Glucose in aqueous solution thermal characterization by photopyroelectric techniques

Glucose is an important molecule, it is responsible for providing energy to cells in our body, in human glucose appears in blood, excessive glucose levels in the blood are an indicator of diabetes mellitus, therefore it is important to measure it. To test the feasibility of photothermal techniques t...

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Authors: G. Lara-Hernandez, A. Cruz-Orea, E. Suaste-Gomez, J.J.A. Flores-Cuautle
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2017
Country:México
Institution:Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN
Repository:Redalyc-CINVESTAV
OAI Identifier:oai:redalyc.org:57053213007
Online Access:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=57053213007
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Física, Astronomía y Matemáticas
Glucose
thermal effusivity
thermal diffusivity
photopyroelectric technique
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Summary:Glucose is an important molecule, it is responsible for providing energy to cells in our body, in human glucose appears in blood, excessive glucose levels in the blood are an indicator of diabetes mellitus, therefore it is important to measure it. To test the feasibility of photothermal techniques to measure glucose, thermal properties of glucose in aqueous solution were determined in the 0.7 to 3.2 mg/ml range. Thermal effusivity diminishes as glucose concentration increase. Obtained results show that used setups can measure glucose concentrations up to 600 μ g/ml. Full thermal characterization for water-glucose mixtures is presented in this work.