DNA Immobilization on Nano-Gold Modified Glassy Carbon Electrode

CT-DNA were electrochemically immobilized on the surfaces of both nano-gold modified glassy carbon electrode and bare glassy carbon electrode. The cyclic voltammetric behavior of Co (phen)(3)(3+) adsorbed on the immobilized DNA was studied. Increase in the peak current of Co (phen)(3)(3+) redox reaction was obtained on nano-gold modified glassy carbon electrode. The result suggests that more DNA molecules were immobilized on this electrode and nano-gold modification can enhance the heterogeneous electron transfer rate constant of the Co (phen)(3)(3+).

Voltammetric behavior of sedative drug midazolam at glassy carbon electrode in solubilized systems

Redox behavior of midazolam was studied at a glassy carbon electrode in various buffer systems,supporting electrolytes and pH using differential paise,square-wave and cyclic voltammetry.Based on its reduction behavior,a direct differential pulse voltammetric method has been developed and validated for the determination of midazolam in parenteral dosage.Three welldefined peaks were observed in 0.1％ SLS,Britton-Robinson (BR) buffer of pH 2.5.The effect of surfaetants like sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS),cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) and Tween 20 was studied.Among these surfactants SLS showed significant enhancement in reduction peak.The cathodic peak currents were directly proportional to the concentration of midazolam with correlation coetfficient of 0.99.

Cyclic Voltammetry Determination of Epinephrine with a Nano-gold Modified Glassy Carbon Electrode in the Presence of High Concentration Ascorbic Acid

Nano-gold (NG) modified glassy carbon electrodes (GCEs) were used for determination of epinephrine (EP) in the presence of high concentration ascorbic acid (AA) by cyclic voltammetry (CV). This modified electrode can not only catalytically oxidize EP and AA, but also separate the catalytic peak potentials of EP and AA by about 183.5 mV. In pH = 7.0 ogisogate byffer solution, the linear range of epinephrine was 5 106 ~ 1 ?10-4 mol/L.

Direct Electrochemistry and Electrocatalysis of Hemoglobin at PAMAM Dendrimer-MWNTs-Au Nanoparticles Composite Film Modified Glassy Carbon Electrode

The direct electron transfer of hemoglobin at the PAMAM-MWNTs-AuNPs composite film modified glassy carbon electrode was studied. In a phosphate buffer solution（PBS, pH=7.0）, the formal potential（E^0） of Hb was -0.105 V versus SCE, the electron transfer rate constant was 4.66 s-1. E^0＇ of Hb at the modified electrode was linearly varied in a pH range of 5.0-8.0 with a slope of-49.2 mV/pH. The Hb/PAMAM-MWNTs-AuNPs/GCE gave an excellent electrocatalytic response to the reduction of hydrogen peroxide. The catalytic current increased linearly with H2O2 concentration in a range of 1.0× 10^-6 to 2.2× 10^-3 mol/L. The detection limit was 2.0× 10^-7 mol/L at a signal to noise ratio of 3. The Michaelis-Menten constant（Km^app） was 2.95 mmol/L.

Glassy carbon electrode modified with multi-walled carbon nanotubes sensor for the quantihication of antihistamine drug pheniramine in solubilized systems

A sensitive electroanalytical method for quantification of pheniramine in pharmaceutical formulation has been investigated on the basis of the enhanced electrochemical response at glassy carbon electrode modified with multi-walled carbon nanotubes in the presence of sodium lauryl sulfate.The experimental results suggest that the phcniramine in anionic surfactant solution exhibits electrocatalytic effect resulting in a marked enhancement of the peak current response.Peak current response is linearly dependent on the concentration of pheniramine in the range 200-1500 μg/mL with correlation coefficient 0.9987.The limit of detection is 58.31 μg/m L.The modified electrode shows good sensitivity and repeatability.

