The electronic conductivity of tri-n-octylphosphineoxide (TOPO)-protected CdSe quantum dots (QDs) was studied at the air-water interface using the Langmuir technique within the context of photochemical and photophysical excitation. It was found that, upon photoirradiation with photon energies higher than that of the absorption threshold, the voltammetric currents increased rather substantially ...

The voltammetric performance of edge-plane pyrolytic graphite (EPG) electrode via adsorptive stripping voltammetry was investigated for study of the electrochemical behavior of omeprazole (OMZ) in aqueous solution. The results revealed that the oxidation of OMZ is an irreversible pH-dependent process that proceeds with the transfer of one electron and one proton in an adsorption-controlled mech...

Nitrogen-doped tetrahedral amorphous carbon (ta-C :N) films were deposited by filtered cathodic vacuum arc (FCVA) technique using nitrogen as a background gas. The structure of the ta-C :N films was studied with X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and Raman spectroscopy in terms of nitrogen flow rate used during the film deposition. Potential windows of the films measured in deaerated and un...

A doença de Chagas é um grave problema de saúde pública para a América Latina, situação agravada pela inexistência de quimioterapia eficiente. Os dois fármacos comercialmente encontrados, benznidazol e nifurtimox, são eficazes apenas na fase aguda da doença. A nitrofurazona é ativa contra Trypanosoma cruzi, entretanto, a alta toxicidade impede seu uso na parasitose. A hidroximetilnitrofurazona ...

The present work, describes electrochemical preparation of a novel cadmium pentacyanonitrosylferrate (CdPCNF) film as a Prussian Blue analogous on the glassy carbon (GC) electrode from a solution of 5 mM CdCl2 and 5 mM Na2[Fe(CN)5NO]. The effect of experimental conditions such as pH and composition of electrodeposition solution on the peak current of the modified electrode and its stability wer...

Square-wave voltammetry of surface redox reactions is considered as an adequate model for a protein-film voltammetric setup. Here we develop a theoretical approach to analyze the effects of temperature on square-wave voltammograms. The performed simulations address the surface redox reactions featuring slow, modest and fast electron transfer. The theoretical calculations show that the temperatu...

An array of electrochemical quartz crystal electrodes (EQCM) modified with nanostructured films based on phthalocyanines was developed and used to discriminate musts prepared from different varieties of grapes. Nanostructured films of iron, nickel and copper phthalocyanines were deposited on Pt/quartz crystals through the Layer by Layer technique by alternating layers of the corresponding phtha...