scholarly journals Differential pulse adsorptive stripping voltammetric determination of methotrexate using a functionalized carbon nanotubes-modified glassy carbon electrode

2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 1837-1843 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geiser Oliveira ◽  
Bruno Janegitz ◽  
Valtencir Zucolotto ◽  
Orlando Fatibello-Filho

AbstractA glassy carbon electrode (GC) containing multiwalled functionalized carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) immobilized within a dihexadecylhydrogenphosphate film (DHP) is proposed as a nanostructured platform for determination of methotrexate (MTX) concentration (a drug used in cancer treatment) using differential pulse adsorptive stripping voltammetry (DPAdSV). The voltammograms for a MTX solution using MWCNTs-DHP/GC electrode presented an oxidation peak potential at 0.98 V vs. Ag/AgCl (3.0 mol L−1 KCl) in a 0.1 mol L−1 sulphuric acid. The apparent heterogeneous electron transfer rate constant of 0.46 s−1 was calculated. The recovery area of 2.62×10−9 mol cm2 was also obtained. Under the optimal experimental conditions, the analytical curve was linear in the MTX concentration range from 5.0×10−8 to 5.0×10−6 mol L−1, with a detection limit of 3.3×10−8 mol L−1. The MWCNTs-DHP/GC electrode can be easily prepared and was applied for the determination of MTX in pharmaceutical formulations, with results similar to those obtained using a high-performance liquid chromatography comparative method.

2014 ◽  
Vol 955-959 ◽  
pp. 1160-1166
Author(s):  
Shao Hua Li ◽  
Ying Ying Zhao ◽  
Jun Qing Yang ◽  
Guo Yan Zhang ◽  
Ju Rui Qi

A novel multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs)-modified glassy carbon electrode (GCE) with excellent stability, repeatability and anti-interference was synthesized and it exhibited an electrocatalytic signal for hydroquinone (HQ) compared to bare GCE, which suggested that the presence of MWCNTs efficiently enhances electron transfer. Various parameters such as pH, modifier volume, and scan rate were optimized using cyclic voltammetry (CV) and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) methods. Under optimum conditions, linear responses for HQ in 0.1mol·L-1 phosphate buffer solution of pH 6.0 were obtained in the range of 5×10-6 mol·L-1 to 2×10-4 mol·L-1 with detection limits of 2.7×10-6 mol·L-1 (signal-to-noise ratio of 3). Such MWCNTs-modified GCE was successfully applied for the determination of hydroquinone in simulated water samples and can be developed for the the detection of HQ.


2012 ◽  
Vol 518-523 ◽  
pp. 1571-1575 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yao Guang Guo ◽  
Wei Yan ◽  
Xiao Yi Lou ◽  
Dong Xue Xiao ◽  
Ping Zhai ◽  
...  

A glassy carbon electrode (GCE) modified with multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) for electrochemical square-wave stripping voltammetric (SWV) determination of antimony (III) was introduced. Various experimental parameters, such as the amounts of carbon nanotubes, the deposition potential and time, the electrolyte solution, etc, were thoroughly optimized and discussed. Under the optimum experimental conditions, the MWCNTs-modified GCE exhibited well linear behaviour in the antimony(III) concentration range from 0.04 to 0.26 mg/L (R=0.9983) with a detection limit of 3.20×10-4mg/L (S/N=3) under a 360 s accumulation. The proposed electrode also exhibited encouraging properties for measurements of simulated water samples.


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