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Khanolkar B, Shende P. BSA nanoclusters-based sensor for detection of dopamine in schizophrenia from biofluids. Drug Dev Ind Pharm 2024; 50:341-353. [PMID: 38470160 DOI: 10.1080/03639045.2024.2328722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2023] [Accepted: 03/05/2024] [Indexed: 03/13/2024]
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OBJECTIVE To develop nontoxic and stable fluorescent emission B-Cu nanoclusters (NCs) for the specific detection of dopamine at low concentrations in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). SIGNIFICANCE Fluorescent gold and copper NCs conjugated with proteins, such as bovine serum albumin (BSA), offer photostability and healthcare potential. This study focused on fabricating B-Cu NCs that exhibited superior characteristics for sensitive dopamine detection. METHODS The study employed various instrumental techniques including attenuated total reflectance Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), spectrofluorometry, and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to characterize the formulated B-Cu NCs. The NCs were synthesized, resulting in particle size ∼300 nm. The highest observed fluorescence was recorded at 24542.81 relative fluorescence units (RFU). RESULTS The introduction of dopamine at concentrations of 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, and 0.4 ng/mL led to decreased fluorescence in both B-Au and B-Cu NCs due to an electron transport system. This reduction in fluorescence allowed dopamine concentration analysis in phosphate buffer and biological fluids such as blood plasma and CSF. B-Cu NCs showed potential as a biosensing system for point-of-care (POC) applications, specifically for diagnosing schizophrenia. CONCLUSION The study successfully synthesized stable and nontoxic B-Cu NCs with enhanced fluorescent emission properties. These NCs exhibited the capacity to detect dopamine at low concentrations in CSF. The study's findings hold promise for future applications, particularly in the development of a B-Cu NCs-based biosensing system for convenient POC detection of schizophrenia by both patients and clinicians. The potential impact of this technology on healthcare and biomedical fields is substantial.
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- Bhakti Khanolkar
- Shobhaben Pratapbhai Patel School of Pharmacy and Technology Management, SVKM'S NMIMS, Mumbai, India
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- Shobhaben Pratapbhai Patel School of Pharmacy and Technology Management, SVKM'S NMIMS, Mumbai, India
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Wang H, Boghossian AA. Covalent conjugation of proteins onto fluorescent single-walled carbon nanotubes for biological and medical applications. MATERIALS ADVANCES 2023; 4:823-834. [PMID: 36761250 PMCID: PMC9900427 DOI: 10.1039/d2ma00714b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2022] [Accepted: 11/02/2022] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) have optical properties that are conducive for biological applications such as sensing, delivery, and imaging. These applications necessitate the immobilization of macromolecules that can serve as therapeutic drugs, molecular templates, or modulators of surface interactions. Although previous studies have focused on non-covalent immobilization strategies, recent advances have introduced covalent functional handles that can preserve or even enhance the SWCNT optical properties. This review presents an overview of covalent sidewall modifications of SWCNTs, with a focus on the latest generation of "sp3 defect" modifications. We summarize and compare the reaction conditions and the reported products of these sp3 chemistries. We further review the underlying photophysics governing SWCNT fluorescence and apply these principles to the fluorescence emitted from these covalently modified SWCNTs. Finally, we provide an outlook on additional chemistries that could be applied to covalently conjugate proteins to these chemically modified, fluorescent SWCNTs. We review the advantages of these approaches, emerging opportunities for further improvement, as well as their implications for enabling new technologies.
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- Hanxuan Wang
- Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering CH-1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering CH-1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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Kalita S, Das DK. Rosaniline Hydrochloride Encapsulated MCM-48: Fluorescent and Electrochemical Sensor for Dopamine. J Fluoresc 2021; 32:235-245. [PMID: 34713364 DOI: 10.1007/s10895-021-02840-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The dye Rosaniline hydrochloride (RANH) has been successfully incorporated in MCM-48 (designated as RANH@MCM-48) and characterized by various spectroscopic methods including FT-IR, SEM, EDX and N2 adsorption-desorption isotherm. RANH@MCM-48 in aqueous medium acts as fluorescence "on" sensor for neurotransmitter dopamine (DA) in presence of its main biological interfering agent ascorbic acid or vitamin c (AA) along with Glucose, Cholesterol and Uric acid (UA). The limits of detection (LOD) were found to be 65 nM and 51 nM respectively in absence and in presence of AA. The interaction of DA to RANH@MCM-48 is found to be reversible with respect to EDTA2-. The fluorescence intensity vs. pH plot shows a narrow fluorescence window of 7.2 to 8.8. RANH@MCM-48 has been successfully applied for DA detection in artificial cerebrospinal fluid (ACF) and bovine serum albumin (BSA) with LOD values 27 nM and 22.5 nM respectively. Platinum disc electrode has been modified with RANH@MCM-48 which showed distinct oxidation peaks with a separation of 0.188 V in cyclic voltammetry (CV). The LOD for DA in presence of AA determined from oxidation current is 77.5 nM. The voltammetric detection of DA is found to be free from common interfering species Na+, K+, Ca2+, Fe2+, UA, Cholesterol and Glucose. RANH@MCM-48 has been found to be a very effective fluorescence and voltammetric sensor for DA with very low LOD.
