TY - JOUR
T1 - Direct electrochemistry of copper oxide nanoparticles in alkaline media
AU - Teo, Wei Zhe
AU - Ambrosi, Adriano
AU - Pumera, Martin
PY - 2013/3
Y1 - 2013/3
N2 - The use of metallic nanoparticles in consumer products is growing, posing health threatening issues as they are being released into the environment. As such, there is an urgent need for a facile method to be used for the detection and quantification of metallic nanoparticles present in a sample. In this work, the electrochemical behavior of copper oxide nanoparticles in alkaline media has been exploited to develop a sensitive electrochemical method for their determination achieving a quantification limit of 50 ng. This technique may be also applied for quantification of other metallic nanoparticles in the future.
AB - The use of metallic nanoparticles in consumer products is growing, posing health threatening issues as they are being released into the environment. As such, there is an urgent need for a facile method to be used for the detection and quantification of metallic nanoparticles present in a sample. In this work, the electrochemical behavior of copper oxide nanoparticles in alkaline media has been exploited to develop a sensitive electrochemical method for their determination achieving a quantification limit of 50 ng. This technique may be also applied for quantification of other metallic nanoparticles in the future.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.elecom.2012.12.006
DO - 10.1016/j.elecom.2012.12.006
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84871701357
SN - 1388-2481
VL - 28
SP - 51
EP - 53
JO - Electrochemistry Communications
JF - Electrochemistry Communications
ER -