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  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,995 Views
16 Pages

3 August 2022

A simple, highly sensitive, accurate, and low-cost electrochemical sensor was developed for the determination of over-the-counter painkiller, paracetamol (PC). The enhanced sensing capabilities of the developed sensor were fabricated by the single-st...

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
4,876 Views
12 Pages

21 December 2019

Disposable electrochemically reduced graphene oxide-based (ERGO) screen-printed electrodes (SPE) were developed for the determination of total tetracyclines as a sample screening approach. To this end, a selective adsorption-detection approach relied...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
8,127 Views
18 Pages

Voltammetric Determination of Carcinogenic Nitrobiphenyls at a Hanging Mercury Drop Electrode

  • Radek Štěpán,
  • Jiří Barek,
  • Viktor Mejstřík and
  • Jiří Zima

20 February 2003

Differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) and adsorptive stripping voltammetry (AdSV) at a hanging mercury drop electrode (HMDE) was used for the determination of trace amounts of carcinogenic nitrobiphenyls, namely 2-nitrobiphenyl (2-NBP), 3-nitrobipheny...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,427 Views
10 Pages

Voltammetric and Spectroscopic Determination of Rare Earth Elements in Fresh and Surface Water Samples

  • Martin Makombe,
  • Charlton Van der Horst,
  • Bongiwe Silwana,
  • Emmanuel Iwuoha and
  • Vernon Somerset

The increasing demand for rare earth elements in green technology, electronic components, petroleum refining, and agricultural activities has resulted in their scattering and accumulation in the environment. This study determined cerium, lanthanum an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
37 Citations
9,532 Views
12 Pages

15 July 2008

This paper describes a procedure that has been optimized for the determination of lamotrigine by Differential Pulse Adsorptive Stripping Voltammetry (DPAdSV) using carbon screen-printed electrodes (CSPE) and mercury coated carbon screen-printed elect...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,161 Views
16 Pages

Spectroscopic and Voltammetric Analysis of Platinum Group Metals in Road Dust and Roadside Soil

  • Charlton Van der Horst,
  • Bongiwe Silwana,
  • Emmanuel Iwuoha and
  • Vernon Somerset

The emission of toxic compounds by increasing anthropogenic activities affects human health and the environment. Heavy road traffic and mining activities are the major anthropogenic activities contributing to the presence of metals in the environment...

  • Article
  • Open Access
80 Citations
12,836 Views
15 Pages

Phytochelatin Modified Electrode Surface as a Sensitive Heavy- Metal Ion Biosensor

  • Vojtech Adam,
  • Josef Zehnalek,
  • Jitka Petrlova,
  • David Potesil,
  • Bernd Sures,
  • Libuse Trnkova,
  • Frantisek Jelen,
  • Jan Vitecek and
  • Rene Kizek

28 February 2005

Electrochemical biosensors have superior properties over other existingmeasurement systems because they can provide rapid, simple and low-cost on-fielddetermination of many biological active species and a number of dangerous pollutants. Inour work, w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
4,385 Views
15 Pages

8 February 2020

A simple, sensitive and time-saving differential-pulse adsorptive stripping voltammetric (DPAdSV) procedure using a screen-printed carbon electrode modified with carboxyl functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes (SPCE/MWCNTs-COOH) for the determin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,835 Views
10 Pages

1 November 2022

The drug combination of rosuvastatin (ROS) and ezetimibe (EZE) is used to treat hypercholesterolemia. In this work, a simultaneous electrochemical examination of ROS and EZE was conducted for the first time. The electrochemical determination of ROS a...

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  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
3,021 Views
12 Pages

29 July 2021

In this paper, a screen-printed boron-doped electrode (aSPBDDE) was subjected to electrochemical activation by cyclic voltammetry (CV) in 0.1 M NaOH and the response to rifampicin (RIF) oxidation was used as a testing probe. Changes in surface morpho...

