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Xhanari K, Finšgar M. Recent advances in the modification of electrodes for trace metal analysis: a review. Analyst 2023; 148:5805-5821. [PMID: 37697964 DOI: 10.1039/d3an01252b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/13/2023]
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This review paper summarizes the research published in the last five years on using different compounds and/or materials as modifiers for electrodes employed in trace heavy metal analysis. The main groups of modifiers are identified, and their single or combined application on the surface of the electrodes is discussed. Nanomaterials, film-forming substances, and polymers are among the most used compounds employed mainly in the modification of glassy carbon, screen-printed, and carbon paste electrodes. Composites composed of several compounds and/or materials have also found growing interest in the development of modified electrodes. Environmentally friendly substances and natural products (mainly biopolymers and plant extracts) have continued to be included in the modification of electrodes for trace heavy metal analysis. The main analytical performance parameters of the modified electrodes as well as possible interferences affecting the determination of the target analytes, are discussed. Finally, a critical evaluation of the main findings from these studies and an outlook discussing possible improvements in this area of research are presented.
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- Klodian Xhanari
- University of Maribor, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Smetanova ulica 17, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia.
- University of Tirana, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Boulevard "Zogu I", 1001 Tirana, Albania
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- University of Maribor, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Smetanova ulica 17, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia.
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Adhikari S, Sunder GSS, Poudel A, Asfaha TY, Lawrence JG, Kandage MM, Marszewski M, Kirchhoff JR. Application of Poly(caffeic acid) for the Extraction of Critical Rare Earth Elements. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:24892-24900. [PMID: 37171914 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c02915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Poly(caffeic acid) was synthesized and utilized for the extraction and determination of rare earth elements (REEs), thorium, and uranium. Oxidative polymerization of caffeic acid, a low-cost plant-based material, in the presence of ethylenediamine produced a granular, air-stable, and cross-linked polymer. The polymer is highly oxygenated and together with the amino group from ethylenediamine efficiently coordinates and preconcentrates these critical elements from aqueous media. Extraction was dependent on solution pH, amount of sorbent, and extraction time, while the concentration and flow rate of the desorption solution governed the recovery efficiency. Removal and recovery efficiencies greater than 98 and 90%, respectively, and low levels of detection ranging from 0.1 to 2.9 ng/L were achieved. Determination of these strategic elements in the presence of potentially interfering ions as well as in complex matrices such as well water and produced water samples also was demonstrated. The capacity of poly(caffeic acid) was determined with lanthanum as a representative REE to be 161.7 mg/g, establishing the promise of poly(caffeic acid) for larger-scale extractions in addition to the ability to screen sources for the presence of REEs.
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Srinivas S, Senthil Kumar A. Surface-Activated Pencil Graphite Electrode for Dopamine Sensor Applications: A Critical Review. BIOSENSORS 2023; 13:353. [PMID: 36979565 PMCID: PMC10046220 DOI: 10.3390/bios13030353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2023] [Revised: 02/22/2023] [Accepted: 02/28/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Pencil graphite electrode (PGE) is an alternative, commercially available, ready-to-use, screen-printed electrode for a wide range of electroanalytical applications. Due to the complex-matrix composition and unpredictable electro-inactive nature of PGE in its native form, a surface pre-treatment/activation procedure is highly preferred for using it as an electroactive working electrode for electroanalytical applications. In this article, we review various surface pre-treatment and modification procedures adopted in the literature with respect to the sensitive and selective detection of dopamine as a model system. Specific generation of the carbon-oxygen functional group, along with partial surface exfoliation of PGE, has been referred to as a key step for the activation. Based on the Scopus® index, the literature collection was searched with the keywords "pencil and dopamine". The obtained data were segregated into three main headings as: (i) electrochemically pre-treated PGE; (ii) polymer-modified PGEs; and (iii) metal and metal nanocomposite-modified PGE. This critical review covers various surface activation procedures adopted for the activation for PGE suitable for dopamine electroanalytical application.
