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A multichannel system integrating molecularly imprinted conductive polymers for ultrasensitive voltammetric determination of four steroid hormones in urine

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This work reports on a modularized electrochemical method for the determination of the hormones cortisol, progesterone, testosterone and 17β-estradiol in urine. These hormones were employed as templates when generating molecular imprints from aniline and metanilic acid by electropolymerization on the surface of screen-printed electrodes. The electrically conductive imprint was characterized by SEM, AFM and cyclic voltammetry. A four-channel system was then established to enable simultaneous determination of the hormones by cyclic voltammetry. The detection limits for cortisol, progesterone, testosterone and 17β-estradiol are as low as 2, 2.5, 10 and 9 ag·mL−1 (for S/N = 3).

A four-channel system was established to enable simultaneous determination of 4 steroid hormones by cyclic voltammetry and by using moleculalry imprinted polymers.

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The authors would like to appreciate the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Republic of China, Taiwan for financially supporting this research under contract nos. MOST 106-2221-E-390-013-MY3, 106-2314-B-390-001-MY2 and 107-2923-M-390-001-MY3.

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  1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, 84001, Taiwan

    Mei-Hwa Lee

  2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA

    James L. Thomas

  3. Department of Electrical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 701, Taiwan

    Wei-Chiun Liu & Bin-Da Liu

  4. Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National University of Kaohsiung (NUK), 700, Kaohsiung University Rd., Nan-Tzu District, Kaohsiung, 81148, Taiwan

    Zheng-Xiang Zhang, Chien-Hsin Yang & Hung-Yin Lin

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Lee, MH., Thomas, J.L., Liu, WC. et al. A multichannel system integrating molecularly imprinted conductive polymers for ultrasensitive voltammetric determination of four steroid hormones in urine. Microchim Acta 186, 695 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-019-3797-7

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