Journal
SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
Volume 215, Issue -, Pages 107-112Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2015.03.046
Keywords
Ochratoxin A; Electrochemical sensor; Molecularly imprinted polymer; Multiwalled carbon nanotubes
Funding
- FCT-Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia - POPH-QREN-Tipologia 4.1-Formacao Avancada [SFRH/BPD/73943/2010]
- Fundo Social Europeu and Ministerio da Ciencia, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior
- European Union (FEDER funds through COMPETE)
- National Funds (FCT) [C/EQB/LA0006/2013]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [SFRH/BPD/73943/2010] Funding Source: FCT
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A novel electrochemical sensor for ochratoxin A (OTA) detection was fabricated through the modification of a glassy carbon electrode (GCE) with multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and a molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP). The MWCNTs dramatically promoted the sensitivity of the developed sensor, while polypyrrole (PPy) imprinted with OTA served as the selective recognition element. The imprinted PPy film was prepared by electropolymerization of pyrrole in the presence of OTA as a template molecule via cyclic voltammetry (CV). The electrochemical oxidation of OTA at the developed sensor was investigated by CV and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV). The developed MIP/MWCNT/GCE sensor showed a linear relationship, when using DPV, between peak current intensity and OTA concentration in the range between 0.050 and 1.0 mu M, with limits of detection (LOD) and quantification of 0.0041 mu M (1.7 mu g/L) and 0.014 mu M (5.7 mu g/L) respectively. With the developed sensor precise results were obtained; relative standard deviations of 4.2% and 7.5% in the evaluation of the repeatability and reproducibility, respectively. The MIP/MWCNT/GCE sensor is simple to fabricate and easy to use and was successfully applied to the determination of OTA in spiked beer and wine samples, with recoveries between 84 and 104%, without the need of a sample pre-treatment step. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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