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Voltammetric sensing of paracetamol, dopamine and 4-aminophenol at a glassy carbon electrode coated with gold nanoparticles and an organophillic layered double hydroxide

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A differential pulse voltammetric method was developed for the simultaneous determination of paracetamol, 4-aminophenol and dopamine at pH 7.0 using a glassy carbon electrode (GCE) coated with gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) and a layered double hydroxide sodium modified with dodecyl sulfate (SDS-LDH). The modified electrode displays excellent redox activity towards paracetamol, and the redox current is increased (and the corresponding over-potential decreased) compared to those of the bare GCE, the AuNPs-modified GCE, and the SDS-LDH-modified GCE. The modified electrode enables the determination of paracetamol in the concentration range from 0.5 to 400 μM, with a detection limit of 0.13 μM (at an S/N of 3). The sensor was successfully applied to the stimultaneous determination of paracetamol and dopamine, and of paracetamol and 4-aminophenol, respectively, in pharmaceutical tablets and in spiked human serum samples.

1. Gold nanoparticles and organophillic layered double hydroxide modified glassy carbon electrode was fabricated. 2. The modified electrode displayed excellent redox activity towards paracetamol. 3. This electrode was successfully applied to the simultaneous determination of paracetamol and dopamine, and of paracetamol and 4-aminophenol, respectively

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The authors are grateful to the financial supports from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21075078) and the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong province, China (No. ZR2010BM005).

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    Huanshun Yin, Kun Shang, Xiaomeng Meng & Shiyun Ai

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Yin, H., Shang, K., Meng, X. et al. Voltammetric sensing of paracetamol, dopamine and 4-aminophenol at a glassy carbon electrode coated with gold nanoparticles and an organophillic layered double hydroxide. Microchim Acta 175, 39–46 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-011-0652-x

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