Determination of Sudan I Using Electrochemically Reduced Graphene Oxide

Electrochemically reduced graphene oxide (ER-GO) was prepared by reducing exfoliated graphene oxide sheets on a glassy carbon electrode (GCE). The voltammetric responses of Sudan I-IV were studied at the ER-GO modified GCE (ER-GO/GCE). Compared with chemically reduced graphene oxide (CR-GO) modified electrode (CR-GO/GCE), ER-GO/GCE showed higher voltammetric responses to Sudan I. The electrode had a linear response to Sudan I in the range of 0.04–8.0 µmol L^?1 and a detection limit of 0.01 µmol L^?1. The real sample determination indicated that the proposed method was reliable, effective, and sufficient.     

Comparative Studies on Electrocatalytic Activities of Chemically Reduced Graphene Oxide and Electrochemically Reduced Graphene Oxide Noncovalently Functionalized with Poly(methylene blue)

This study compares the electrocatalytic activities of chemically reduced graphene oxide (crGO) and electrochemically reduced graphene oxide (erGO), which are both noncovalently functionalized with a polyaromatic dye, poly(methylene blue) (polyMB), toward the oxidation of β‐nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH). PolyMB‐crGO and polyMB‐erGO composites were obtained via electropolymerization of methylene blue on crGO and GO modified glassy carbon (GC) electrodes, respectively. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) results indicate that these two types of integrated electrodes reveal different electrocatalytic activities. PolyMB‐crGO integrated electrode possesses lower catalytic oxidation potential, suggesting higher catalytic activity. The present study is helpful for the understanding and screening of graphene‐based advanced carbon nanomaterials for potential electrochemical applications.     

电位调控制备还原氧化石墨烯的电催化性能研究

本文通过控制电位还原氧化石墨烯,可控制备不同含氧官能团的石墨烯纳米材料。以多巴胺、[Fe(CN)_6]~(3-)、NADH为电活性探针,研究了石墨烯表面含氧官能团、缺陷、表面荷电性质以及导电性等对石墨烯电催化性能的影响。研究发现,低还原程度的氧化石墨烯表面含有大量缺陷和丰富的官能团,能够促进多巴胺自催化反应,也有利于K_3[Fe(CN)_6]在电极表面的电子转移;随着氧化石墨烯还原程度提高,其导电性逐渐得到改善,且其表面官能团和缺陷位点数量逐渐减少,对NAD~+的吸附变弱,因而能促进NADH发生电催化氧化。     

电还原氧化石墨烯-金纳米棒修饰电极对酒石黄的测定

本文制备了氧化石墨烯-金纳米棒复合物(GO-GNRs).利用滴涂法制备了修饰电极(GO-GNRs/GCE),通过循环伏安法,还原了GO-GNRs复合物中的GO,制得电化学还原的石墨烯-金纳米棒修饰电极(ERGO-GNRs/GCE).研究了酒石黄在不同电极上的电流响应,结果表明,ERGO-GNRs/GCE对酒石黄的氧化有很好的电催化作用,其浓度在0.05～6.0μmol/L范围内与氧化峰电流呈良好的线性关系,检出限为15 nmol/L.利用ERGO-GNRs/GCE可完成样品中酒石黄含量的测定.     

Electrochemically Exfoliated Graphene and Graphene Oxide for Energy Storage and Electrochemistry Applications

Top‐down methods are of key importance for large‐scale graphene and graphene oxide preparation. Electrochemical exfoliation of graphite has lately gained much interest because of the simplicity of execution, the short process time, and the good quality of graphene that can be obtained. Here, we test three different electrolytes, that is, H₂SO₄, Na₂SO₄, and LiClO₄, with a common exfoliation procedure to evaluate the difference in structural and chemical properties that result for the graphene. The properties are analyzed by means of scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM), Raman spectroscopy, and X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy. We then tested the graphene materials for electrochemical applications, measuring the heterogeneous electron transfer (HET) rates with a Fe(CN)₆^3?/4? redox probe, and their capacitive behavior in alkaline solutions. We correlate the electrochemical features with the presence of structural defects and oxygen functionalities on the graphene materials. In particular, the use of LiClO₄ during the electrochemical exfoliation of graphite allowed the formation of highly oxidized graphene with a C/O ratio close to 4.0 and represents a possible avenue for the mass production of graphene oxide as valid alternative to the current laborious and dangerous chemical procedures, which also have limited scalability.     

