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Colloidal synthesis of perovskite-type lanthanum aluminate incorporated graphene oxide composites: Electrochemical detection of nitrite in meat extract and drinking water

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A novel electrochemical method has been developed for determination of nitrite using La-based perovskite-type lanthanum aluminate nanorod-incorporated graphene oxide nanosheets (LaAlO3@GO). Morphological and structural analyses of the prepared perovskite-type electrocatalyst, with and without a glassy carbon electrode (GCE) surface, were performed using various techniques, including transmission electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, X-ray diffractometry, Raman spectroscopy, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. Under optimal conditions, the LaAlO3@GO composite-modified GCE (LaAlO3@GO/GCE) exhibited excellent electrocatalytic performance toward the electrooxidation of nitrite (pH = 7.0), with a significant increase in anodic peak currents compared with the bare GCE. Using amperometry, the fabricated sensor exhibited a wide nitrite determination range from 0.01 to 1540.5 µM, with a detection limit of 0.0041 µM. Notably, the proposed LaAlO3@GO/GCE electrode demonstrated a good nitrite detection performance in different meat and water samples. In addition, the LaAlO3@GO/GCE electrode displayed excellent selectivity, repeatability, reproducibility, storage, and operational stability toward nitrite detection.

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This study was funded by the Researchers Supporting Project Number (RSP-2021/265) King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the Ministry of Science and Technology (grant number 110–2221-E-131–011-MY3), and Ming Chi University of Technology, Taiwan.

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  1. Department of Materials and Mineral Resources Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, No. 1, Sec. 3, Chung-Hsiao East Rd, Taipei, 106, Taiwan

    Mani Govindasamy & Sea-Fue Wang

  2. Department of Materials Engineering, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei City, 243303, Taiwan

    Mani Govindasamy & Chi-Hsien Huang

  3. Korea University of Technology and Education, Cheonan-si 31253, Chungcheongnam-do, Cheonan, Republic of Korea

    Mani Govindasamy

  4. Chemistry Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia

    Razan A. Alshgari & Mohamed Ouladsmane

  5. Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, 33378, Taiwan

    Chi-Hsien Huang

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Govindasamy, M., Wang, SF., Huang, CH. et al. Colloidal synthesis of perovskite-type lanthanum aluminate incorporated graphene oxide composites: Electrochemical detection of nitrite in meat extract and drinking water. Microchim Acta 189, 210 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-022-05296-4

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