title: Multi-walled carbon nanotubes-ionic liquid-carbon paste electrode as a super selectivity sensor: application to potentiometric monitoring of mercury ion(II).
abstract: In this article a super selectivity potentiometric methodology, using an ion-selective electrode, for determination of mercury ion(II) in aqueous solution was investigated. For modification of the electrode a room temperature ionic liquid, 1-n-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (BMIM·BF(4)), was applied as a super conductive binder, and Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) was used in the composition of the carbon paste to improve conductivity and transduction of chemical signal to electrical signal. Moreover, incorporation of 1-(2-ethoxyphenyl)-3-(3-nitrophenyl)triazene (ENTZ) as an ionophore to this composition caused to significantly enhanced selectivity toward Hg(II) ions over a wide concentration range of 1.0×10(-4) to 5.0×10(-9) M with a lower detection limit of 2.5×10(-9) M (0.5 ppb) and a Nernstian slope of 29.3±(0.2) mV decade(-1) of Hg(II) activity. The electrode has a short response time (∼5s) and can be used for at least 55 days without any considerable divergence in potentials, and the working pH range was 2.0-4.3. Finally, the proposed electrode was successfully used as an indicator for potentiometric determination of Hg(II) in dental amalgam and water samples.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Chemistry, Tarbiat Moallem University, Mofateh, Tehran, Iran. h_khani@tmu.ac.ir
authors.forename: Hadi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Khani
authors.forename: Mohammad Kazem
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Rofouei
authors.forename: Pezhman
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Arab
authors.forename: Vinod Kumar
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Zahra
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Vafaei
mesh_terms: D002244:Carbon; D003723:Dental Amalgam / Q000032:analysis; D004566:Electrodes; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D052578:Ionic Liquids; D007476:Ionophores; D057230:Limit of Detection; D008628:Mercury / Q000032:analysis*; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D011199:Potentiometry / Q000379:methods*; D014867:Water / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D052578:Ionic Liquids; D007476:Ionophores; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D014867:Water; D002244:Carbon; D003723:Dental Amalgam; D008628:Mercury