title: Electrochemical sensing platform for tetrabromobisphenol A at pM level based on the synergetic enhancement effects of graphene and dioctadecyldimethylammonium bromide.
abstract: Graphene nanosheets (GS) were prepared via solvent exfoliation, and then hybridized with dioctadecyldimethylammonium bromide (DDAB). On the single surface of DDAB and GS film, the direct oxidation activities of tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) are improved effectively, and consequently the oxidation signals enhance obviously. Interestingly, the composite of DDAB and GS exhibits remarkable synergetic effects toward the oxidation of TBBPA, and the peak currents of TBBPA further increase greatly on the DDAB-GS composite film. The signal enhancement mechanism was studied using chronocoulometry. It is found that the greatly-increased accumulation efficiency is the main reason. As a result, a novel electrochemical sensing platform was developed for TBBPA. The linear range is from 0.1 to 400 μg L(-1), and the detection limit is as low as 41.8 ng L(-1) (76.8 pM). The practical applications in water samples manifest that this new determination system is accurate and feasible.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Ministry of Education, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China; Key Laboratory for Material Chemistry of Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
authors.forename: Xuerong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Material Chemistry of Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
authors.forename: Yanying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Transducer Technology, Institute of Electronics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100190, China.
authors.forename: Jianhua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tong
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Transducer Technology, Institute of Electronics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100190, China.
authors.forename: Shanhong
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Ministry of Education, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China. Electronic address: zhouyk@mails.tjmu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Yikai
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Material Chemistry of Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China. Electronic address: kbwu@hust.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Kangbing
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wu
keywords: Dioctadecyldimethylammonium bromide; Electrochemical sensing; Exfoliated graphene; Synergetic enhancement; Tetrabromobisphenol A