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Photoelectrochemical sensing of tannic acid based on the use of TiO2 sensitized with 5-methylphenazinium methosulfate and carboxy-functionalized CdTe quantum dots

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The article describes a method for determination of tannic acid in extracts of medicinal plants. Tannic acid (TA) is an antioxidant and has anticancer and antimicrobial properties. Titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2) were co-sensitized with 5-methylphenazinium methosulfate (PMS) and carboxy-functionalized cadmium telluride quantum dots (CdTe QDs), and immobilized on a fluorine-doped tin oxide electrode. The surface morphology and electrochemical properties of the modified electrode were investigated by scanning electron microscopy and amperometry, respectively. A composite consisting of TiO2, PMS and CdTe QDs in a nafion film has a response to TA under LED light higher than that observed for each separate component. Under optimized experimental conditions and at an applied voltage of +0.4 V vs Ag/AgCl, the photoelectrochemical sensor has a linear response in the 0.2 to 200 μmol L−1 TA concentration range and a detection limit of 60 nmol L−1. The sensor was successfully applied to the determination of TA in spiked extracts from three medicinal plants, with recovery values between 98.3 and 103.9 %.

Schematic diagram for photoelectrochemical detection of tannic acid based on a fluorine doped tin oxide electrode modified with titanium oxide, 5-methylphenazinium methosulfate and carboxy-functionalized cadmium telluride quantum dots

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The authors are grateful to FAPEMA (PRONEM-00155/16; UNIVERSAL-00927/16; UNIVERSAL-01194/17), CNPq (303525/2016-9; 421139/2016-1; 305680/2015-3;426337/2016-6), and Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Bioanalítica (465389/2014-7) for financial support. The authors are grateful to the Microscopy Center/UFMG by the SEM images.

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    Fernanda Maria dos Reis Lima, André da Silva Freires, Cláudia Quintino da Rocha, Flavio Santos Damos & Rita de Cássia Silva Luz

  2. Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, 31270-901, Brazil

    Neuma das Mercês Pereira & Glaura Goulart Silva

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Lima, F.M.d., Freires, A.d., Pereira, N.d. et al. Photoelectrochemical sensing of tannic acid based on the use of TiO2 sensitized with 5-methylphenazinium methosulfate and carboxy-functionalized CdTe quantum dots. Microchim Acta 185, 521 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-018-3047-4

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