title: Analysis of the 16 Environmental Protection Agency priority polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by high performance liquid chromatography-oxidized diamond film electrodes.
abstract: The capabilities of using boron-doped diamond (BDD) thin films as electrode materials for analysis of the 16 US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) priority polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) after a liquid chromatographic separation were evaluated. The BDD electrode was able to detect all 16 PAHs with high sensitivity due to the low background current and wide potential window. The method provided detection limits ranging from 12-40 nM (3-10 ppb) and repeatable results over consecutive analysis. Calibration curves were linear up to at least 10 microM for all PAHs. The work shows the promising use of diamond as an amperometric detector in high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), especially for PAHs and other hydrophobic aromatic compounds.
authors.affiliation: Biotechnology Research Institute, National Research Council Canada Montreal, Quebec, Canada H4P 2R2.
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bouvrette
authors.forename: Sabahudin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hrapovic
authors.forename: Keith B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Male
authors.forename: John H T
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Luong
mesh_terms: D001895:Boron; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D018130:Diamond; D004563:Electrochemistry; D004566:Electrodes; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / Q000032:analysis*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014481:United States; D014484:United States Environmental Protection Agency
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons; D018130:Diamond; D001895:Boron