Voltammetric lidocaine sensor by using a glassy carbon electrode modified with porous carbon prepared from a MOF, and with a molecularly imprinted polymer

Mikrochim Acta. 2017 Dec 26;185(1):78. doi: 10.1007/s00604-017-2551-2.

Abstract

The work describes a hybrid electrochemical sensor for highly sensitive detection of the anesthetic lidocaine (LID). Porous carbon (PC) was synthesized from an isoreticular metal-organic framework-8 (IRMOF-8) and drop cast onto a glassy carbon electrode (GCE). A layer of a molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) layer was then fabricated in situ on the modified GCE by electro-polymerization, with LID acting as the template and resorcinol as the functional monomer. Hexacyanoferrate is used as an electrochemical probe. The electrical signal (typically acquired at 0.335 V vs. SCE) increases linearly in the 0.2 pM to 8 nM LID concentration range, with a remarkable 67 fM detection limit (at an S/N ratio of 3). The sensor is stable and selective. Eventually, rapid and accurate detection of LID in spiked real samples was successfully realized. Graphical abstract ᅟ.

Keywords: Brunauer-Emmett-Teller; Cyclic voltammetry; Electrochemical sensor; Hexacyanoferrate; MOF derived carbon; Nanoporous material; Raman spectra; Scanning electron microscopy; Trace measurement; X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't