Electrochemical impedance determination of polychlorinated biphenyl using a pyrenecyclodextrin-decorated single-walled carbon nanotube hybrid

Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 May 14;47(18):5340-2. doi: 10.1039/c1cc11267h. Epub 2011 Mar 30.

Abstract

This work reports the first detailed study on an electrochemical impedance sensor for determination of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB), such as 3,3',4,4'-tetrachlorobiphenyl (PCB-77), based on a single-walled carbon nanotube/pyrenecyclodextrin (SWCNT/PyCD) hybrid.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biosensing Techniques
  • Carbon
  • Chimera
  • Cyclodextrins / chemistry*
  • Electric Impedance
  • Electrochemistry
  • Nanotubes, Carbon
  • Polychlorinated Biphenyls
  • Pyrenes / chemistry*

Substances

  • Cyclodextrins
  • Nanotubes, Carbon
  • Pyrenes
  • Carbon
  • Polychlorinated Biphenyls
  • 3,4,3',4'-tetrachlorobiphenyl