| Autor: |
Jayakumar C; LIFE, Department of Chemistry, Loyola College (Autonomous), Chennai 600034, India., Magdalane CM; LIFE, Department of Chemistry, Loyola College (Autonomous), Chennai 600034, India., Kaviyarasu K; UNESCO-UNISA Africa Chair in Nanoscience's/Nanotechnology Laboratories, College of Graduate Studies, University of South Africa (UNISA), Muckleneuk Ridge, P.O. Box 392, Pretoria, 0003, South Africa., Kulandainathan MA; Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CECRI), Karaikudi 630003, Tamil Nadu, India., Jeyaraj B; LIFE, Department of Chemistry, Loyola College (Autonomous), Chennai 600034, India., Maaza M; UNESCO-UNISA Africa Chair in Nanoscience's/Nanotechnology Laboratories, College of Graduate Studies, University of South Africa (UNISA), Muckleneuk Ridge, P.O. Box 392, Pretoria, 0003, South Africa. |
| Abstrakt: |
A simple and reliable voltammetric sensor for simultaneous determination of Catechol (CT) and Hydroquinone (HQ) was developed by electrodepositing the gold nanoparticles on the surface of the Glassy Carbon Electrode (GCE). The cyclic voltammograms in a mixed solution of CT and HQ have shown that the oxidation peaks become well resolved and were separated by 110 mV, although the bare GCE gave a single broad oxidation peak. Moreover, the oxidation peak currents of both CT and HQ were remarkably increased three times in comparison with the bare GCE. This makes gold nanoparticles deposited GCE a suitable candidate for the determination of these isomers. In the presence of 1 mM HQ isomer, the oxidation peak currents of differential pulse voltammograms are proportional to the concentration of CT in the range of 21 μM to 323 μM with limit of detection 3.0 μM (S/N = 3). The proposed sensor has some important advantages such as low cost, ease of preparation, good stability and high reproducibility. |