Simple Strategy for Selective Determination of Levamisole in Seized Cocaine and Pharmaceutical Samples Using Disposable Screen‐printed Electrodes

Levamisole is the most common adulterant found in cocaine samples and its electrochemical determination in cocaine seized samples is a challenge due to peak overlapping with cocaine. Herein, we propose a deconvolution procedure for levamisole determination in seized cocaine samples using screen‐printed carbon electrodes (SPE). Square‐wave voltammetry in 0.04 mol L^?1 Britton Robinson buffered solution (pH 8.0) was selected in combination with optimized SWV parameters (f=8 s^?1, a=10 mV and ΔE_s=1 mV) to result in the best peak resolution to apply the deconvolution procedure. Deconvoluted responses of levamisole in the presence of cocaine were similar to untreated signals of standard levamisole solutions in absence of cocaine. A linear response was obtained in the range of 20–100 μmol L^?1 (r=0.995). The results obtained for the analysis of a seized cocaine sample was statistically similar to that obtained by gas chromatography. Other adulterants found in cocaine street samples (paracetamol, glucose, phenacetin, caffeine, boric acid and lidocaine) did not affect the treated of voltammetric responses of levamisole. A pharmaceutical sample containing levamisole was also analyzed on SPEs and a recovery of 93±2 % was obtained (no deconvolution required for this sample), showing great applicability of SPEs for forensic and pharmaceutical analyses.     

Electrochemical Behavior and Voltammetric Determination of Curcumin at Electrochemically Reduced Graphene Oxide Modified Glassy Carbon Electrode

This work presents a sensitive voltammetric method for determination of curcumin by using a electrochemically reduced graphene oxide (ERGO) modified glass carbon electrode (GCE) in 100 mM KCl‐10 mM sodium phosphate buffer solution (pH 7.40). The electrochemical behaviors of curcumin at ERGO/GCE were investigated by cyclic voltammetry, suggesting that the ERGO/GCE exhibits excellent electrocatalytic activity towards curcumin, compared with bare GCE and GO/GCE electrodes. The electrochemical reaction mechanisms of curcumin, demethoxycurcumin and bisdemethoxycurcumin at the ERGO/GCE were also investigated and discussed systematically. Under physiological condition, the modified electrode showed linear voltammetric response from 0.2 μM to 60.0 μM for curcumin, with the detection limit of 0.1 μm. This work demonstrates that the graphene‐modified electrode is a promising strategy for electrochemical determination of biological important phenolic compounds.     

Voltammetric Behavior of Semicarbazide at Graphene Modified Electrode and Application to Detection

Herein voltammetric behaviors of semicarbazide (SEM) are investigated by employing a graphene modified working electrode, which displays attractive electroanalytical properties. In the acetate buffer solution of pH 4.00, there is a well‐defined oxidative peak of SEM, attributing to the irreversible and adsorption‐controlled electrode reaction with 2 electrons participation. The values of apparent heterogeneous electron transfer rate constant k′_s with the redox are 0.0061 s^?1 and 0.0009 s^?1, respectively, for two scan rate section. After the experimental parameters, which influence the voltammetric responses of SEM, including supporting electrolyte, pH, accumulation time and accumulation potential, etc., are optimized, it is found that the anodic peak current of SEM is proportional to its concentration in the range of 4 ‐ 40 μmol/L with a detection limit of 1 μmol/L (S/N = 3). Then, an electrochemical method for detecting SEM quantitatively is developed successfully. The concentrations of SEM in fortified tap water samples are tested with satisfactory recovery, indicating that the novel method is strongly promising in the environmental monitoring application.     

