A new electrochemical sensor, based on NdFeO3 nanoparticles as electrocatalytic material, was proposed here for the detection of dopamine (DA). NdFeO3 nanoparticles were first synthesized by a simple thermal treatment method and subsequent annealing at high temperature (700 °C). The prepared electrocatalytic material has been characterized in detail by SEM-EDX, XRD, and Raman techniques. Characterization results display its sheet-like morphology, constituted by a porous network of very small orthorhombic NdFeO3 nanoparticles. NdFeO3 electrocatalytic material was then used to modify the working electrode of screen-printed carbon electrodes (SPCEs). Electrochemical tests demonstrated that NdFeO3– modified screen-printed carbon electrode (NdFeO3/SPCE) exhibited a remarkable enhancement of the dopamine electrooxidation, compared to the bare SPCE one. The analytical performance of the developed sensor has been evaluated for the detection of this analyte by means of the square-wave voltammetry (SWV) technique. The modified electrode showed two linear concentration ranges, from 0.5 to 100 μM and 150 to 400 μM, respectively, a limit of detection (LOD) of 0.27 μM (at S/N = 3), and good reproducibility, stability, and selectivity. Additionally, we also report an attempt made to propose the modified sensor for the simultaneous detection of dopamine and uric acid (UA). The procedure was also applied for the determination of dopamine in spiked real samples. So, this paper reports for the first time the use of a modified NdFeO3 screen-printed electrode for developing an electrochemical sensor for the quantification of important biomolecules.
The hydrodistilled oils from the aerial parts of Ferula latisecta and Mozaffariania insignis, which is endemic to Iran, were analyzed by GC and GC/MS. (Z)-Ocimenone (32.4%), (E)-ocimenone (20.3%), and cis-pinocarvone (11.4%) were the main components among the 22 constituents characterized in the oil of F. latisecta, representing 87.7% of the total components detected. Twenty-five compounds were identified in the oil of M. insignis, representing 99.0% of the total oil, with octyl acetate (41.1%), β-pinene (30.3%), and α-pinene (23.9%) as the main constituents. The essential oils were examined for their potential antimicrobial activities.
Published in Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 561–563, November–December, 2006. 相似文献
Room temperature 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetraflouroborate ([BMIM][BF4]) ionic liquid was employed for dispersion of multi walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and the formation of nanocomposite on the surface of a carbon-ceramic electrode. The surface of the modified electrode was characterized using scanning electron microscopy and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. The modified electrode exhibited excellent electrochemical activity to oxidation of dopamine (DA); whereas electro oxidation of ascorbic acid (AA) was not seen and electro oxidation of uric acid (UA) appeared at a more positive potential than DA. The multi walled carbon nanotube-ionic liquid nanocomposite modified carbon-ceramic electrode was used for the selective determination of DA in the presence of high levels of AA and UA using differential pulse voltammetry. The calibration curve for DA was linear in the range of 3.00 to 130 µM with the detection limit (S/N=3) of 0.87 µM. The present electrode was successfully applied to the determination of DA in some commercial pharmaceutical samples and human blood serum. 相似文献
In this paper, by using of the first principles calculations in the framework of the density functional theory, we systematically investigated the structure, stability, electronic and optical properties of a novel two-dimensional pentagonal monolayer semiconductors namely penta-SiC5 monolayer. Comparing elemental silicon, diamond, and previously reported 2D carbon allotropes, our calculation shows that the predicted penta-SiC5 monolayer has a metastable nature. The calculated results indicate that the predicted monolayer is an indirect semiconductor with a wide band gap of about 2.82 eV by using Heyd–Scuseria–Ernzerhof (HSE06) hybrid functional level of theory which can be effectively tuned by external biaxial strains. The obtained exceptional electronic properties suggest penta-SiC5 monolayer as promising candidates for application in new electronic devices in nano scale. 相似文献
Research on Chemical Intermediates - In this research, tin oxide nanoparticles (SnO2-nanoparticles) are synthesized using sol–gel method in polymeric bed and considering the principals of... 相似文献
In this paper, a new quantum images encoding scheme is proposed. The proposed scheme mainly consists of four different encoding algorithms. The idea behind of the scheme is a binary key generated randomly for each pixel of the original image. Afterwards, the employed encoding algorithm is selected corresponding to the qubit pair of the generated randomized binary key. The security analysis of the proposed scheme proved its enhancement through both randomization of the generated binary image key and altering the gray-scale value of the image pixels using the qubits of randomized binary key. The simulation of the proposed scheme assures that the final encoded image could not be recognized visually. Moreover, the histogram diagram of encoded image is flatter than the original one. The Shannon entropies of the final encoded images are significantly higher than the original one, which indicates that the attacker can not gain any information about the encoded images. 相似文献
In this study homogeneous powders of CuWO4 and WO3 was produced from ammonium para-tungstate (APT) and copper nitrate. Then, the product was used to prepare nano-sized W-Cu
powder. Hence, a mixture of ammonium paratungstate and copper nitrate with predetermined weight proportion was made in distilled
water, while the content of the beaker was being stirred at a certain speed to reach the desired composition of W-20 wt %
Cu. Mixture was heated to 80–100°C for 6 h. Also, pH range was adjusted at about 3–4. The mixture was then evaporated and
dried in the air. To reach W-Cu composite powder, the precursor powders burned out at 520°C for 2 h in the air to form W-Cu
oxide powder and then were ball milled and reduced in H2 atmosphere to convert it into W-Cu composite powder. The resulting powders were evaluated using scanning electron microscopy,
X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetric analysis and differential thermal analysis techniques. The results showed that homogeneous
powders of W-Cu with particle size of around 100 nm and a nearly spherical shape could be obtained by this process. Each particle
include smaller parts with size of around 20–30 nm. 相似文献
We report fabrication of silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) by laser ablation technique in different concentrations of aqueous
chitosan solution. The ablation process of silver plate was carried out by using a nanosecond Q-switched Nd:YAG pulsed laser
and the characterization of Ag NPs was done by Transmission electron microscopy, UV-Vis spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction.
UV-visible plasmon absorption spectra revealed that the formation efficiency as well as the stability of nanoparticles was
increased by addition of chitosan. On the other hand, the size decrement of nanoparticles was more remarkable in the higher
chitosan concentration. 相似文献