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- Sarojmoni Kalita
- Department of Chemistry, Gauhati University, Guwahati, 781 014, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Gauhati University, Guwahati, 781 014, India.
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Guan JF, Zou J, Liu YP, Jiang XY, Yu JG. Hybrid carbon nanotubes modified glassy carbon electrode for selective, sensitive and simultaneous detection of dopamine and uric acid. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2020; 201:110872. [PMID: 32559693 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.110872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2020] [Revised: 04/04/2020] [Accepted: 06/07/2020] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Based on a hybrid carbon nanotube composite, a novel electrochemical sensor with high sensitivity and selectivity was designed for the simultaneous determination of dopamine (DA) and uric acid (UA). The hybrid carbon nanotube composite was prepared by ultrasonic assembly of carboxylated multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT-COOH) and hydroxylated single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT-OH). And the hybrid (MWCNT-COOH/SWCNT-OH) composite was characterized by field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy. The electrochemical performances of MWCNT-COOH/SWCNT-OH composite modified glassy carbon electrode (MWCNT-COOH/SWCNT-OH/GCE) were analyzed by cyclic voltammetry (CV), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV). Under the optimum experimental conditions, the as-prepared sensor showed high sensitivity and selectivity for DA and UA. The calibration curves obtained were linear for the currents versus DA and UA concentrations in the range 2-150 μM, and limits of detection (LODs) were calculated to be 0.37 μM and 0.61 μM (signal-to-noise ratio of 3, S/N = 3), respectively. The recoveries of DA and UA in bovine serum samples at MWCNT-COOH/SWCNT-OH/GCE were in the range 96.18-105.02%, and relative standard deviations (RSDs) were 3.34-7.27%. The proposed electrochemical sensor showed good anti-interference ability, excellent reproducibility and stability, as well as high selectivity, which might provide a promising platform for determination of DA and UA.
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- Jin-Feng Guan
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, China.
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P.E. S, Miller TS, Meng L, Unwin PR, Macpherson JV. Quantitative trace level voltammetry in the presence of electrode fouling agents: Comparison of single-walled carbon nanotube network electrodes and screen-printed carbon electrodes. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2020.114137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Chen B, Perry D, Page A, Kang M, Unwin PR. Scanning Ion Conductance Microscopy: Quantitative Nanopipette Delivery-Substrate Electrode Collection Measurements and Mapping. Anal Chem 2019; 91:2516-2524. [PMID: 30608117 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b05449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Scanning ion conductance microscopy (SICM) is becoming a powerful multifunctional tool for probing and analyzing surfaces and interfaces. This work outlines methodology for the quantitative controlled delivery of ionic redox-active molecules from a nanopipette to a substrate electrode, with a high degree of spatial and temporal precision. Through control of the SICM bias applied between a quasi-reference counter electrode (QRCE) in the SICM nanopipette probe and a similar electrode in bulk solution, it is shown that ionic redox species can be held inside the nanopipette, and then pulse-delivered to a defined region of a substrate positioned beneath the nanopipette. A self-referencing hopping mode imaging protocol is implemented, where reagent is released in bulk solution (reference measurement) and near the substrate surface at each pixel in an image, with the tip and substrate currents measured throughout. Analysis of the tip and substrate current data provides an improved understanding of mass transport and nanoscale delivery in SICM and a new means of synchronously mapping electrode reactivity, surface topography, and charge. Experiments on Ru(NH3)63+ reduction to Ru(NH3)62+ and dopamine oxidation in aqueous solution at a carbon fiber ultramicroelectrode (UME), used as the substrate, illustrate these aspects. Finite element method (FEM) modeling provides quantitative understanding of molecular delivery in SICM. The approach outlined constitutes a new methodology for electrode mapping and provides improved insights on the use of SICM for controlled delivery to interfaces generally.
