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However, the x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) suggests that the EG could induce donor impurities effect in ZnO. Photoluminescence (PL) and UV-Vis. spectra demonstrated this doping effect. Mott-Schottky analysis at the ZNRs\/electrolyte interface was used to investigate the charge density for the doped ZNRs and showed comparable dependence on the used amount of EG. Moreover, the doped ZNRs were used in potentiometric measurements for glutamate for a range from 10\u22126 M to 10\u22123 M and the potential response of the sensor electrode was linear with a slope of 91.15 mV\/decade. The wide range and high sensitivity of the modified ZNRs based glutamate biosensor is attributed to the doping effect on the ZNRs that is dictated by the EG along with the high surface area-to-volume ratio. The findings in the present study suggest new avenues to control the growth of n-ZnO nanostructures and enhance the performance of their sensing devices.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s16020222","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,2,9]],"date-time":"2016-02-09T13:45:23Z","timestamp":1455025523000},"page":"222","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Efficient Donor Impurities in ZnO Nanorods by Polyethylene Glycol for Enhanced Optical and Glutamate Sensing Properties"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Sami","family":"Elhag","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Science and Technology, Campus Norrkoping, Linkoping University,  SE-60174 Norrkoping, Sweden"}]},{"given":"Kimleang","family":"Khun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Science and Technology, Campus Norrkoping, Linkoping University,  SE-60174 Norrkoping, Sweden"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4646-759X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Volodymyr","family":"Khranovskyy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Link\u00f6ping University, 58183 Link\u00f6ping, Sweden"}]},{"given":"Xianjie","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Link\u00f6ping University, 58183 Link\u00f6ping, Sweden"}]},{"given":"Magnus","family":"Willander","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Science and Technology, Campus Norrkoping, Linkoping University,  SE-60174 Norrkoping, Sweden"}]},{"given":"Omer","family":"Nur","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Science and Technology, Campus Norrkoping, Linkoping University,  SE-60174 Norrkoping, Sweden"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2016,2,6]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1016S","DOI":"10.1093\/jn\/130.4.1016S","article-title":"Transport of glutamate and other amino acids at the blood-brain barrier","volume":"130","author":"Smith","year":"2000","journal-title":"J. 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