  • Article
  • Open Access
75 Citations
10,697 Views
13 Pages

An Electrochemical Detection of Metallothioneins at the Zeptomole Level in Nanolitre Volumes

  • Vojtech Adam,
  • Jiri Baloun,
  • Ivo Fabrik,
  • Libuse Trnkova and
  • Rene Kizek

1 April 2008

An Electrochemical Detection of Metallothioneins at the Zeptomole Level in Nanolitre VolumesWe report on improvement of the adsorptive transfer stripping technique (AdTS) coupled with the differential pulse voltammetry Brdicka reaction to determine a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
42 Citations
10,843 Views
17 Pages

Utilizing of Adsorptive Transfer Stripping Technique Brdicka Reaction for Determination of Metallothioneins Level in Melanoma Cells, Blood Serum and Tissues

  • Sona Krizkova,
  • Ivo Fabrik,
  • Vojtech Adam,
  • Jiri Kukacka,
  • Richard Prusa,
  • Grace J. Chavis,
  • Libuse Trnkova,
  • Jan Strnadel,
  • Vratislav Horak and
  • Rene Kizek

10 May 2008

In the paper we utilized the adsorptive transfer stripping differential pulse voltammetry Brdicka reaction for the determination of metallothioneins (MT) in melanoma cells, animal melanoma tissues (MeLiM miniature pig) and blood serum of patients wit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,738 Views
16 Pages

Electrochemically Pretreated Sensor Based on Screen-Printed Carbon Modified with Pb Nanoparticles for Determination of Testosterone

  • Jędrzej Kozak,
  • Katarzyna Tyszczuk-Rotko,
  • Magdalena Wójciak,
  • Ireneusz Sowa and
  • Marek Rotko

15 July 2022

Testosterone (TST), despite its good properties, may be harmful to the human organism and the environment. Therefore, monitoring biological fluids and environmental samples is important. An electrochemically pretreated screen-printed carbon sensor mo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
3,086 Views
16 Pages

26 June 2021

In this work, an electrochemically activated screen-printed carbon electrode modified with sodium dodecyl sulfate (aSPCE/SDS) was proposed for the simultaneous determination of paracetamol (PA), diclofenac (DF), and tramadol (TR). Changes of surface...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,999 Views
17 Pages

Disposable Pencil Graphite Electrode for Diosmin Voltammetric Analysis

  • Iulia Gabriela David,
  • Alexandra-Gabriela Oancea,
  • Mihaela Buleandră,
  • Dana Elena Popa,
  • Emilia Elena Iorgulescu and
  • Adela Magdalena Ciobanu

25 March 2021

Diosmin (DIO) is a naturally occurring flavonoid with multiple beneficial effects on human health. The presence of different hydroxyl groups in diosmin structure enables its electrochemical investigation and quantification. This work presents, for th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
902 Views
13 Pages

A new voltammetric sensor (BDDE/Nafion@Fe3O4/BiF) was fabricated by applying a nanocomposite drop of Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles in Nafion onto the polished boron-doped diamond electrode (BDDE) surface. Then, after drying (5 min at room temperature)...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,442 Views
12 Pages

Electrochemical Comparison on New (Z)-5-(Azulen-1-Ylmethylene)-2-Thioxo-Thiazolidin-4-Ones

  • Eleonora-Mihaela Ungureanu,
  • Mariana Popescu (Apostoiu),
  • Georgiana-Luiza Tatu (Arnold),
  • Liviu Birzan,
  • Raluca Isopescu,
  • Gabriela Stanciu and
  • George-Octavian Buica

2 April 2021

Three (Z)-5-(azulen-1-ylmethylene)-2-thioxo-thiazolidin-4-ones are electrochemically characterized by cyclic voltammetry, differential pulse voltammetry, and rotating disk electrode voltammetry. The electrochemical investigations revealed that the re...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,400 Views
21 Pages

