Expanding the possibilities of electrografting modification of voltammetric sensors through two complementary strategies

Two different modification strategies by means of aryl diazonium salt electrografting were compared for the development of voltammetric sensors. In this sense, l-cysteine was immobilized onto a screen-printed carbon-based electrode surface through either its -NH2 or its -COOH group and the performan...

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Autores: Pérez Ràfols, Clara, Rosal Soria, Miguel, Serrano i Plana, Núria, Ariño Blasco, Cristina, Esteban i Cortada, Miquel, Díaz Cruz, José Manuel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/138500
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/138500
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Anàlisi electroquímica
Electrochemical analysis
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Sumario:Two different modification strategies by means of aryl diazonium salt electrografting were compared for the development of voltammetric sensors. In this sense, l-cysteine was immobilized onto a screen-printed carbon-based electrode surface through either its -NH2 or its -COOH group and the performance of the resulting modified sensors was tested for the simultaneous determination of Pb(II) and Cd(II) by anodic stripping voltammetry. The results obtained indicate that attachment through the -COOH group of cysteine, despite being a much less frequent electrografting strategy, improves the analytical performance of the resulting sensor achieving lower LODs, at low μg L−1 levels, for Cd(II) and Pb(II). Furthermore, this strategy allows the quantification of both metal ions below the legal limits established by the European Water Framework Directive, which represents a great improvement with respect to similar sensors reported in the literature