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Determination of zearalenone with a glassy carbon electrode modified with nanocomposite consisting of palladium nanoparticles and a conductive polymeric ionic liquid

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A glassy carbon electrode (GCE) modified with polymeric nanocomposite consisting of palladium nanoparticles and a conductive polymeric ionic liquid was prepared. The modified GCE was applied to sensitive and fairly selective electrochemical determination of the mycotoxin zearalenone. Electrocatalytic oxidation is performed in a solution containing 20 % (V/V) acetonitrile and 80 % (V/V) of 1 M perchloric acid. Cyclic voltammetry and square wave voltammetry revealed a well-defined electrocatalytic peak current at overpotential of +0.69 V versus Ag/AgCl. Under optimized experimental conditions, there is a linear relationship between anodic peak current and zearalenone concentration in the range from 0.03 to 35 ng⋅mL‾1, and the detection limit is 0.01 ng⋅mL‾1. The method was successfully applied to the analysis of zearalenone in spiked food samples and gave recoveries between 95.6 and 104.0 %.

The nanocomposite (PdVC-PIL) was prepared by polymerization of ionic liquid monomer (PIL) in presence of Pd nanoparticles on Vulcan XC-72R carbon (PdVC). The solution containing nanocomposite was placed on the glassy carbon electrode (GCE). The voltammetry activity of modified electrode (PdVC-PIL/GCE) was compared to a bare GCE for zearalenone determination.

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We gratefully acknowledge the financial support provided for this project (No. 4617) by Institute of Science and High Technology and Environmental Sciences, Graduate University of Advanced Technology, Kerman, Iran.

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Afzali, D., Fathirad, F. Determination of zearalenone with a glassy carbon electrode modified with nanocomposite consisting of palladium nanoparticles and a conductive polymeric ionic liquid. Microchim Acta 183, 2633–2638 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-016-1907-3

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