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    A Non-Enzymatic Carbohydrate Sensor Based on Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes Modified with Adsorbed Active Gold Particles

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    The voltammetric behavior of a glassy carbon electrode modified with multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and Au particles was studied in alkaline medium towards the electrooxidation of some carbohydrates used as model compounds. The influence of carbohydrate concentration and scan rate on peak potentials, peak currents, etc., observed at the modified electrode was evaluated and critically discussed. The Au particles dispersed into multiwalled carbon nanotubes structures showed favorable electrocatalytic and analytical properties towards the electrooxidation of xylose and glucose molecules. Atomic force microscopy performed on the resulting modified electrode showed a well-efficient 3D distribution of Au active particles having sharp-edged and elongated grains along bundles of the MWCNTs. The three-dimensional MWCNT-Au composite structure of the catalyst act as a promoter to enhance the diffusive character of recorded currents and probably also increases the rate of the heterogeneous electron transfer of the electrooxidation process considered

    Electrocatalytic oxidation of some hydrazine compounds at glassy carbon electrode modified with Co-gluconate complex.

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    Cobalt oxyhydroxide modified glassy carbon electrodes (GC/Co) prepared by anodic electrodepostion in alkaline solution containing gluconate ions as ligand species have been characterized and proposed as sensing probes for the detection of hydrazine compounds. Under cyclic voltammetry and chronoamperometric conditions, the electrooxidation processes of hydrazines on the GC/Co are severely attenuated indicating strong and irreversible adsorption of the analyte on the electrode surface with subsequent formation of stable films with fouling effects on the catalytic sites. On the contrary, under flowing conditions the hydrazine compounds show well-defined and reproducible peaks with good analytical performance. Flow injection analysis (FIA) carried out at constant applied potential of 0.3 V vs. Ag/AgCl (4 M?KCl) and using a flowing stream of 0.1 M NaOH solution containing 50 mu M Co2L22- as on-line modifier, shows limits of detection (LODs) comprised between 0.5 mu M for hydrazine and 2 mu M for 1,2-dimethyhydrazine. Regression analysis, shows linear ranges spanning over about three orders of magnitude above the detection limits with coefficients of correlation better than 0.96
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