Curcumin-Based Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Electropolymerized on Single-Use Graphite Electrode for Dipyridamole Analysis

  • Daniel Preda,
  • Gabriel Lucian Radu,
  • Emilia-Elena Iorgulescu,
  • Mihaela-Carmen Cheregi and
  • Iulia Gabriela David

29 September 2024

A new molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP)-based disposable electrochemical sensor for dipyridamole (DIP) determination was obtained. The sensor was rapidly prepared by potentiodynamic electrochemical polymerization on a pencil graphite electrode (PGE...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,539 Views
17 Pages

Rapid Voltammetric Screening Method for the Assessment of Bioflavonoid Content Using the Disposable Bare Pencil Graphite Electrode

  • Iulia Gabriela David,
  • Nimet Numan,
  • Mihaela Buleandră,
  • Dana-Elena Popa,
  • Simona Carmen Lițescu,
  • Sorin Riga and
  • Adela Magdalena Ciobanu

Hesperidin (HESP) is a plant bioflavonoid found in various nutritional and medicinal products. Many of its multiple health benefits rely on the compound’s antioxidant ability, which is due to the presence of oxidizable hydroxyl groups in its structur...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,843 Views
15 Pages

Determination of Dipyridamole Using a MIP-Modified Disposable Pencil Graphite Electrode

  • Daniel Preda,
  • Maria Lorena Jinga,
  • Iulia Gabriela David and
  • Gabriel Lucian Radu

A new method for the determination of the antiplatelet drug dipyridamole (DIP) in pharmaceuticals using a molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP)-modified pencil graphite electrode (PGE) is proposed. The modified electrode was prepared simply and rapidly...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
4,924 Views
12 Pages

A commercial and disposable screen-printed carbon electrode (SPCE) has been proposed for a fast, simple and low-cost determination of Ni(II) at very low concentration levels by differential pulse adsorptive stripping voltammetry (DPAdSV) in the prese...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
7,664 Views
11 Pages

5 February 2019

Potato is a starchy, tuberous crop from the perennial Solanum tuberosum having high nutritional values. This paper is the first analytical approach to quantify Pt and Rh in vegetal food. In this study a total of 38 different potato samples produced i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,777 Views
16 Pages

An analytical procedure regarding the determination of selenium(IV) by anodic stripping voltammetry exploiting the in situ plated bismuth film electrode is described. Since organics are commonly present in untreated natural water samples, the use of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,796 Views
13 Pages

Electrochemical Evaluation of Selenium (IV) Removal from Its Aqueous Solutions by Unmodified and Modified Graphene Oxide

  • Zuzana Koudelkova,
  • Zuzana Bytesnikova,
  • Kledi Xhaxhiu,
  • Monika Kremplova,
  • David Hynek,
  • Vojtech Adam and
  • Lukas Richtera

18 March 2019

The removal of selenium from superficial and waste water is a worldwide problem. The maximum limit according to the World Health Organization (WHO) for the selenium in the water is set at a concentration of 10 μg/L. Carbon based adsorbents have at...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,117 Views
12 Pages

8 February 2024

In this work, a new voltammetric procedure for acyclovir (ACY) trace-level determination has been described. For this purpose, an electrochemically activated screen-printed carbon electrode (aSPCE) coupled with well-conductive electrolyte (CH3COONH4,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,158 Views
13 Pages

In this work, an electrochemical sensor (GCE/MWCNT/Fe3O4@SiO2) based on a composite of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) and an Fe3O4@SiO2 (MMN) nanocomposite on a glassy carbon electrode (GCE) was developed for the detection of tetracycline (TC)....

