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Electrochemical study of brucine on an electrode modified with magnetic carbon-coated nickel nanoparticles

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A novel type of glassy carbon electrode modified with magnetic carbon-coated nickel nanoparticles (C-Ni/GCE) was fabricated and the electrochemical properties of brucine were studied using it. The carbon-coated nickel nanoparticles showed excellent electrocatalytic activity for the redox of brucine and an enhanced electron transfer rate. The electrochemical behavior of brucine on the C-Ni/GCE was explored by cyclic voltammetry (CV), and a redox mechanism for brucine was proposed. A series of electrochemical parameters were calculated for brucine by CV and controlled-potential electrolysis. The C-Ni/GCE showed good sensitivity, selectivity and stability, and was applied to determine the concentration of brucine. The differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) response of the C-Ni/GCE showed that the catalytic current was linear with the concentration of brucine in the range of 4.7 × 10−8 to 2.4 × 10−4 mol l−1, with a correlation coefficient of 0.998. The detection limit was 1.4 × 10−8 mol l−1.

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This work was supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China (No. 20575017) and the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei province (No. 2005ABA063).

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    Sheng-Fu Wang, Fen Xie & Ruo-Fei Hu

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Wang, SF., Xie, F. & Hu, RF. Electrochemical study of brucine on an electrode modified with magnetic carbon-coated nickel nanoparticles. Anal Bioanal Chem 387, 933–939 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-006-0984-2

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