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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2015

Electrochemical Interrogation of G3-Poly(propylene thiophenoimine) Dendritic Star Polymer in Phenanthrene Sensing.

Hlamulo R Makelane, Oluwakemi Tovide, Christopher E Sunday, Tesfaye Waryo, Emmanuel I Iwuoha

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Hlamulo R MakelaneSensor Lab, Department of Chemistry, University of the Western Cape, Bellville 7535, South Africa. 3178739@myuwc.ac.za.
Oluwakemi TovideSensor Lab, Department of Chemistry, University of the Western Cape, Bellville 7535, South Africa. ootovide@gmail.com.
Christopher E SundaySensor Lab, Department of Chemistry, University of the Western Cape, Bellville 7535, South Africa. csunday@uwc.ac.za.
Tesfaye WaryoSensor Lab, Department of Chemistry, University of the Western Cape, Bellville 7535, South Africa. twaryo@uwc.ac.za.
Emmanuel I IwuohaSensor Lab, Department of Chemistry, University of the Western Cape, Bellville 7535, South Africa. eiwuoha@uwc.ac.za.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A novel dendritic star-copolymer, generation 3 poly(propylene thiophenoimine) (G3PPT)-co-poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) star co-polymer on gold electrode (i.e., Au|G3PPT-co-P3HT) was used as a sensor system for the determination of phenanthrene (PHE). The G3PPT-co-P3HT star co-polymer was synthesized via in situ electrochemical co-polymerization of generation 3 poly (propylene thiophenoimine) and poly (3-hexylthiophene) on gold electrode. 1HNMR spectroscopy was used to determine the regioregularity of the polymer composites, whereas Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy were used to study their structural and morphological properties. Au|G3PPT-co-P3HT in the absence of PHE, exhibited reversible electrochemistry attributable to the oligo (thiophene) 'pendants' of the dendrimer. PHE produced an increase in the voltammetric signals (anodic currents) due to its oxidation on the dendritic material to produce catalytic current, thereby suggesting the suitability of the Au|G3PPT-co-P3HT electrode as a PHE sensor. The electrocatalysis of PHE was made possible by the rigid and planar oligo-P3HT species (formed upon the oxidation of the oligo (thiophene) pendants of the star-copolymer), which allowed the efficient capture (binding) and detection (electrocatalytic oxidation) of PHE molecules.

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alternating current voltammetrycyclic voltammetryphenanthrenesquare wave voltammetrystar-copolymer sensor

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PMID26404296
PMCPMC4610539

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