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,339 Views
15 Pages

19 August 2022

In this research, a glassy carbon electrode (GCE) modified by MWCNT/chitosan NCs/Fe2O3 was prepared for the determination of the cephalosporin antibiotic cefditoren (CFT) using adsorptive stripping differential pulse and cyclic voltammetry techniques...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,115 Views
22 Pages

Adsorptive Cathodic Stripping Analysis of Xylazine Within Fouling-Resistant and Nanomaterial-Enhanced Modified Electrode Sensors

  • Michael C. Leopold,
  • Charles W. Sheppard,
  • Joyce E. Stern,
  • Arielle Vinnikov,
  • Ann H. Wemple and
  • Ben H. Edelman

26 August 2025

Xylazine (XYL), an FDA-approved veterinary tranquilizer, is being abused both as an opioid adulterant in a street-drug known as “Tranq-dope” and as a date rape drug. Given its now nearly ubiquitous use with fentanyl and fentanyl derivativ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,383 Views
11 Pages

29 December 2022

3-(4-Nitrophenyl)-8-(2,3-dimethylphenyl)-7,8-dihydroimidazo[2,1-c][1,2,4]triazin-4(6H)-one (NDIT) is one of the most promising candidates for anticancer agents. Hence, a sensitive and selective sodium dodecyl sulfate-modified screen-printed carbon se...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,675 Views
18 Pages

Fabrication of an Organofunctionalized Talc-like Magnesium Phyllosilicate for the Electrochemical Sensing of Lead Ions in Water Samples

  • Chancellin Nkepdep Pecheu,
  • Sherman Lesly Zambou Jiokeng,
  • Arnaud Kamdem Tamo,
  • Giscard Doungmo,
  • Ingo Doench,
  • Anayancy Osorio-Madrazo,
  • Ignas Kenfack Tonle and
  • Emmanuel Ngameni

25 August 2022

A talc-like magnesium phyllosilicate functionalized with amine groups (TalcNH2), useful as sensor material in voltammetry stripping analysis, was synthesized by a sol–gel-based processing method. The characterizations of the resulting synthetic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,871 Views
11 Pages

The Application of Curve Fitting on the Voltammograms of Various Isoforms of Metallothioneins–Metal Complexes

  • Miguel Angel Merlos Rodrigo,
  • Jorge Molina-López,
  • Ana Maria Jimenez Jimenez,
  • Elena Planells Del Pozo,
  • Pavlina Adam,
  • Tomas Eckschlager,
  • Ondrej Zitka,
  • Lukas Richtera and
  • Vojtech Adam

The translation of metallothioneins (MTs) is one of the defense strategies by which organisms protect themselves from metal-induced toxicity. MTs belong to a family of proteins comprising MT-1, MT-2, MT-3, and MT-4 classes, with multiple isoforms wit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,379 Views
14 Pages

Detection of Copper Ions in Seawater Using a Graphitised Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes-Copper Ion Carrier Modified Electrode

  • Chao Zhang,
  • Wei Tao,
  • Chengjun Qiu,
  • Wei Qu,
  • Yuan Zhuang,
  • Yang Gu,
  • Huili Hao and
  • Zizi Zhao

27 July 2024

Copper is an essential element in living organisms and is crucial in marine ecosystems. However, excessive concentrations can lead to seawater pollution and pose a risk of toxicity to marine organisms, as it is a heavy metal. In addition, it can ente...

  • Article
  • Open Access
55 Citations
16,455 Views
18 Pages

Spectrometric and Voltammetric Analysis of Urease – Nickel Nanoelectrode as an Electrochemical Sensor

  • Jaromir Hubalek,
  • Jan Hradecky,
  • Vojtech Adam,
  • Olga Krystofova,
  • Dalibor Huska,
  • Michal Masarik,
  • Libuse Trnkova,
  • Ales Horna,
  • Katerina Klosova and
  • Martin Adamek
  • + 2 authors

16 July 2007

Urease is the enzyme catalyzing the hydrolysis of urea into carbon dioxide andammonia. This enzyme is substrate-specific, which means that the enzyme catalyzes thehydrolysis of urea only. This feature is a basic diagnostic criterion used in thedeterm...