Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 9, Issue 51, Pages 44766-44775Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b12368
Keywords
graphene; poly(dimethylsiloxane); heavy metals; preconcentration; sensor; electrochemistry; nanocomposite
Funding
- FP7 EU Project SMS [613844]
- FP7 EU Project INTCATCH [689341]
- Severo Ochoa Program (MINECO) [SEV-2013-0295]
- Secretaria d'Universitats i Recerca del Departament d'Economia i Coneixement de la Generalitat de Catalunya [2014 SGR 260]
- CERCA programme/Generalitat de Catalunya
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Herein, we present the application of a novel graphene oxide-poly(dimethylsiloxane) (GO-PDMS) composite in reversible adsorption/desorption, including detection of heavy metals. GO-PDMS was fabricated by simple blending of GO with silicon monomer in the presence of tetrahydrofuran, followed by polymerization initiated upon the addition of curing agent. We found GO concentration, curing agent concentration, pH, and contact time among the most important factors affecting the adsorption of Pb(II) used as a model heavy metal. The mechanism of adsorption is based on surface complexation, where oxygen active groups of negative charge can bind with bivalent metal ions Me(II). To demonstrate a microfluidic lab-on-a-chip platform for heavy-metals preconcentration and detection. This device consists of a screen-printed carbon electrode, a PDMS chip, and a GO-PDMS chip. The use of GO-PDMS preconcentration platform significantly improves the sensitivity of electrochemical detection of heavy metals (an increase of current up to 30X was observed), without the need of modifying electrodes or special reagents addition. Therefore, samples being so far below the limit of detection (0.5 ppb) were successfully detected. This approach is compatible also with real samples (seawater) as ionic strength was found as indifferent for the adsorption process. To the best of our knowledge, GO-PDMS was used for the first time in sensing application. Moreover, due to mechanical resistance and outstanding durability, it can be used multiple times unlike other GO based platforms for heavy-metals adsorption.
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