Detection of Pyocyanin with a Boron‐doped Diamond Electrode Using Flow Injection Analysis with Amperometric Detection and Square Wave Voltammetry

Abstract

We report on the analytical performance of boron‐doped diamond thin‐film electrodes for the detection of the virulence factor, pyocyanin (PYO). The results reported herein confirm the utility of diamond electrodes for the sensitive and reproducible detection of pyocyanin in a 0.1 mol L−1 phosphate buffer (pH 7.4) when using amperometric detection coupled with flow injection analysis (FIA) or square wave voltammetry (SWV). Pyocyanin was reductively detected by hydrodynamic voltammetry in FIA at an E1/2 of −0.31 V vs. Ag/AgCl (3 mol L−1 KCl). The detection figures of merit were a linear dynamic range from 100 to 0.08 μmol L−1, a response reproducibility of 1.3 % (RSD), and a limit of detection of 0.09 μmol L−1 (S/N=3). A comparable linear dynamic range, response reproducibility and limit of detection were observed in preliminary square wave voltammetry measurements. Importantly, these detection figures of merit were obtained using boron‐doped diamond electrodes that received no conventional pretreatment. Some comparison data are presented for nitrogen‐incorporated tetrahedral amorphous carbon (ta‐C : N) and glassy carbon (GC) electrodes.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Jan 11, 2022
Source ID
10.1002/elan.202100562

Entities

People

  • Greg Swain
  • Kallyni Irikura
  • Romana Jarošová
  • Romeu C. Rocha‐filho

Organizations

  • Army Research Office
  • Charles University
  • Michigan State University
  • Universidade Federal de São Carlos

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Fields of Study

  • Chemistry

Readers

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Electrochemical Surface Science
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.