Increasing urbanization and industrialization lead to the release of metals into the biosphere, which has become a serious issue for public health. In this paper, the direct electrochemical reduction of zinc ions is studied using electrochemically reduced graphene oxide (ERGO) modified glassy carbon electrode (GCE). The graphene oxide (GO) was fabricated using modified Hummers method and was el...

The electrochemical oxidation of toluene in N-butyl-N-methylpyrrolidinium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide ([bmpyr](+)[Ntf2](-)) was investigated by using cyclic voltammetry and galvanostatic electrolysis in the presence of Co(II) at a Pt disc working electrode. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) investigations revealed that Co(II)-Co(III) oxidation is a diffusion controlled electron transfer process. Th...

The novel boron-chelated π-conjugated polymers named as BF2-poly and BPh2-poly were synthesized by a feasible condensation-chelation strategy. First, conjugated polymers bearing Boc group were prepared by using palladium-catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reaction. Then, conjugated polymers (poly-1) were obtained with high efficiency by removing the Boc group from Boc-poly. Last, boron trifluori...

Dopamine neurotransmission has been implicated in the modulation of many cognitive processes. Both rapid (phasic) and slower (tonic) changes in its extracellular concentration contribute to its complex actions. Fast in vivo electrochemical techniques can measure extracellular dopamine on a rapid time scale but without the selectivity afforded with slower techniques that use chemical separations...

Nanotechnology allows the synthesis of nanoscale catalysts, which offer an efficient alternative for fuel cell applications. In this laboratory experiment, the student selects a cost-effective anode for fuel cells by comparing three different working electrodes. These are commercially available palladium (Pd) and glassy carbon (GC) electrodes, and a carbon paste (CP) electrode that is prepared ...

A non-enzymatic amperometric glucose biosensor based on a modified electrode was fabricated by electrochemical derivatization of copper hexacyanoferrate (CuHCF) film at gold nanoparticles (GNP) adsorbed graphite wax composite electrode. The modified electrode was characterized by cyclic voltammetry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The electrode was also characterized by scannin...

Reduction and nanoparticle nucleation of Cu2+ by decamethylferrocene was studied with cyclic square-wave voltammetry at a microscale liquid–liquid interface established the tip micropipette. With voltammetry, two reduction steps could be distinguished as separate current waves. Comparing experimental results finite element method simulations, particle growth observed an increasing limiting curr...

A new cobaloxime was synthesized by the reaction of cobalt chloride and diphenylglyoxime in methanol, followed by the addition of 4′-(4-pyridyl)-2,2′:6′,2′′-terpyridine, pytpy. This complex was characterized by UV–Vis spectroscopy, 1H-NMR spectroscopy, cyclic voltammetry, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. In cyclic voltammetry experiments an irreversible reduction wave assigned to ...

The entrapment method was used to prepare electrochemical biosensors. Using controlled potential method, copolymers were synthesized between aniline y sulfonated-anilines in aqueous media at pH 4.9 on Platinum disc. The copolymers were characterized by elemental analysis and spectroscopy. Glucose-oxidase was entrapped in the electropolymerization process, at pH 4.9 in aqueous media. The copolym...

Individual and simultaneous electrochemical detection of iodide and iodine has been performed via cyclic voltammetry on boron doped diamond (BDD) electrodes in a 1M NaClO(4) (pH 8) solution, representative of typical environmental water conditions. It is feasible to compute accurate calibration curve for both compounds using cyclic voltammetry measurements by determining the peak current intens...