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Self-assembly behavior of layered titanium niobate and methylene blue cation and electrochemical detection of dopamine

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A novel nanocomposite MB/Ti5NbO14 was successfully synthesized by exfoliation/restacking method. The structure and morphology were characterized by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), energy-dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy (UV–vis), and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR). It is indicated that materials were successfully synthesized, and MB was successfully intercalated between the layers of [Ti5NbO14]3− forming a layer with its molecular plane inclined to [Ti5NbO14]3− layer at about 39.88°. Meanwhile, electrochemical measurement demonstrated that MB/Ti5NbO14 nanocomposite exhibited enhanced electrochemical activities towards the oxidation of dopamine due to increased electro-transport properties. And the MB/Ti5NbO14 modified electrode has a detection limit of 2.01 µM (R/N 3.0) with the concentration range from 0.0249 to 0.4988 mM. This study indicated that this electrochemical sensor has satisfactory stability, and detects dopamine with strong anti-interference performance, repeatability, and reproducibility.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by a Project Funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD), the First-Class Undergraduate Majors Construction Program of Jiangsu Province, the Key Discipline Construction Program of Jiangsu Province, the 2019 Petrel Project of Lianyungang (2019-QD-014), the Lianyungang 521 Project Foundation (Grant No. LYG52105-2018045), the Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Material Function Control Technology Research Fund (jsklfctam201805), and Postgraduate Research and Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province (KYCX19_2256, KYCX20_2943). Jiangsu Ocean University Innovation and Entrepreneurship Project (X201911641104004).

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    Haoran Wang, Shining Wu, Tongtong Cao, Bo Zhao, Zhiwei Tong & Xiaobo Zhang

  2. Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Function Control Technology for Advanced Materials, Jiangsu Ocean University, Lianyungang, 222005, China

    Haoran Wang, Shining Wu, Tongtong Cao, Zhiwei Tong & Xiaobo Zhang

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    Jianjun Ruan & Jiakai Cao

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Wang, H., Wu, S., Cao, T. et al. Self-assembly behavior of layered titanium niobate and methylene blue cation and electrochemical detection of dopamine. Journal of Materials Research 36, 1437–1446 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-021-00166-w

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