Disposable and low-cost electrochemical sensor based on the colorless nail polish and graphite composite material for tartrazine detection

Author(s)

de Lima, Lucas F. ^[1] ; Ferreira, Andre L. ^[2] ; Maciel, Cristiane C. ^[3] ; Ferreira, Marystela ^[2] ; de Araujo, William R. ^[1]

Affiliation

^[1] State Univ Campinas UNICAMP, Inst Chem, Dept Analyt Chem, Portable Chem Sensors Lab, POB 6154, BR-13083970 Campinas, SP - Brazil

^[2] Fed Univ Sao Carlos UFSCar, Ctr Sci & Technol Sustainabil CCTS, Sorocaba, SP - Brazil

^[3] Sao Paulo State Univ Unesp, Inst Sci & Technol, BR-18087180 Sorocaba - Brazil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Talanta; v. 227, MAY 15 2021.
• Web of Science Citations: 1

Abstract

A new method to manufacture electrochemical devices based on the graphite and colorless nail polish (N-grap) film was developed for tartrazine (Tz) detection. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) demonstrates that the composite material presents a high porous carbon structure. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) and Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) were employed to electrochemically characterize the electrode material, which corroborates the porous structure of the N-graph due to the enhanced electroactive area (5.4-fold increase) and presented a heterogeneous electron transfer rate constant (k(0)) of 5.82 x 10 (3) cm s (1) for potassium ferricyanide. The electrochemical determination of the Tz was carried out using square-wave voltammetry (SWV), under the optimized experimental conditions, which showed high sensitivity (0.793 A L mol (1)) and a lower limit of detection (LOD) of 2.10 x 10 (8) mol L (1) with a linear concentration ranging from 2.0 to 50.0 mu mol L (1). The developed sensor was applied for the analysis of Tz in sports drink samples and the result obtained by N-grap device was statistically compared with a spectrophotometric method demonstrating good accordance and the accuracy of the proposed method. Based on these results, we believe that this new fabrication method to produce disposable and low-cost electrochemical devices can be an alternative method for in-field analysis of dye in commercial sport drink samples and other relevant applications. (AU)

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