NUCLEATION BEHAVIOURS OF SILVER ON GLASSY CARBON MICROELECTRODES

The initial stage of silver deposition has been investigated using the microelectrode technique A disc shaped nucleus can be obtained on glassy carbon microelectrodes and the instanta. neous nucleation model applies for the process

Electrochemical behavior of paclitaxel and its determination at glassy carbon electrode

The electrochemical behavior of paclitaxel drug was studied at a glassy carbon electrode in phosphate buffer solutions using cyclic and differential-pulse voltammetric techniques.The oxidation process was shown to be irreversible over the pH range(3.0e10.4)and was diffusion controlled.Effects of anodic peak potential(E_(p)),anodic peak current(Ipa),scan rate,pH,heterogeneous rate constant(k^(0)),etc have been discussed.A possible electrooxidation mechanism was proposed.An analytical method was developed for the determination of paclitaxel in phosphate buffer solution at pH¼7.0 as a supporting electrolyte.The anodic peak current varied linearly with paclitaxel concentration in the range 1.0×10^-(6)M to 1.0×10^-(5)M with a limit of detection(LOD)of 1.23×10^(-8)M and limit of quantification(LOQ)of 4.10×10^(-8)M.The proposed method was successfully applied to the determination of paclitaxel in pure and real samples.

Voltammetric quantitation of nitazoxanide by glassy carbon electrode

The present study reports voltammetric reduction of nitazoxanide in Britton-Robinson （B-R） buffer by cyclic and square-wave voltammetry at glassy carbon electrode. A versatile fully validated voltammetric method for quantitative determination of nitazoxanide in pharmaceutical formulation has been proposed. A squrewave peak current was linear over the nitazoxanide concentration in the range of 20-140 ~tg/mL. The limit of detection （LOD） and limit of quantification （LOQ） was calculated to be 5.23 la~/mL and 17.45 la~/mL, respectively.

Voltammetric Response of Epinephrine at Carbon Nanotube Modified Glassy Carbon Electrode and Activated Glassy Carbon Electrode

The electrochemical behavior of epinephrine at activated glassy carbon electrode and carbon nanotube-coated glassy carbon electrode was studied. Epinephrine could exhibit an anodic peak at about 0.2 V （vs. SCE） at bare glassy carbon electrode, but it was very small. However, when the electrode was activated at certain potential （i.e. 1.9 V） or modified with carbon nanotube, the peak became more sensitive, resulting from the increase in electrode area in addition to the electrostatic attraction. Under the selected conditions, the anodic peak current was linear to epinephrine concentration in the range of 3.3×10^-7 - 1.1×10^-5 mol/L at activated glassy carbon electrode and in the range of 1.0×10^-5 - 5.0×10^-5 mol/L at carbon nanotube-coated electrode. The correlation coefficients were 0.998 and 0.997, respectively. The determination limit was 1.0×10^-7 mol/L. The two electrodes have been successfully applied for the determination of epinephrine in adrenaline hydrochloride injection with recovery of 95%-104%.

The Electrochemical Behavior and the Determination of Bavistin on Glassy Carbon Electrode

In this paper, the electrochendcal behavior of bavistin (MBC) on glassy carbon electrode is reported. In a base solution of pH=9.0 NH3-NH4Cl, a sensitive anodic peak was found by cyclic voltammetry. Differential pulse stripping voltanunetry was applied for determing MBC in grains. The detection limit is 4×10-8mo/L.The recovery is from 91.3% to 95.7%. The method has advantages of simplicity and high sensitivity.

Anodic Stripping Voltammetric Determination of Lead(II) Using Glassy Carbon Electrode Modified with Novel Calix[4]arene

A new glassy carbon electrode modified with novel caHx[4]arene derivative was prepared and then applied to the selective recognition of lead ion in aqueous media by cyclic and square wave voltammtry. A new anodic stripping peak at - 0.92 V (vs. Ag/Ag+) in square wave voltammogram can be obtained by scanning the potential from - 1.5 to - 0.6 V, of which the peak current is proportional to the concentration of Pb2+. The modified electrode in 0.1 moVL HNO3 solution showed a linear voltammetric response in the range of 2.0 x 10(-8)-1.0 x 10(-6) mol/L and a detection limit of 6.1 x 10(-9) mol/L. In the modified glassy carbon electrode no significant interference occurred from alkali, alkaline and transition metal ions except Hg2+, Ag+ and Cu2+ ions, which can be eliminated by the addition of KSCN. The proposed method was successfully applied to determine lead in aqueous samples.

