Electrochemical sensing base for hazardous herbicide aclonifen using gadolinium niobate (GdNbO4) nanoparticles-actual river water and soil sample analysis

Praveen Kumar Gopi; Bhuvanenthiran Mutharani; Shen-Ming Chen; Tse-Wei Chen; Gaber E. Eldesoky; Mohammad Ajmal Ali; Saikh M. Wabaidur; Firdoz Shaik; Chang Yen Tzu

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety (Jan 2021)

Electrochemical sensing base for hazardous herbicide aclonifen using gadolinium niobate (GdNbO4) nanoparticles-actual river water and soil sample analysis

Praveen Kumar Gopi,
Bhuvanenthiran Mutharani,
Shen-Ming Chen,
Tse-Wei Chen,
Gaber E. Eldesoky,
Mohammad Ajmal Ali,
Saikh M. Wabaidur,
Firdoz Shaik,
Chang Yen Tzu

Affiliations

Praveen Kumar Gopi: Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, No. 1, Section 3, Chung-Hsiao East Road, Taipei, 106, Taiwan
Bhuvanenthiran Mutharani: Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, No. 1, Section 3, Chung-Hsiao East Road, Taipei, 106, Taiwan
Shen-Ming Chen: Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, No. 1, Section 3, Chung-Hsiao East Road, Taipei, 106, Taiwan; Corresponding author.
Tse-Wei Chen: Research and Development Center for Smart Textile Technology, National Taipei University of Technology, No.1, Section 3, Chung-Hsiao East Road, Taipei, 106, Taiwan; Department of Materials, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
Gaber E. Eldesoky: Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
Mohammad Ajmal Ali: Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
Saikh M. Wabaidur: Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
Firdoz Shaik: Department of Chemistry, Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Shantou, China
Chang Yen Tzu: Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, No. 1, Section 3, Chung-Hsiao East Road, Taipei, 106, Taiwan

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 207
p. 111285

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The present work scrutinized the voltammetric analysis of hazardous herbicide aclonifen (ACF) in actual soil and river water samples utilizing the electrochemical method. The electrochemical sensing device was fabricated for the determination of ACF using gadolinium niobate (GdNbO4) nanoparticles modified glassy carbon electrode (GCE). The novel GdNbO4 sensing material was prepared via a simple co-precipitation method. Several characterization techniques (TEM, EDS, XRD, XPS, and BET) were utilized to analyze the structural features of the GdNbO4. The enhanced electrochemical behavior of GdNbO4 modified GCE towards ACF was observed compared to bare GCE. The cyclic voltammetry response revealed that the prepared sensor shows the lower negative potential with a dramatic increase in the peak current of ACF compared to bare GCE. In the differential pulse voltammetry, the limit of detection (1.15 nM) and sensitivity (23 μA μM−1 cm−2) of the ACF on the GdNbO4 modified GCE was comparatively superior to the formerly proposed ACF based sensor. This sensor reveals good selectivity, repeatability, reproducibility, and long-term stability. The reliability of the sensor exhibits satisfactory recovery results for ACF detection in river water and soil samples.

Published in Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

ISSN: 0147-6513 (Print); 1090-2414 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering: Environmental pollution; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/ecotoxicology-and-environmental-safety

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