电还原氧化石墨烯-铁氰化钴修饰电极对肼的测定

本文提出了一种新的水合肼的测定方法。利用静电作用,在氧化石墨烯(GO)表面吸附一层均匀分散的Co2+形成GO-Co2+复合物,通过恒电位法电还原复合物中的GO,再利用循环伏安法将吸附的Co2+转化为铁氰化钴(CoHCF),制得电还原的氧化石墨烯-铁氰化钴修饰玻碳电极(ERGO-CoHCF/GCE)。采用扫描电子显微镜(SEM)对修饰电极表面进行了表征。研究了水合肼在该修饰电极上的电化学行为及在不同电极上的电流响应。结果表明:ERGO-CoHCF/GCE对肼具有很好的电催化氧化作用,其浓度与氧化峰电流呈良好的线性关系。     

希瓦氏菌介导制备还原氧化石墨烯薄膜及其增强的胞外电子传递

采用单室、三电极体系,通过希瓦氏菌(Shewanella)还原氧化石墨烯(GO)膜,制备了石墨烯(rGO)薄膜,并通过X射线衍射(XRD)和拉曼光谱(Raman)等手段表征了GO还原前后的结构和性质,证明了Shewanella菌可以有效将GO膜还原为rGO.以该生物还原得到的rGO薄膜为工作电极,可以有效改善Shewanella菌的胞外电子转移(EET).与空白的氧化铟锡(ITO)电极相比,rGO电极的阳极输出电流增大了13%,电量增加90%.该Shewanella还原法是一种温和制备rGO膜的方法,制得的rGO膜改善了微生物的EET效率.     

DNA Induced FePt Bimetallic Nanoparticles on Reduced Graphene Oxide for Electrochemical Determination of Dopamine

FePt bimetallic nanoparticles were formed on reduced graphene oxide(rGO) with the help of double-stranded DNA(dsDNA) via a simple and universal route to obtain a FePt/DNA-rGO composite. The FePt nanoparticles with an average size of about 5 nm were well dispersed on rGO. FePt/DNA-rGO modified glassy carbon electrode(GCE) exhibited excellent electrocatalytic activity for the oxidation of dopamine(DA) with a detection limit of 100 nmol/L(S/N = 3). In addition, the FePt/DNA-rGO based electrochemical sensor showed an excellent selectivity for DA in the presence of ascorbic acid(AA), uric acid(UA) and other interference reagents. The as-prepared electrochemical biosensor shows great promise in the application of clinical diagnostics.     

Prussian Blue Nanoparticles Self Assembling on Electrochemically Reduced Graphene Oxide Modified GC Electrode for Sensitive Hydrogen Peroxide Detection

A facile, fast, and convenient route was suggested for the fabrication of Prussian blue nano particles (PBNPs) assembled on reduced graphene oxide (RGO) modified glassy carbon electrode (PBNPs|RGO|GCE). RGO was electrodeposited on the surface of GCE and the prepared RGO|GCE was immersed into a ferric‐hexacyanoferrate(III) solution and PBNPs were assembled on the RGO|GCE for a certain period of time. The PBNPs film thickness can be easily controlled by adjusting the assembling duration. The developed PBNPs|RGO|GCE was successfully used for determining hydrogen peroxide, with a linear response over the concentration range 0.5‐400 μM, a good accuracy and precision, detection limit 0.44 μM, and sensitivity 1168 mA M^?1 cm^?2.     

