Journal
MICROCHIMICA ACTA
Volume 186, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGER WIEN
DOI: 10.1007/s00604-019-3315-y
Keywords
Detection; Dopamine; Uric acid; Nanodiamonds; Screen-printed electrodes; Micro-electrode array; Electrochemistry; Electrocatalysis
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- British Council Institutional Grant Link [172726574]
- European Regional Development Fund
- Santander Bank
- Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior - Brasil (CAPES) [001]
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The electroanalytical detection of the neurotransmitter dopamine (DA) in the presence of uric acid (UA) is explored for the first time using commercially procured nanodiamonds (NDs). These are electrically wired via surface modification upon screen-printed graphite macroelectrodes (SPEs). The surface coverage of the NDs on the SPEs was explored in order to optimize electroanalytical outputs to result in well-resolved signals and in low limits of detection. The (electro)analytical outputs are observed to be more sensitive than those achieved at bare (unmodified) SPEs. Such responses, previously reported in the academic literature have been reported to be electrocatalytic and have been previously attributed to the presence of surface sp(2) carbon and oxygenated species on the surface of the NDs. However, XPS analysis reveals the commercial NDs to be solely composed of nonconductive sp(3) carbon. The low/negligible electroconductivity of the NDs was further confirmed when ND paste electrodes were fabricated and found to exhibit no electrochemical activity. The electroanalytical enhancement, when using NDs electronically wired upon SPEs, is attributed not to the NDs themselves being electrocatalytic, as reported previously, but rather changes in mass transport where the inert NDs block the underlying electroactive SPEs and create a random array of graphite microelectrodes. The electrode was applied to simultaneous sensing of DA and UA at pH5.5. Figures of merit include (a) low working potentials of around 0.27 and 0.35V (vs. Ag/AgCl); and (b) detection limits of 5.7x10(-7) and 8.9x10(-7)M for DA and UA, respectively.
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