A chitosan-multiwall carbon nanotube modified electrode for simultaneous detection of dopamine and ascorbic acid. |
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| Authors: | Lingyan Jiang Chuanyin Liu Liping Jiang Zhen Peng Guanghan Lu |
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| Institution: | College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China. |
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| Abstract: | A chemically modified electrode based on a chitosan-multiwall carbon nanotube (MWNT) coated glassy carbon electrode (GCE) is described, which exhibits an attractive ability to determine dopamine (DA) and ascorbic acid (AA) simultaneously. The modified electrode exhibited a high differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) current response to DA at 0.144 V and AA at -0.029 V (vs. SCE) in a 0.1 mol l(-1) phosphate buffer solution (pH = 7.2). The properties and behaviors of the chitosan-multiwall carbon nanotube modified electrode (MC/GCE) were characterized using cyclic voltammetry (CV) and DPV methods. The mechanism for the discrimination of dopamine from ascorbic acid at MC/GCE is discussed. The linear calibration range for DA and AA were 5 x 10(-7) mol l(-1) to 1 x 10(-4) mol l(-1) (r = 0.997), and 5 x 10(-6) mol l(-1) to 1 x 10(-3) mol l(-1) (r = 0.996), respectively. The MC/GCE showed good sensitivity, selectivity and stability. |
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