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Sugime H, Ushiyama T, Nishimura K, Ohno Y, Noda S. An interdigitated electrode with dense carbon nanotube forests on conductive supports for electrochemical biosensors. Analyst 2018; 143:3635-3642. [PMID: 29956699 DOI: 10.1039/c8an00528a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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A highly sensitive interdigitated electrode (IDE) with vertically aligned dense carbon nanotube forests directly grown on conductive supports was demonstrated by combining UV lithography and a low temperature chemical vapor deposition process (470 °C). The cyclic voltammetry (CV) measurements of K4[Fe(CN)6] showed that the redox current of the IDE with CNT forests (CNTF-IDE) reached the steady state much more quickly compared to that of conventional gold IDE (Au-IDE). The performance of the CNTF-IDE largely depended on the geometry of the electrodes (e.g. width and gap). With the optimum three-dimensional electrode structure, the anodic current was amplified by a factor of ∼18 and ∼67 in the CV and the chronoamperometry measurements, respectively. The collection efficiency, defined as the ratio of the cathodic current to the anodic current at steady state, was improved up to 97.3%. The selective detection of dopamine (DA) under the coexistence of l-ascorbic acid with high concentration (100 μM) was achieved with a linear range of 100 nM-100 μM, a sensitivity of 14.3 mA mol-1 L, and a limit of detection (LOD, S/N = 3) of 42 nM. Compared to the conventional carbon electrodes, the CNTF-IDE showed superior anti-fouling property, which is of significant importance for practical applications, with a negligible shift of the half-wave potential (ΔE1/2 < 1.4 mV) for repeated CV measurements of DA at high concentration (100 μM).
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- Hisashi Sugime
- Waseda Institute for Advanced Study, Waseda University, 1-6-1 Nishi Waseda, Shijuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8050, Japan.
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Puthongkham P, Yang C, Venton BJ. Carbon Nanohorn-Modified Carbon Fiber Microelectrodes for Dopamine Detection. ELECTROANAL 2018; 30:1073-1081. [PMID: 30613128 PMCID: PMC6317378 DOI: 10.1002/elan.201700667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2017] [Accepted: 03/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Carbon nanohorns (CNHs), closed cone-shaped cages of sp 2-hybridized carbons, are a promising nanomaterial to improve carbon-fiber microelectrode (CFME) dues to their high specific surface area and edge planes, but few studies have tested their electrochemical properties. Here, we tested the dopamine detection at electrodeposited CNHs on CFME (CNH/CFME). The optimized concentration of CNHs in the deposition solution is 0.5 mg/mL, and the optimized electrodeposition waveform is 10 cycles of triangular waveform scanned from -1.0 V and +1.0 V at 50 mV/s. Using fast-scan cyclic voltammetry, the optimized CNH/CFME enhances dopamine peak current to 2.3 ± 0.2 times that of the CFME. To further increase the current, CNH/CFMEs were oxidized in NaOH (ox-CNH/CFME), which creates more defects and surface oxide groups to adsorb dopamine. The oxidative etching further increases the peak current to 3.5 ± 0.2 times of the CFME, and ox-CNH/CFME had a limit of detection of 6 ± 2 nM. The dopamine anodic current at ox-CNH/CFME was stable for 8 h of continuous scanning. The ox-CNH/CFME enhanced the anodic peak current for other cationic neurotransmitters including epinephrine, norepinephrine, and serotonin, but less enhancement was found for ascorbic acid, showing higher selectivity for cationic molecules. CNHs also decreased tissue biofouling at CFME. Thus, electrodeposited CNHs are a promising new method for increasing the surface area and current of CFMEs for dopamine detection.
