Optical UV detection of the glucose content in solution for application in glucose monitoring

Abstract

The present work describes an optical method for glucose determination from frontier equations and predictive mechanisms. A theoretical description of the electronic transitions in glucose molecule treated as a quantum dot and experimental validation were carried out. The calculation relies on the photon absorption between the ground and the first excited state. The results were 263, and 277 nm for experimental and theoretical estimation, respectively. The glucose quantification was done by optical transmittance in a glucose solution. Photonic glucose absorption was recorded in the 5–30 mM range. The method showed a 0.00876%Abs/mM sensibility with linear behavior.