Journal
SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
Volume 254, Issue -, Pages 896-909Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2017.07.127
Keywords
Electrochemical sensing; Glassy carbon electrode; MWCNT; beta-Cyclodextrin; Electroanalysis; Voltammetric detection; Acetaminophen
Funding
- Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- Canada Foundation for Innovation
- Ontario Research Fund for Research Excellence Funding Grant
- FedDev of Southern Ontario grant
- Canada Research Chair program
- NSERC ResEau strategic network
- NCE IC-IMPACTS
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Acetaminophen is one of the most commonly and widely used painkillers worldwide. Because of its increased use in the past several decades, APAP is now present at higher concentrations in source water, thus necessitating its monitoring. In this work, we report a low-temperature, solution-processed modification of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) with beta-cyclodextrin (pCD) on glassy carbon electrode for detecting low levels of acetaminophen in water. This process combines the adsorption properties of 13 CD with high surface area of carbon nanotubes. An improved dispersion of MWCNT was observed due to the hydrophilicity of pal A surface-limited process involving equal number of protons and electrons controlled the electrochemical reaction of acetaminophen with the sensor. The sensor's limit of detection was 11.5 nM and its linear response was from 50 nM to 300 M. The sensors exhibited a reproducible and stable response over four weeks and negligible interference from commonly present chemicals in urine, such as dopamine and ascorbic acid. These promising results could facilitate the development of simple and low-cost electrochemical sensors for monitoring of APAP in water. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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