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ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 86, Issue 15, Pages 7274-7279Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ac5013249
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- Australian Research Council [DP1094179]
- University of Melbourne
- Australian Research Council [DP1094179] Funding Source: Australian Research Council
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A low-cost disposable colorimetric microfluidic paper-based analytical device (mu PAD) was developed for the determination of nitrite and nitrate. Nitrite is determined directly by the Griess reaction while nitrate is first reduced to nitrite in a hydrophilic channel of the mu PAD with immobilized zinc microparticles. This mu PAD is fabricated by a simple and inexpensive inkjet printing method. Under optimal conditions, the limits of detection and quantification for nitrite are 1.0 and 7.8 mu M, respectively, while the corresponding values for nitrate are 19 and 48 mu M, respectively. The repeatability, expressed as relative standard deviation (RSD), is less than 2.9% and 5.6% (n <= 8) for the determination of nitrite and nitrate, respectively. This mu PAD was successfully applied to the determination of nitrate and nitrite in both synthetic and natural water samples. It is user and environmentally friendly and suitable for on-site measurement of the analytes mentioned above in environmental and drinking waters.
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