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Multiwalled carbon nanotubes modified with MoO2 nanoparticles for voltammetric determination of the pesticide oxyfluorfen

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A glassy carbon electrode was functionalized by MoO2 nanoparticle–decorated multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and examined as a working electrode in oxyfluorfen (OXY) detection by differential pulse stripping voltammetry (DPSV). Measurement parameters were as follows: initial potential − 0.1 V, end potential + 0.5 V, accumulation potential − 0.15 V, accumulation time 80 s, and scan rate 50 mV s−1. A stripping potential of + 0.315 V vs. Ag/AgCl was employed. The pPesticide oxyfluorfen was determined in model samples by DPSV with good reproducibility (RSD <2.4%) in the concentration range 2.5 to 34.5 ng mL−1, with r = 0.99 and a limit of detection of 1.5 ng mL−1. These results are in the same range as those of HPLC/DAD, which is used as the comparative method. Recovery for OXY determination in a real river water sample was 102%. Analyses in Briton-Robinson buffer has shown to be pH dependent with the best response at pH 6.0. Structural characterization of MoO2-MWCNT by Raman spectroscopy, field emission scanning electron microscopy, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, and X-ray crystallography revealed a preserved MWCNT structure decorated with firmly attached clusters of MoO2 nanoparticles.

Glassy carbon electrode functionalized by MoO2 nanoparticle–decorated multiwalled carbon nanotubes is used as a working electrode in the voltammetric determination of pesticide oxyfluorfen in water.

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  1. Department for Bioinformatics and Computational Chemistry, „VINČA” Institute of Nuclear Sciences - National Institute of thе Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

    Jelena S. Milićević

  2. Faculty of Science and Mathematics, University of Niš, Niš, 18000, Serbia

    Marjan S. Ranđelović & Aleksandra R. Zarubica

  3. Department of Chemical Dynamics and Permanent Education, „VINČA” Institute of Nuclear Sciences - National Institute of thе Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

    Milan Z. Momčilović

  4. School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia

    Sajjad S. Mofarah & Charles C. Sorrel

  5. Department of Materials, „VINČA” Institute of Nuclear Sciences - National Institute of thе Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

    Branko Matović

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Milićević, J.S., Ranđelović, M.S., Momčilović, M.Z. et al. Multiwalled carbon nanotubes modified with MoO2 nanoparticles for voltammetric determination of the pesticide oxyfluorfen. Microchim Acta 187, 429 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-020-04406-4

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