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- Pumidech Puthongkham
- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, United States
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Yang C, Wang Y, Jacobs CB, Ivanov IN, Venton BJ. O 2 Plasma Etching and Antistatic Gun Surface Modifications for CNT Yarn Microelectrode Improve Sensitivity and Antifouling Properties. Anal Chem 2017; 89:5605-5611. [PMID: 28423892 PMCID: PMC5575992 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b00785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Carbon nanotube (CNT) based microelectrodes exhibit rapid and selective detection of neurotransmitters. While different fabrication strategies and geometries of CNT microelectrodes have been characterized, relatively little research has investigated ways to selectively enhance their electrochemical properties. In this work, we introduce two simple, reproducible, low-cost, and efficient surface modification methods for carbon nanotube yarn microelectrodes (CNTYMEs): O2 plasma etching and antistatic gun treatment. O2 plasma etching was performed by a microwave plasma system with oxygen gas flow and the optimized time for treatment was 1 min. The antistatic gun treatment flows ions by the electrode surface; two triggers of the antistatic gun was the optimized number on the CNTYME surface. Current for dopamine at CNTYMEs increased 3-fold after O2 plasma etching and 4-fold after antistatic gun treatment. When the two treatments were combined, the current increased 12-fold, showing the two effects are due to independent mechanisms that tune the surface properties. O2 plasma etching increased the sensitivity due to increased surface oxygen content but did not affect surface roughness while the antistatic gun treatment increased surface roughness but not oxygen content. The effect of tissue fouling on CNT yarns was studied for the first time, and the relatively hydrophilic surface after O2 plasma etching provided better resistance to fouling than unmodified or antistatic gun treated CNTYMEs. Overall, O2 plasma etching and antistatic gun treatment improve the sensitivity of CNTYMEs by different mechanisms, providing the possibility to tune the CNTYME surface and enhance sensitivity.
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- Cheng Yang
- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, United States
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904
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Govindaraju S, Ankireddy SR, Viswanath B, Kim J, Yun K. Fluorescent Gold Nanoclusters for Selective Detection of Dopamine in Cerebrospinal fluid. Sci Rep 2017; 7:40298. [PMID: 28067307 PMCID: PMC5220289 DOI: 10.1038/srep40298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2016] [Accepted: 12/05/2016] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Since the last two decades, protein conjugated fluorescent gold nanoclusters (NCs) owe much attention in the field of medical and nanobiotechnology due to their excellent photo stability characteristics. In this paper, we reported stable, nontoxic and red fluorescent emission BSA-Au NCs for selective detection of L-dopamine (DA) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). The evolution was probed by various instrumental techniques such as UV-vis spectroscopy, High resolution transmission electron microscopy (HTEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), photoluminescence spectroscopy (PL). The synthesised BSA-Au NCs were showing 4–6 nm with high fluorescent ~8% Quantum yield (QY). The fluorescence intensity of BSA-Au NCs was quenched upon the addition of various concentrations of DA via an electron transfer mechanism. The decrease in BSA-Au NCs fluorescence intensity made it possible to determine DA in PBS buffer and the spiked DA in CSF in the linear range from 0 to 10 nM with the limit of detection (LOD) 0.622 and 0.830 nM respectively. Best of our knowledge, as-prepared BSA-Au NCs will gain possible strategy and good platform for biosensor, drug discovery, and rapid disease diagnosis such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer diseases.
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- Saravanan Govindaraju
- Department of Bionanotechnology, Gachon University, Gyeonggi-do, 13120, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Gachon University, Gyeonggi-do, 13120, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Bionanotechnology, Gachon University, Gyeonggi-do, 13120, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Gachon University, Gyeonggi-do, 13120, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Bionanotechnology, Gachon University, Gyeonggi-do, 13120, Republic of Korea
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E SP, Kim YR, Perry D, Bentley CL, Unwin PR. Nanoscale Electrocatalysis of Hydrazine Electro-Oxidation at Blistered Graphite Electrodes. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:30458-30466. [PMID: 27739301 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b10940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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There is great interest in finding and developing new, efficient, and more active electrocatalytic materials. Surface modification of highly oriented pyrolytic graphite, through the introduction of surface "blisters", is demonstrated to result in an electrode material with greatly enhanced electrochemical activity. The increased electrochemical activity of these blisters, which are produced by electro-oxidation in HClO4, is revealed through the use of scanning electrochemical cell microscopy (SECCM), coupled with complementary techniques (optical microscopy, field emission-scanning electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and atomic force microscopy). The use of a linear sweep voltammetry (LSV)-SECCM scan regime allows for dynamic electrochemical mapping, where a voltammogram is produced at each pixel, from which movies consisting of spatial electrochemical currents, at a series of applied potentials, are produced. The measurements reveal significantly enhanced electrocatalytic activity at blisters when compared to the basal planes, with a significant cathodic shift in the onset potential of the hydrazine electro-oxidation reaction. The improved electrochemical activity of the hollow structure of blistered graphite could be explained by the increased adsorption of protonated hydrazine at oxygenated defect sites, the ease of ion-solvent intercalation/deintercalation, and the reduced susceptibility to N2 nanobubble attachment (as a product of the reaction). This study highlights the capability of electrochemistry to tailor the surface structure of graphite and presents a new electrocatalyst for hydrazine electro-oxidation.
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- Department of Chemistry, Kwangwoon University , Seoul 01897, Republic of Korea
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