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- Sakthivel Srinivas
- Department of Chemistry, School of Advanced Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore 632 014, India
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Advanced Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore 632 014, India
- Nano and Bioelectrochemistry Research Laboratory, Carbon Dioxide Research and Green Technology Centre, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore 632 014, India
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Calvillo Solís JJ, Galicia García M, González Bravo FJ, Ortiz‐Ledón CA. Electrografting a
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‐Propylaniline/L–Cys Nanofilm onto a Glassy Carbon Electrode Resulting in Enhanced Electrosensing of Cd(II), Pb(II) and Hg(II). ChemistrySelect 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202203592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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- Jonathan J. Calvillo Solís
- Department of Chemistry-Biological Sciences Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez 32300 Ciudad Juárez Chihuahua México
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- Department of Chemistry-Biological Sciences Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez 32300 Ciudad Juárez Chihuahua México
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- Department of Chemistry Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN 07360 México City México
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- Department of Chemistry University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison Wisconsin 53706 United States
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Tesfaye E, Chandravanshi BS, Negash N, Tessema M. Development of a new electrochemical method for the determination of copper(ii) at trace levels in environmental and food samples. RSC Adv 2022; 12:35367-35382. [PMID: 36540237 PMCID: PMC9742860 DOI: 10.1039/d2ra06941e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2022] [Accepted: 12/03/2022] [Indexed: 09/10/2023] Open
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This paper presents the fabrication of a new modified carbon paste electrode (CPE) with N 1-hydroxy-N 1,N 2-diphenylbenzamidine (HDPBA) and functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) (HDPBA-MWCNTs/CPE) for highly sensitive and selective determination of Cu(ii) using the square wave anodic stripping voltammetry (SWASV) technique. The fabricated electrode was characterized using various spectroscopic techniques to study its morphological, structural, and electrochemical properties. The accumulation of Cu(ii) on the surface of HDPBA-MWCNTs/CPE was done in 0.1 M ammonium chloride (NH4Cl, pH 5) solution at an applied potential of -0.70 V versus Ag/AgCl for 180 s, followed by electrochemical stripping in the positive scan of the voltammetry after a resting time of 10 s. The developed HDPBA-MWCNTs/CPE was found to be highly selective, sensitive and reproducible. At optimal conditions of the experiment, the proposed method exhibited a very low limit of detection (0.0048 nM Cu(ii)), a wide linear dynamic range (0.00007-1.5000 μM Cu(ii)), and good reproducibility with relative standard deviation (RSD) value of 3.7%. The effect of various foreign ions on the voltammetric response of Cu(ii) was investigated and the electrode was found to be highly selective to Cu(ii). The practical applicability of the proposed HDPBA-MWCNTs/CPE was studied by applying the electrode for the quantification of Cu(ii) contents in environmental water (wastewater and tap water), soft drink (Fanta and Sprite), and food supplement (commercially available multi-mineral/vitamin tablets) samples. The present method was validated with atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS). The results found from the two methods are in good agreement with a 95% confidence level.
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- Endale Tesfaye
- Department of Chemistry, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Addis Ababa University P.O. Box 1176 Addis Ababa Ethiopia
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Addis Ababa University P.O. Box 1176 Addis Ababa Ethiopia
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Addis Ababa University P.O. Box 1176 Addis Ababa Ethiopia
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Addis Ababa University P.O. Box 1176 Addis Ababa Ethiopia
