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Here, we show for the first time the development of wearable carbon nanotube (CNT)-based amperometric biosensors painted onto gloves as a new sensing platform, used here for the determination of lactate. Three sensor types were studied, configured as: two CNT electrodes; one CNT electrode, and an Ag\/AgCl electrode, and two CNT electrodes and an Ag\/AgCl electrode. The sensors are constructed by painting the electrodes using CNT or Ag\/AgCl inks. By immobilizing lactate oxidase onto the CNT-based working electrodes, the sensors show sensitive detections of lactate. Comparison of sensor performance shows that a combination of CNT and Ag\/AgCl is necessary for highly sensitive detection. We anticipate that these findings could open exciting avenues for fundamental studies of wearable bioelectronics, as well as practical applications in fields such as healthcare and defense.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s18103398","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,10,12]],"date-time":"2018-10-12T02:58:04Z","timestamp":1539313084000},"page":"3398","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":47,"title":["Wearable Carbon Nanotube-Based Biosensors on Gloves for Lactate"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"18","author":[{"given":"Xiaojin","family":"Luo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China"}]},{"given":"Weihua","family":"Shi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China"}]},{"given":"Haoming","family":"Yu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China"}]},{"given":"Zhaoyang","family":"Xie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electrical Engineering and Computing Systems, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA"}]},{"given":"Kunyi","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China"}]},{"given":"Yue","family":"Cui","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,10,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"960","DOI":"10.1016\/j.talanta.2010.10.055","article-title":"Soft contact lens biosensor for in situ monitoring of tear glucose as non-invasive blood sugar assessment","volume":"83","author":"Chu","year":"2011","journal-title":"Talanta"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"451","DOI":"10.1541\/ieejsmas.132.451","article-title":"Status of soft-contact lens biosensor development towards tear sugar monitoring: A review","volume":"132","author":"Kudo","year":"2012","journal-title":"IEEJ Trans. 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