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ArticleACS omega2020

Monitoring of Anthracene Using Nanoscale Au-Cu Bimetallic Alloy Nanoparticles Synthesized with Various Compositions.

Latif-Ur-Rahman, Afzal Shah, Changseok Han, Abdul Khaliq Jan

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Article in ACS omega, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Latif-Ur-RahmanInstitute of Chemical Sciences, University of Peshawar, Peshawar 25120, Pakistan.
Afzal ShahDepartment of Chemistry, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan.
Changseok HanDepartment of Environmental Engineering, INHA University, Incheon 22212, Korea.
Abdul Khaliq JanDepartment of Chemistry, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, Dir 18050, Pakistan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bimetallic alloy Au-Cu nanoparticles (Au-Cu alloy NPs) were synthesized using a chemical reduction method for sensing applications. Electronic absorption spectroscopy (UV-visible spectroscopy), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were used for the confirmation and morphological studies of the synthesized nanoparticles. The composition of Au-Cu alloy NPs was studied by energy-dispersive spectroscopy (EDS). The high crystallinity of Au-Cu alloy NPs was demonstrated by XRD analysis. Both XRD and SEM analyses revealed that the nanoparticles' size ranges from 15 to 25 nm. Pyrrole was polymerized into polypyrrole (PPy) over a neat and clean glassy carbon electrode (GCE) by potentiodynamic polymerization. The sensitivity of GCE was improved by modifying it into a composite electrode. The composite electrode was developed by coating GCE with an overoxidized PPy polymer followed by Au-Cu alloy NPs. The ratio of Au and Cu was carefully controlled. The composite electrode (PPyox/Au-Cu/GCE) successfully detected an environmental toxin anthracene with a detection limit of 0.15 μM, as evidenced by cyclic voltammetry (CV), square-wave voltammetry (SWV), and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS).

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PMID32923808
PMCPMC7482251

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