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Solvent resistant screen-printed three-electrode devices were employed
to assess the behaviour of free and immobilised glucose oxidase in wa
ter-miscible organic solvent/aqueous buffer mixtures. Three alcoholic
solvents were examined, methanol, ethanol and isopropanol. A rhodinise
d-carbon electrocatalyst was employed to facilitate hydrogen peroxide
oxidation at a decreased operating potential. The devices had a linear
response range of 1-10 mU GOX and allowed detection of down to 2 x 10
(-14) mol GOX. The measurement of 0-1 (v/v) glucose in 30% (v/v) ethan
ol was achieved in 2 min using these highly storage-stable enzyme elec
trodes. Such devices are likely to have widespread applications in the
diagnostic and on-line monitoring fields where rapid analysis in alco
holic matrices is desirable. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights
reserved.