Evaluation of Reduced Graphene Oxide Modified with Antimony and Copper Nanoparticles for Levofloxacin Oxidation

This work presents, for the first time, the oxidation mechanism of levofloxacin combining electrochemical experiments and molecular modelling techniques. Levofloxacin is one of the most widely used antibiotics in the world. The detection of this antibiotic is important, because it cannot be fully assimilated by the human organism, therefore levofloxacin is considerate a hazardous pollutant for environment. Sensors based on reduced graphene oxide (rGO) modified with antimony and copper nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized, characterized and evaluated for the electrochemical detection of the levofloxacin. The morphological and electrochemical characterization of the composites confirmed that the rGO was modified with the metallic nanoparticles. Molecular modelling studies were performed applying Density Functional Theory (DFT) approach, which indicated that the mechanism of levofloxacin oxidation is given by the loss of two electrons: one from N14 atom and other from C13 atom of the levofloxacin molecule. The glassy carbon electrode (GCE) modified with the SbNPs/rGO and CuNPs/rGO composites were evaluated for the determination of levofloxacin using differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) and achieved detection limit of 4.1×10⁻⁸ mol L⁻¹ and 1.7×10⁻⁸ mol L⁻¹, respectively, presenting as alternative composites to be used in the analysis of antibiotics.     

A New Route for the Enzymeless Trace Level Detection of Creatinine Based on Reduced Graphene Oxide/Silver Nanocomposite Biosensor

Renal insufficiencies and muscle diseases can be easily identified from the concentration of creatinine in blood and urine. Although various chemical sensors have been developed to detect creatinine, selectivity and robustness of chemical sensors are the main obstacles for many researchers. To overcome these difficulties, finding a suitable chemical biosensor with long‐term stability, low cost, high sensitivity and selectivity for the detection of creatinine is immensely desirable. Herein, we have developed a novel enzymeless creatinine biosensor for the trace level detection of creatinine using reduced graphene oxide (RGO)/ silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) which was prepared by simple one step electrochemical potentiodyanamic method. The anodic peak current of AgNPs gradually decreased when the concentration of creatinine was increased. Based on the decrease of anodic peak current, we have introduced a new platform for the detection of creatinine. The adsorption of creatinine on AgNPs was confirmed by various techniques. The newly proposed biosensor exhibited a very low detection limit of 0.743 pM with linear range from 10 pM to 120 pM. The demonstrated sensor can detect creatinine even in the presence of other interfering biomolecules such as glucose, ascorbic acid, uric acid, urea and creatine.     

Simple and Sensitive Voltammetric Determination of Esculetin Using Electrochemically Reduced Graphene Oxide Modified Electrode

A simple and sensitive voltammetric sensor for esculetin, based on electrochemically reduced graphene oxide film modified glassy carbon electrode, was reported for the quantitative determination of esculetin in the Chinese traditional herbal drug Viola yedoensis Makino. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy were employed to study the characteristic of the graphene oxide film. The electrochemical behavior of esculetin on this sensor was investigated in pH 3.0 phosphate buffer solution by cyclic voltammetry. Significant advantages were achieved by the excellent conductivity and the high surface‐to‐volume ratio of electrochemically reduced graphene oxide. A calibration plot of oxidation peak currents versus esculetin concentrations was linear in the range of 4.0 ξ 10^‐8 mol L^‐1 to 5.0 ξ 10^‐6 mol L^‐1 with a detection limit of 2.0 ξ 10^‐8 mol L^‐1. The practical application of the present sensor was demonstrated by determining the concentration of esculetin in real sample with no interference.     

点击化学法修饰氧化石墨烯及其在高分子中的应用研究

点击化学是一种操作简单方便、灵活高效的化学合成方法,对石墨烯的改性具有高效和活性位点可控等特点,是一种新型高效修饰石墨烯的改性法。本文结合点击化学改性石墨烯的特点及在高分子中的应用,将点击化学功能化修饰石墨烯分为共价键点击功能化和非共价键点击功能化,其中共价键结合又可细分为边缘点击功能化改性和表面点击功能化改性。本文介绍了叠氮功能改性剂的制备方法及其修饰石墨烯的点击反应原理,总结了点击功能化石墨烯及氧化石墨烯高分子复合材料的功能特性和应用前景。     

