Carbon‐Nanotube–Alginate Composite Modified Electrode Fabricated by In Situ Gelation for Capillary Electrophoresis
- 21 October 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Chemistry – A European Journal
- Vol. 14 (31), 9779-9785
- https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.200801124
Abstract
This report describes the development and the application of a novel carbon‐nanotube (CNT)–alginate composite modified electrode as a sensitive amperometric detector for capillary electrophoresis (CE). The composite electrode was fabricated on the basis of in situ gelation of a mixture of CNTs and sodium alginate on the surface of a carbon disc electrode in aqueous calcium chloride solution. SEM, energy‐dispersive spectroscopy, XRD, and FTIR spectroscopy offered insights into the nature of the novel composite. The results indicated that the CNTs were well dispersed and embedded throughout the alginate matrix to form an interconnected carbon‐nanotube network on the base electrode. The performance of this unique CNT‐based detector has been demonstrated, in conjunction with CE, by separating and detecting five caffeic acid derivatives. The new CNT‐based CE detector offered significantly lower operating potentials, substantially enhanced signal‐to‐noise characteristics, and a lower expense of operation. The simplicity and significant performance exhibited by the CNT–alginate composite modified electrode also indicate great promise for the use of this electrode in microchip CE, flowing‐injection analysis, and other microfluidic analysis systems.Keywords
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