Electrocatalytic boost up of epinephrine and its simultaneous resolution in the presence of serotonin and folic acid at poly(serine)/multi-walled carbon nanotubes composite modified electrode: A voltammetric study

摘要

The present paper describes the new strategy for the development of nanosensor based on dropcasting of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) followed by electropolymerization of serine (ser) onto the glassy carbon electrode (GCE). The developed nanocomposite sensor was abbreviated as poly(ser)/MWCNTs/GCE and was characterized by using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) technique. The EIS results confirmed the fast electron transfer rate at the surface of poly(ser)/MWCNTs/GCE The proposed sensor exhibited good catalytic activity towards the sensing of epinephrine (EP) individually and simultaneously in the presence of serotonin (5-HT) and folic acid (FA) in 0.1 M phosphate buffer solution (PBS) at pH 7.0. The limit of detection (LOD) and limit of quantification (LOQ) of EP was found to be 6 × 10~(-7) M and 2 × 10~(-6) M respectively. The fabricated sensor showed excellent precision and accuracy with a relative standard deviation (RSD) of 4.86%. The proposed composite sensor was effectively applied towards the determination of EP in human blood serum and pharmaceutical injection sample.