Reduced Graphene Oxide Impregnated Antimony Nanoparticle Sensor for Electroanalysis of Platinum Group Metals

A very sensitive electrochemical sensor based on a reduced graphene oxide film impregnated with antimony nanoparticles was prepared and applied to the electroanalysis of platinum group metal ions of Pd(II), Pt(II) and Rh(III). The electrochemical behavior of platinum group metals at the modified electrode was studied by adsorptive differential pulse cathodic stripping voltammetry in the presence of dimethylglyoxime as chelating agent. Several operational parameters were optimised to enhance the electroanalytical performance of the modified glassy carbon electrode sensor. The results showed sharp stripping peaks and a relatively constant peak potential with a good linear behaviour in the examined concentration range from 40 to 400 pg L^?1 for all metal ions investigated. The detection limit was found to be 0.45, 0.49 and 0.49 pg L^?1 (S/N=3) for Pd(II), Pt(II) and Rh(III), respectively. The developed electrochemical sensor also exhibited good precision with a relative standard deviation of 4.2 %, 2.55 % and 2.67 % for 5 successive measurements for Pd(II), Pt(II) and Rh(III), respectively. The proposed nanostructure showed good sensitivity and stability, which has promising potential applications in electrochemical sensors.     

还原氧化石墨烯/TiO2纳米复合物制备及其光催化性能

采用一步水热法制备了还原氧化石墨烯-二氧化钛(RGO-P25)纳米复合物.通过透射电子显微镜(TEM)、傅里叶变换红外(FTIR)光谱、X射线光电子能谱(XPS)、X射线衍射(XRD)及紫外-可见漫反射谱(UVVisDRS)对复合材料的结构和光电性能进行了表征.在紫外光照和可见光照条件下,研究了不同复合比例的复合物的光催化降解甲基蓝(MB)的性能.结果表明:在水热过程中氧化石墨烯被还原,通过静电引力相互作用得到了具有较高缺陷的还原氧化石墨烯复合物.随着RGO含量的增加,复合物的禁带宽度由3.00 eV变到2.27eV,复合物的导电性增强.在可见光和紫外光光照条件下, 30 min内1%(w,质量分数)RGO-P25光催化降解甲基蓝的效率都超过了80%.紫外光照条件下, 1%RGO-P25纳米复合物催化降解N3染料, cis-Ru(H₂dcbpy)₂(NCS)₂ (H₂dcbpy = 4, 4'-二羧酸-2, 2'-联吡啶), 30 min内63%(摩尔分数)的染料被降解.与P25(75%锐钛矿, 25%金红石)相比,石墨烯的加入大大提高了光催化效率,有效抑制了电子-空穴对的复合.     

Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanocomposite Modified Electrodes for Sensitive Detection of Ciprofloxacin

The synthesis of novel nanocomposites with great sensing enhancement has played an important role in analytical chemistry, especially in the electrochemical detection of drug molecules. In this work, we report a wet chemical method for the preparation of a gold nanoparticle coated β‐cyclodextrin functionalized reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite. A number of different analytical techniques including ultraviolet‐visible spectroscopy, fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscope and energy dispersive X‐ray spectroscopy were employed to characterize the as‐synthesized nanocomposite. With excellent electrocatalytic properties and high supramolecular recognition ability, the as‐synthesized nanocomposite was used to modify a glassy carbon electrode surface for the sensitive determination of ciprofloxacin using voltammetric technique. The current response of ciprofloxacin on the nanocomposite modified electrode was greatly enhanced compared to that on the bare and other modified electrodes. Using differential pulse voltammetry, the oxidation peak currents increased linearly with the ciprofloxacin concentrations in the range between 0.01 to 120 μM with a detection limit of 2.7 nM. The electrochemical testing results showed good stability and reproducibility. Therefore, the nanocomposite could be a potential candidate for the development of electrochemical sensors for sensitive and selective determination of ciprofloxacin or similar drugs in the future.