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Synthesis and characterization of uncoated and coated magnetite nanoparticles and use of their peroxidase like activity for phenol detection

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Nowadays, environmental contamination is diverse and complicated, and the environment is polluted by multiple harmful chemicals from anthropogenic sources, necessitating the development of efficient and low-cost technologies for monitoring them. In this paper, the hydrothermal technique has been used to synthesize naked Fe3O4, PEG-coated Fe3O4, and CTAB-coated Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs). X-ray diffraction studies showed that the crystallite sizes of the naked Fe3O4, PEG-coated Fe3O4, and CTAB-coated Fe3O4 NPs were 47.23, 39.23, and 31.70 nm, respectively. All the products had a spherical shape with a hollow structure, according to the FESEM analysis. The VSM revealed that the saturation magnetization of the samples ranged from 82.7 to 77.5 emu/g. By employing unmodified and modified magnetite nanozyme, we present a simple and high-performance sensor for colorimetric detection of phenol. The samples showed different catalytic activity in enhancing the reaction of 4-aminoantipyrine, phenolic species, and H2O2, resulting in a spectacular color shift to signal the target level. This ability of the products was used for the detection of phenol in concentrations ranging from 0.25 μM to 1.2 mM.

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    Nwar A. Yousif, Selma M. H. AL-Jawad & Ali A. Taha

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NAY contributed to investigation, writing—original draft, methodology, and formal analysis. SMH. AJ contributed to writing—review and editing, administration, formal analysis, and investigation. AAT contributed to writing formal analysis, and investigation.

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Yousif, N.A., AL-Jawad, S.M.H. & Taha, A.A. Synthesis and characterization of uncoated and coated magnetite nanoparticles and use of their peroxidase like activity for phenol detection. Opt Quant Electron 55, 1294 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-023-05605-y

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