Journal
JOURNAL OF THE BRAZILIAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 19, Issue 8, Pages 1538-1545Publisher
SOC BRASILEIRA QUIMICA
DOI: 10.1590/S0103-50532008000800013
Keywords
disposable electrochemical microcell; microfabrication; microvolumes analysis; CD-trode
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- FAPEMIG (Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais)
- CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico)
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An alternative technique for the fabrication of disposable electrochemical microcells containing working, reference and auxiliary electrodes on a single device is reported. The procedure is based on thermal-transfer of toner masks onto CD-R (recordable compact discs) gold surfaces to define the layout of the electrodes (contour). In a subsequent step, the layout is manually painted with a permanent marker pen. The unprotected gold surface is conveniently etched (chemical corrosion) and the ink is then easily removed with ethanol, generating gold surfaces without contamination. The final and reproducible area of the electrodes is defined by heat transference of a second toner mask. Silver epoxy is deposited on one of the gold bands which is the satisfactorily used as reference electrode. These microcells were electrochemically characterized by cyclic, linear, and square wave voltammetry, and several electroactive species were used as model systems. The area reproducibility of the electrodes for different microcells was studied and a relative standard deviation better than 1,0% (n = 10) was obtained. Disposable electrochemical microcells were successfully used in analysis of liquid samples with volumes lower than 200 mu L and good stability and reproducibility (RSD less than 2.0%) were achieved. These microcells were also evaluated for quantification of paracetamol and dipyrone in pharmaceutical formulations.
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