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The authors describe an electrochemical sensor for nitrite that is based on the use of a screen printed carbon electrode modified with palladium nanoparticles and an amino-functionalized metal-organic framework. The morphology and properties of the resulting material were examined by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetry, FTIR spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy. Nitrite was chosen as a model analyte to evaluate the electron transfer performance of the modified SPCE. Its preparation conditions were optimized. The response to nitrite was studied via cyclic voltammetry, linear sweep voltammetry, and square wave voltammetry. Under the optimal conditions, the oxidation current (typically measured at −0.86 V vs Ag/AgCl) increases linearly in the 5 to 150 nM nitrite concentration range, and the detection limit is 1.3 nM. The sensor was applied to the detection of nitrite in (spiked) sausage and pickle samples. It is highly selective to nitrite in the presence of high concentrations of other electro-active compounds, stable, and well reproducible. In our perception, the sensor presented here reveals the large potential of MOF-based hybrid materials for use as an electrode material.
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The authors are grateful for the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning (2016R1A2B4013374, 2017M2A2A6A01020938, and 2014R1A5A1009799), Bose Dinesh gratefully acknowledge the DST-SERB for a National Postdoctoral Fellowship (PDF/2015/000174).
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Ezhil Vilian, A.T., Dinesh, B., Muruganantham, R. et al. A screen printed carbon electrode modified with an amino-functionalized metal organic framework of type MIL-101(Cr) and with palladium nanoparticles for voltammetric sensing of nitrite. Microchim Acta 184, 4793–4801 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-017-2513-8
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