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Manikandan R, Pugal Mani S, Sangeetha Selvan K, Yoon JH, Chang SC. Anodized Screen-Printed Electrode Modified with Poly(5-amino-4H-1,2,4-triazole-3-thiol) Film for Ultrasensitive Detection of Hg2+ in Fish Samples. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2022.117121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Tesfaye E, Chandravanshi BS, Negash N, Tessema M. A new modified carbon paste electrode using N1-hydroxy-N1,N2-diphenylbenzamidine for the square wave anodic stripping voltammetric determination of Pb(II) in environmental samples. SENSING AND BIO-SENSING RESEARCH 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.sbsr.2022.100520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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An optical and electrochemical sensor based on L-arginine functionalized reduced graphene oxide. Sci Rep 2022; 12:19398. [PMID: 36371538 PMCID: PMC9653396 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-23949-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2022] [Accepted: 11/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The electrochemical and photochemical properties of graphene derivatives could be significantly improved by modifications in the chemical structure. Herein, reduced graphene oxide (RGO) was functionalized with L-arginine (L-Arg) by an amidation reaction between the support and amino acid. Deposition of a powerful ligand, L-Arg, on the optically active support generated an effective optical chemosensor for the determination of Cd(II), Co(II), Pb(II), and Cu(II). In addition, L-Arg-RGO was used as an electrode modifier to fabricate L-Arg-RGO modified glassy-carbon electrode (L-Arg-RGO/GCE) to be employed in the selective detection of Pb(II) ions by differential pulse anodic stripping voltammetry (DP-ASV). L-Arg-RGO/GCE afforded better results than the bare GCE, RGO/GCE, and L-Arg functionalized graphene quantum dot modified GCE. The nanostructure of RGO, modification by L-Arg, and homogeneous immobilization of resultant nanoparticles at the electrode surface are the reasons for outstanding results. The proposed electrochemical sensor has a wide linear range with a limit of detection equal to 0.06 nM, leading to the easy detection of Pb(II) in the presence of other cations. This research highlighted that RGO as a promising support of optical, and electrochemical sensors could be used in the selective, and sensitive determination of transition metals depends on the nature of the modifier. Moreover, L-Arg as an abundant amino acid deserves to perch on the support for optical, and electrochemical determination of transition metals.
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Conducting polymers (CPs) are highly conjugated organic macromolecules, where the electrical charge is transported in intra- and inter-chain pathways. Polyacetylene, polythiophene and its derivatives, polypyrrole and its derivatives, and polyaniline are among the best-known examples. These compounds have been used as electrode modifiers to gain sensitivity and selectivity in a large variety of analytical applications. This review, after a brief introduction to the electrochemistry of CPs, summarizes the application of CPs’ electrode interfaces towards heavy metals’ detection using potentiometry, pulse anodic stripping voltammetry, and alternative non-classical electrochemical methods.
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Tesfaye E, Singh Chandravanshi B, Negash N, Tessema M. A Novel Carbon Paste Electrode Modified with N 1-Hydroxy-N 1,N 2-Diphenylbenzamidine for the Electrochemical Determination of Cadmium(II) in Environmental Samples. JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL METHODS IN CHEMISTRY 2022; 2022:3426575. [PMID: 36248055 PMCID: PMC9553701 DOI: 10.1155/2022/3426575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2022] [Revised: 06/01/2022] [Accepted: 08/31/2022] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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The present study introduces a novel electrode for rapid, highly sensitive, and selective electrochemical sensor for cadmium(II) using 5% N1-hydroxy-N1,N2-diphenylbenzamidine (HDPBA) modified carbon paste electrode (CPE) (HDPBA‒CPE). Surface characterizations and structural analysis of the proposed HDPBA‒CPE were performed using several analytical techniques. The voltammetric measurements of Cd(II) were conducted by cyclic voltammetry (CV) and square wave anodic stripping voltammetry (SWASV). Several experimental conditions such as composition and pH of buffer solutions, HDPBA composition, accumulation potential and time, and other voltammetric conditions were optimized. Cd(II) was preconcentrated on the modified electrode surface for 270 s using Britton Robinson (B-R) buffer (0.1 M, pH 4) at -1.0 V versus Ag/AgCl, followed by electrochemical oxidation of the accumulated Cd(II) in the positive scan of SWASV after a quiet time of 10 s. Under optimized parameters, the proposed method showed a linear range of 0.3-100 nM Cd(II) with a detection limit of 0.032 nM. The fabricated HDPBA-modified carbon paste electrode exhibited excellent sensitivity, selectivity, stability, and reproducibility (with RSD of 3.8%). The developed HDPBA‒CPE was used for the quantification of Cd(II) in tobacco and environmental water samples, and it was found to be applicable for the determination of different types of real samples.
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- Endale Tesfaye
- Department of Chemistry, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Addis Ababa University, P. O. Box 1176, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Addis Ababa University, P. O. Box 1176, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Addis Ababa University, P. O. Box 1176, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Addis Ababa University, P. O. Box 1176, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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