- Title
- Electrocatalytic detection of amitrole on the multi-walled carbon nanotube–iron (II) tetra-aminophthalocyanine platform
- Creator
- Siswana, Msimelelo P, Ozoemena, Kenneth I, Nyokong, Tebello
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2008
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/265924
- Identifier
- vital:53901
- Identifier
- xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.3390/s8085096"
- Description
- It is shown that iron(II) tetra-aminophthalocyanine complex electropolymerized onto a multi-walled carbon nanotube-modified basal plane pyrolytic graphite electrode greatly enhanced the electrocatalytic detetion of amitrole (a toxic herbicide), resulting in a very low detection limit (0.5 nM) and excellent sensitivity of 8.80±0.44 μA/nM, compared to any known work reported so far. The electrocatalytic detection of amitrole at this electrode occurred at less positive potential (~0.3 V vs Ag|ACl) and also revealed a typical coupled chemical reaction. The mechanism for this response is proposed. The electrode gave satisfactory selectivity to amitrole in the presence of other potential interfering pesticides in aqueous solutions.
- Format
- computer, online resource, application/pdf, 1 online resource (10 pages), pdf
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Sensors, Siswana, M., Ozoemena, K.I. and Nyokong, T., 2008. Electrocatalytic detection of amitrole on the multi-walled carbon nanotube–iron (II) tetra-aminophthalocyanine platform. Sensors, 8(8), pp.5096-5105, Sensors volume 8 number 8 p. 5096 2008 1424-8220
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- Open Access
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