Heat-treated glassy carbon under pressure exhibiting superior hardness,strength and elasticity

Glassy carbon(GC)is a type of non-graphitizing disordered carbon material at ambient pressure and high temperatures,which has been widely used due to its excellent mechanical properties.Here we report the changes in the microstructure and mechanical properties of GC treated at high pressures(up to 5 GPa)and high temperatures.The formation of intermediate sp2-sp3 phases is identified at moderate treatment temperatures before the complete graphitization of GC,by analyzing synchrotron X-ray diffraction,Raman spectra,and transmission electron microscopy images.The intermediate metastable carbon materials exhibit superior mechanical properties with hardness reaching up to 10 GPa and compressive strength reaching as high as 2.5 GPa,nearly doubling those of raw GC,and improving elasticity and thermal stability.The synthesis pressure used in this study can be achieved in the industry on a commercial scale,enabling the scalable synthesis of this type of strong,hard,and elastic carbon materials.

Electrochemiluminescence of Bare Glassy Carbon with Benzoyl Peroxide as the Coreactant in N,N-Dimethylformamide

The electrochemiluminescence(ECL)properties of many carbon materials have been reported with glassy carbon(GC),Pt,Au or indium tin oxide(ITO)as the working electrode(WE).As one type of carbon materials,GC itself can generate ECL signal.Some research groups have already noticed the ECL signal from GC WE and reported the results of GC WE with respect to their luminophores.However,comprehensive analyses of ECL properties of GC WE are rare.Herein,the ECL properties of GC WE in organic electrolyte with benzoyl peroxide as the coreactant are reported.Our results are of great importance to distinguish the true ECL data of luminophores from that of GC.

Voltammetric Detection of Nanomolar Levels of Hypoxanthine in the Presence of Copper(Ⅱ) at Glassy Carbon Electrode

Nanomolar levels of the hypoxanthine in NaOH electrolyte cantaining copper(Ⅱ) can be determined by anodic stripping voltammetry at a glassy carbon electrode. In the present article hypoxanthine Cu + is shown to be adsorbed on the electrode surface in the presence of an excess of copper(Ⅱ). After accumulation period, hypoxanthine Cu + was stripped from the electrode surface and the anodic current coming near to the oxidation of Cu(Ⅰ) to Cu(Ⅱ) was measured. A linear calibration curve in the range of 5 nmol/L 1.5 mmol/L hypoxanthine, with a detection limit of 0.5 nmol/L hypoxanthine were obtained.

Compressed glassy carbon:A novel form of carbon with previously unachievable property combinations

Subject Code:E02With the support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China,a collaborative team led by Profs.Zhao Zhisheng(赵智胜)and Tian Yongjun(田永君)from the State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology,Yanshan University demonstrates a new form of carbon with

Amperometric Determination of lndole-3-acetic Acid Based on Platinum Nanowires and Carbon Nanotubes

Platinum nanowire （PtNW） can be grown by electrodeposition in polycarbonate membrane, with the average diameter of the nanowires about 250 nm. The PtNW and multiwalled carbon nanotubes （CNT） are then dispersed into chitosan （CHIT） solution. The resulting PtNW-CNT-CHIT material brings new capabilities for electrochemical devices by using the synergistic action of the electrocatalytic activity of PtNW and CNT. By dropping the PtNW-CNT-CHIT film onto the glassy carbon （GO） electrode surface, and after evaporation an amperometric sensor for the determination of indole-3-acetic acid （IAA） was developed. The oxidation current of IAA increased significantly at the PtNW-CNT-CHIT film coated GC electrode, in contrast to that at the CNT-CHIT modified GC. The linear response of the sensor is from 50 ng/ml to 50 μg/ml with a detection limit of 25 ng/mL.

