Fabrication of Silver Nanoparticles Decorated on Activated Screen Printed Carbon Electrode and Its Application for Ultrasensitive Detection of Dopamine

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  • Selvakumar Palanisamy,

    1. Electroanalysis and Bioelectrochemistry Lab, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, No. 1, Section 3, Chung-Hsiao East Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan R.O.C tel: +886 2270 17147; fax: +886 2270 25238
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  • Balamurugan Thirumalraj,

    1. Electroanalysis and Bioelectrochemistry Lab, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, No. 1, Section 3, Chung-Hsiao East Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan R.O.C tel: +886 2270 17147; fax: +886 2270 25238
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  • Shen-Ming Chen,

    Corresponding author
    1. Electroanalysis and Bioelectrochemistry Lab, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, No. 1, Section 3, Chung-Hsiao East Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan R.O.C tel: +886 2270 17147; fax: +886 2270 25238
    • Shen-Ming Chen, Electroanalysis and Bioelectrochemistry Lab, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, No. 1, Section 3, Chung-Hsiao East Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan R.O.C tel: +886 2270 17147; fax: +886 2270 25238

      P. Prakash, Department of Chemistry, Thiagarajar College, Madurai – 625009, India tel: +919842993931; fax: +914522312375

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  • M. Ajmal Ali,

    1. Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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  • K. Muthupandi,

    1. Department of Chemistry, Thiagarajar College, Madurai – 625009, India tel: +919842993931; fax: +914522312375
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  • R. Emmanuel,

    1. Department of Chemistry, Thiagarajar College, Madurai – 625009, India tel: +919842993931; fax: +914522312375
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  • P. Prakash,

    Corresponding author
    1. Department of Chemistry, Thiagarajar College, Madurai – 625009, India tel: +919842993931; fax: +914522312375
    • Shen-Ming Chen, Electroanalysis and Bioelectrochemistry Lab, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, No. 1, Section 3, Chung-Hsiao East Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan R.O.C tel: +886 2270 17147; fax: +886 2270 25238

      P. Prakash, Department of Chemistry, Thiagarajar College, Madurai – 625009, India tel: +919842993931; fax: +914522312375

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  • Fahad M. A. Al-Hemaid

    1. Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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Abstract

In the present study, we report the fabrication of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) decorated on activated screen printed carbon electrode (ASPCE). The AgNPs were prepared by using Justicia glauca leaf extract as a reducing and stabilizing agent and the ASPCE was prepared by a simple electrochemical activation of screen printed carbon electrode (SPCE). The ASPCE/AgNPs shows a reversible electrochemical behaviour with enhanced response for DA than that of other modified SPCEs. Under optimum conditions, the electrochemical oxidation current response of DA is linear over the concentration range from 0.05 to 45.35 µM. The limit of detection is found as 0.017 µM with a high sensitivity of 7.85 µA µM−1 cm−2.

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