising candidate for the development of low-cost and high-performance optical sensors.This research was supported by the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion (MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033) through the PID2019-106965RB-C21 project, and by the European Union through the operational program of the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER) of the Valencia Regional Government 2014-2020 and of the Ministerio de Ciencia e InnovacionAgencia Estatal de Investigacion (Ref.ICTS-2017-28-UPV-9).Ortiz De Zárate-Díaz, D.; Serna, S.; Ponce-Alcántara, S.; García-Rupérez, J. (2022). Evaluation of Mesoporous TiO2 Layers as Glucose Optical Sensors. Sensors. 22(14):1-12. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22145398112221