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- Dispersion of multi-walled carbon nanotubes in [BMIM]PF 6 for electrochemical sensing of acetaminophenPublication . Gomes, Rayane N.; Sousa, Camila P.; Casciano, Paulo N.S.; Ribeiro, Francisco Wirley P.; Morais, Simone; Lima-Neto, Pedro de; Correia, Adriana N.The influence of functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes (fMWCNT) in the presence of 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate ([BMIM]PF6) in different ratios was investigated on the acetaminophen (ACOP) electrochemical determination. The electrochemical behavior of the ACOP exhibited a pair of well-defined redox peaks, suggesting that the reversibility of ACOP was significantly improved in comparison to irreversible oxidation peak on bare GCE. The redox process was controlled by adsorption, involves two electrons and the value of apparent rate constant (ks) was equal to 14.7 s-1 ± 3.6 s-1. The analytical curves were obtained for concentrations of ACOP ranging from 0.3 to 3.0 μmol L-1. The values of the detection limit were calculated from SWV and found to be 6.73 × 10-8 mol L-1. The proposed electrochemical sensor exhibited good stability and reproducibility and was applied for ACOP determination in tablets (Tylenol® and Tylenol®DC) with satisfactory results.
- Experimental and computational studies of the interactions between carbon nanotubes and ionic liquids used for detection of acetaminophenPublication . Salvador, Michele A.; Sousa, Camila P.; Maciel, Cleiton D.; Gomes, Rayane N.; Morais, Simone; Lima-Neto, Pedro de; Coutinho-Neto, Maurício D.; Correia, Adriana N.; Homem-de-Mello, PaulaThe interactions between multi-walled carbon nanotubes and different amounts of an ionic liquid (IL), as well asthe interactions between this system (used as electrochemical sensor) and acetaminophen (ACOP), were in-vestigated through both experimental and theoretical methodologies. Experiments indicated that there is anoptimal concentration of ionic liquid for ACOP detection. A host of techniques and model systems were em-ployed to investigate the adsorption and oxidation processes. To investigate the source of the increased elec-trochemical current in the presence of an IL, we computed the adsorption energy values of ACOP in the nanotube–IL system via Monte Carlo simulations and Density Functional Theory (DFT). DFT allowed us to explore thechanges in adsorption energy due to oxidation. Our theoretical results support the experimentalfindings thatmoderate amounts of IL modulates ACOP/ACOP+adsorption, pointing to a cooperative effect that tends to wanewith increasing amounts of IL pairs. We observed that the IL favors desorption of the oxidized species andfacilitates charge transfer from the ACOP to the nanotube. Therefore, our studies point towards multifactorialeffects with clear physical basis that modulates binding leading to an optimal ratio to promote ACOP detection