Voltammetric Response and Electrocatalysis of Glasy Carbon Electrode Modified with Monolayer Nickel Hydroxide

The glassy carbon (GC) electrode modified with a monolayer nickel hydroxide (GC/Ni(OH) 2) was prepared by immersion of GC substrate in 1.0×10 -3 mol/L NiSO 4 solution, and then cyclic voltammetric scanning in 0.20 mol/L KOH. Similarly, GC/Co(OH) 2 electrode was prepared too. The experiments showed that the voltammetric behavior of GC/Ni(OH) 2 electrode in 0.20 mol/L KOH is more stable than that of GC/ Co(OH) 2. It was found that the GC/Ni(OH) 2 electrode acts as an effective electrocatalysis for the oxidation of hydrazine.

Surface Tension of Molten Silicon Deduced from Wetting Experiments

The accurate measurements of the surface tension for molten silicon are not easy to be carried out.The major problem comes from the fact that it is very difficult to avoid the contamination of silicon surface by oxygen arising from experimental atmosphere or from the starting materials.Indirect determination of this physical property for liquid silicon is thus of interests.In the present work,wetting experiments have per- formed for molten silicon on very pure and dense glassy carbon substratc at oxygen partial pressures well below and above the saturation limit of oxygen in the liquid metal.Analyses of the wetting results,together with the experimental results reported in the literature for the surface tension values of molten silicon,ena- ble the surface tension of pure and clean liquid silicon to bc deduced.

Amperometric Biosensor for Hydrogen Peroxide Based on Electrodeposited Sub-micrometer Gold Modified Glassy Carbon Electrode

A new type of hydrogen peroxide amperometric biosensor was fabricated based on electrochemically deposited sub-micrometer Au particles (sm-Au) on a glassy carbon electrode (GCE). Electrochemical deposition condition was optimized for obtaining uniformly distributed sub-micrometer sized Au array on the electrode surface. The hy-drogen peroxide sensor was fabricated by adsorbing phenothiazine methylene blue (MB) molecules on the surface of sm-Au and covering a cross-linked horseradish peroxidase (HRP) layer, labeled as HRP/MB/sm-Au/GCE. The characteristics of this biosensor were evaluated with respect to applied potential and pH. The amperometric re-sponse of the sensor was linear to the H2O2 concentration over a wide range of 9.9×10-61.11×10-2 mol/L. A detection limit (s/n=3) of 3.0×10-6 mol/L H2O2 was estimated for a sampled chronoamperometric detection at 1.5 min after potential step of 200 to -400 mV vs. SCE. The immobilized MB molecules shuttled electrons at a=0.77 and an apparent electron transfer rate constant of 0'sk=0.053 s-1. Interference of ascorbic acid, dopamine and uric acid was investigated. This sensor has very good stability and reproducibility for long-term use.

Electrochemical,spectroscopic,and molecular docking studies of the interaction between the anti-retroviral drug indinavir and dsDNA

In this study,an electrochemical DNA biosensor was developed using a straightforward methodology to investigate the interaction of indinavir with calf thymus double-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid(ctdsDNA)for the first time.The decrease in the oxidation signals of deoxyguanosine(dGuo)and deoxyadenosine(dAdo),measured by differential pulse voltammetry,upon incubation with different concentrations of indinavir can be attributed to the binding mode of indinavir to ct-dsDNA.The currents of the dGuo and dAdo peaks decreased linearly with the concentration of indinavir in the range of 1.0 e10.0 mg/mL.The limit of detection and limit of quantification for indinavir were 0.29 and 0.98 mg/mL,respectively,based on the dGuo signal,and 0.23 and 0.78 mg/mL,respectively,based on the dAdo signal.To gain further insights into the interaction mechanism between indinavir and ct-dsDNA,spectroscopic measurements and molecular docking simulations were performed.The binding constant(Kb)between indinavir and ct-dsDNA was calculated to be 1.64108 M1,based on spectrofluorometric measurements.The obtained results can offer insights into the inhibitory activity of indinavir,which could help to broaden its applications.That is,indinavir can be used to inhibit other mechanisms and/or hallmarks of viral diseases.