Screen-Printed Carbon Electrodes with Macroporous Copper Film for Enhanced Amperometric Sensing of Saccharides
A porous layer of copper was formed on the surface of screen-printed carbon electrodes via the colloidal crystal templating technique. An aqueous suspension of monodisperse polystyrene spheres of 500 nm particle diameter was drop-casted on the carbon tracks printed on the substrate made of alumina c...
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| author | Radovan Metelka Pavlína Vlasáková Sylwia Smarzewska Dariusz Guziejewski Milan Vlček Milan Sýs |
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| description | A porous layer of copper was formed on the surface of screen-printed carbon electrodes via the colloidal crystal templating technique. An aqueous suspension of monodisperse polystyrene spheres of 500 nm particle diameter was drop-casted on the carbon tracks printed on the substrate made of alumina ceramic. After evaporation, the electrode was carefully dipped in copper plating solution for a certain time to achieve a sufficient penetration of solution within the polystyrene spheres. The metal was then electrodeposited galvanostatically over the self-assembled colloidal crystal. Finally, the polystyrene template was dissolved in toluene to expose the porous structure of copper deposit. The morphology of porous structures was investigated using scanning electron microscopy. Electroanalytical properties of porous copper film electrodes were evaluated in amperometric detection of selected saccharides, namely glucose, fructose, sucrose, and galactose. Using hydrodynamic amperometry in stirred alkaline solution, a current response at +0.6 V vs. Ag/AgCl was recorded after addition of the selected saccharide. These saccharides could be quantified in two linear ranges (0.2–1.0 μmol L<sup>−1</sup> and 4.0–100 μmol L<sup>−1</sup>) with detection limits of 0.1 μmol L<sup>−1</sup> glucose, 0.03 μmol L<sup>−1</sup> fructose, and 0.05 μmol L<sup>−1</sup> sucrose or galactose. In addition, analytical performance of porous copper electrodes was ascertained and compared to that of copper film screen-printed carbon electrodes, prepared ex-situ by the galvanostatic deposition of metal in the plating solution. After calculating the current densities with respect to the geometric area of working electrodes, the porous electrodes exhibited much higher sensitivity to changes in concentration of analytes, presumably due to the larger surface of the porous copper deposit. In the future, they could be incorporated in detectors of flow injection systems due to their long-term mechanical stability. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-31e85f693f69494c9501a45f0056404c2023-11-23T09:18:56ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202022-05-01229346610.3390/s22093466Screen-Printed Carbon Electrodes with Macroporous Copper Film for Enhanced Amperometric Sensing of SaccharidesRadovan Metelka0Pavlína Vlasáková1Sylwia Smarzewska2Dariusz Guziejewski3Milan Vlček4Milan Sýs5Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Studentská 573, 532 10 Pardubice, Czech RepublicDepartment of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Studentská 573, 532 10 Pardubice, Czech RepublicDepartment of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Lodz, 12 Tamka Str., 91-403 Lodz, PolandDepartment of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Lodz, 12 Tamka Str., 91-403 Lodz, PolandJoint Laboratory of Solid State Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Studentská 84, 532 10 Pardubice, Czech RepublicDepartment of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Studentská 573, 532 10 Pardubice, Czech RepublicA porous layer of copper was formed on the surface of screen-printed carbon electrodes via the colloidal crystal templating technique. An aqueous suspension of monodisperse polystyrene spheres of 500 nm particle diameter was drop-casted on the carbon tracks printed on the substrate made of alumina ceramic. After evaporation, the electrode was carefully dipped in copper plating solution for a certain time to achieve a sufficient penetration of solution within the polystyrene spheres. The metal was then electrodeposited galvanostatically over the self-assembled colloidal crystal. Finally, the polystyrene template was dissolved in toluene to expose the porous structure of copper deposit. The morphology of porous structures was investigated using scanning electron microscopy. Electroanalytical properties of porous copper film electrodes were evaluated in amperometric detection of selected saccharides, namely glucose, fructose, sucrose, and galactose. Using hydrodynamic amperometry in stirred alkaline solution, a current response at +0.6 V vs. Ag/AgCl was recorded after addition of the selected saccharide. These saccharides could be quantified in two linear ranges (0.2–1.0 μmol L<sup>−1</sup> and 4.0–100 μmol L<sup>−1</sup>) with detection limits of 0.1 μmol L<sup>−1</sup> glucose, 0.03 μmol L<sup>−1</sup> fructose, and 0.05 μmol L<sup>−1</sup> sucrose or galactose. In addition, analytical performance of porous copper electrodes was ascertained and compared to that of copper film screen-printed carbon electrodes, prepared ex-situ by the galvanostatic deposition of metal in the plating solution. After calculating the current densities with respect to the geometric area of working electrodes, the porous electrodes exhibited much higher sensitivity to changes in concentration of analytes, presumably due to the larger surface of the porous copper deposit. In the future, they could be incorporated in detectors of flow injection systems due to their long-term mechanical stability.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/9/3466non-enzymatic sensorscolloidal crystal templatingporous copper electrodesamperometric detectionsensing of saccharides |
| spellingShingle | Radovan Metelka Pavlína Vlasáková Sylwia Smarzewska Dariusz Guziejewski Milan Vlček Milan Sýs Screen-Printed Carbon Electrodes with Macroporous Copper Film for Enhanced Amperometric Sensing of Saccharides Sensors non-enzymatic sensors colloidal crystal templating porous copper electrodes amperometric detection sensing of saccharides |
| title | Screen-Printed Carbon Electrodes with Macroporous Copper Film for Enhanced Amperometric Sensing of Saccharides |
| title_full | Screen-Printed Carbon Electrodes with Macroporous Copper Film for Enhanced Amperometric Sensing of Saccharides |
| title_fullStr | Screen-Printed Carbon Electrodes with Macroporous Copper Film for Enhanced Amperometric Sensing of Saccharides |
| title_full_unstemmed | Screen-Printed Carbon Electrodes with Macroporous Copper Film for Enhanced Amperometric Sensing of Saccharides |
| title_short | Screen-Printed Carbon Electrodes with Macroporous Copper Film for Enhanced Amperometric Sensing of Saccharides |
| title_sort | screen printed carbon electrodes with macroporous copper film for enhanced amperometric sensing of saccharides |
| topic | non-enzymatic sensors colloidal crystal templating porous copper electrodes amperometric detection sensing of saccharides |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/9/3466 |
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