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An eco-friendly low-temperature synthetic approach towards micro-pebble-structured GO@SrTiO3 nanocomposites for the detection of 2,4,6-trichlorophenol in environmental samples

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The low-temperature synthesis of the graphene oxide–wrapped perovskite-type strontium titanate nanocomposites (GO@SrTiO3-NC) is reported for the electrochemical sensing of organochlorine pesticide 2,4,6-trichlorophenol (TCP) detection. The as-prepared GO@SrTiO3 nanocomposites provide a large surface area, excellent conductivity, and active sites, which are more favorable to the catalysis of TCP. The synergistic effect between the GO and the perovskite SrTiO3 results in the extended working range of 0.01 to 1.47 and 1.47 to 434.4 μM with a very low detection limit of 3.21 nM towards TCP detection. Moreover, the prepared sensor possessed good selectivity and long-term stability. Finally, the practical applicability of the sensor was tested in environmental samples of river water and soil, exhibiting adequate recovery values.

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This project was supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST 107-2113-M-027-005-MY3), Taiwan (ROC). The authors received support from King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Researchers Supporting Project number RSP-2020/247).

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  1. Muthumariappan Akilarasan and Elayappan Tamilalagan contributed equally to this work.

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, No.1, Section 3, Chung-Hsiao East Road, Taipei, 106, Taiwan

    Muthumariappan Akilarasan, Elayappan Tamilalagan, Shen-Ming Chen, Selvarasu Maheshwaran & Tse-Wei Chen

  2. Research and Development Center for Smart Textile Technology, National Taipei University of Technology, No.1, Section 3, Chung-Hsiao East Road, Taipei, 106, Taiwan

    Tse-Wei Chen

  3. Department of Materials, Imperial College London, London, SW72AZ, UK

    Tse-Wei Chen

  4. Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 22452, Riyadh, 11495, Saudi Arabia

    Amal M. Al-Mohaimeed & Wedad A. Al-Onazi

  5. Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 22452, Riyadh, 11495, Saudi Arabia

    Mohamed Soliman Elshikh

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Akilarasan, M., Tamilalagan, E., Chen, SM. et al. An eco-friendly low-temperature synthetic approach towards micro-pebble-structured GO@SrTiO3 nanocomposites for the detection of 2,4,6-trichlorophenol in environmental samples. Microchim Acta 188, 72 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-021-04729-w

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