title: Electrochemical behavior of levodopa at multi-wall carbon nanotubes-quantum dots modified glassy carbon electrodes.
abstract: A multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWNTs)-quantum dots (QDs) composite-modified glassy carbon electrode (GCE) was prepared. The complex was characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The electrochemical behavior of levodopa at MWNTs and QDs-modified GCEs (MWNTs-QDs/GCE) was studied by cyclic voltammetry (CV) and chronocoulometry (CC). It was found that its electrochemical behavior was a two-charge-two-proton process. The modified electrode had high electrocatalytic activity for levodopa with a standard heterogeneous rate constant of 0.595 cm s(-1), which was greatly increased compared with the values for bare GCE and individual MWNTs modified GCE. The better electrocatalytic activity for levodopa at MWNTs-QDs/GCE may due to a synergistic effect between MWNTs and QDs. This result provides a novel way to promote research on biomicromolecules at nano-dimensions.
authors.affiliation: Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Key Laboratory of Biomedical Photonics of Ministry of Education, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tu
authors.forename: Qiao
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Qiu-Ju
authors.initials: QJ
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: Zhao-Hui
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Yuan-Yuan
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Yuan-Di
authors.initials: YD
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D004563:Electrochemistry; D004566:Electrodes; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007980:Levodopa / Q000737:chemistry*; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D015394:Molecular Structure; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D045663:Quantum Dots
chemical_list: D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D007980:Levodopa