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Multiwalled carbon nanotubes/gold nanocomposites-based electrochemiluminescent sensor for sensitive determination of bisphenol A

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An electrochemiluminescence (ECL) sensor for bisphenol A was proposed by using l-cysteine-functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes/gold nanocomposites-modified glassy carbon electrode (MWCNTs-Au/GCE) based on ECL of peroxydisulfate solution. The ECL behaviors of peroxydisulfate solution had been investigated at the chitosan/MWCNTs-Au/GCE, and bisphenol A was found to have quenching effects on the ECL of peroxydisulfate solution. Both Au nanoparticles (AuNPs) and multiwalled CNTs could promote the electron transfer and synergetically amplify the ECL signal of peroxydisulfate solution. Under the optimized conditions, the ECL signal intensity was linear with the concentration of bisphenol A in the concentration range between 0.25 and 100 μM (R = 0.9931) with a detection limit (S/N = 3) of 0.083 μM. The constructed ECL sensor has the advantages of simplicity, sensitivity, good selectivity, and reproducibility, exhibiting a great potential application in the determination of bisphenol A.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21373138, 81472001, 31400851), Shanghai Education Committee (15ZZ070), and International Joint Laboratory on Resource Chemistry (IJLRC).

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  1. The Education Ministry Key Laboratory of Resource Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials and Shanghai Municipal Education Committee Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging Probes and Sensors, Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Normal University, 100 Guilin Road, Shanghai, 200234, China

    Weiwei Guo, Amin Zhang, Xin Zhang, Chusen Huang & Nengqin Jia

  2. College of Chemistry and Life Science, Quanzhou Normal University, Quanzhou, 362000, Fujian Province, China

    Dapeng Yang & Nengqin Jia

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Published in the topical collection Analytical Electrochemiluminescence with guest editors Hua Cui, Francesco Paolucci, Neso Sojic, and Guobao Xu.

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Guo, W., Zhang, A., Zhang, X. et al. Multiwalled carbon nanotubes/gold nanocomposites-based electrochemiluminescent sensor for sensitive determination of bisphenol A. Anal Bioanal Chem 408, 7173–7180 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-016-9746-y

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