A sonochemical assisted synthesis of hollow sphere structured tin (IV) oxide on graphene oxide sheets for the low-level detection of environmental pollutant mercury in biological samples and foodstuffs

Elayappan Tamilalagan; Muthumariappan Akilarasan; Shen-Ming Chen; Tse-Wei Chen; Yi Chen Huang; Qingli Hao; Wu Lei

doi:10.1016/j.ultsonch.2020.105164

A sonochemical assisted synthesis of hollow sphere structured tin (IV) oxide on graphene oxide sheets for the low-level detection of environmental pollutant mercury in biological samples and foodstuffs

Ultrason Sonochem. 2020 Oct:67:105164. doi: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2020.105164. Epub 2020 May 8.

Authors

Elayappan Tamilalagan¹, Muthumariappan Akilarasan¹, Shen-Ming Chen², Tse-Wei Chen³, Yi Chen Huang¹, Qingli Hao⁴, Wu Lei⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, No.1, Section 3, Chung-Hsiao East Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan.
² Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, No.1, Section 3, Chung-Hsiao East Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan. Electronic address: smchen78@ms15.hinet.net.
³ Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, No.1, Section 3, Chung-Hsiao East Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan; Research and Development Center for Smart Textile Technology, National Taipei University of Technology, No.1, Section 3, Chung-Hsiao East Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan.
⁴ School of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, PR China.
⁵ School of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, PR China. Electronic address: leiwuhao@njust.edu.cn.

PMID: 32417625
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2020.105164

Abstract

In modern approaches for nanomaterials synthesis, ultrasonication plays an important role in providing the larger surface area and smaller crystalline size properties that are favorable to electrochemical techniques. Herein, we report the tin (IV) oxide on graphene oxide nanoparticles were synthesized (SnO₂@GO NPs) by ultrasonic methodology (UZ SONOPULS HD 3400 Ultrasonic homogenizer) with the total power of 400 W and the (frequency of 20 kHz; 140 W/dm³). The formation of as-prepared SnO₂@GO NPs and its surface morphology were scrutinized over XRD, XPS, TEM, and FESEM. Besides, the sonochemically prepared SnO₂@GO NPs were employed for the determination of environmental hazardous mercury (Hg). As a result, the modified electrode acquired a very low-level detection limit of 1.2 nM with a wider range of 0.01-10.41-µM and 14.52-225.4-µM for the detection of Hg. Finally, the practical applicability of SnO₂@GO NPs in spiked human blood serum and tuna fish samples shows appreciable found and recovery values. .

Keywords: Biological samples; Mercury detection; SnO(2)@GO; Sonochemical synthesis; Tuna fish.

MeSH terms

Environmental Pollutants / analysis*
Food Contamination / analysis*
Graphite / chemistry*
Mercury / analysis*
Sonication*
Tin Compounds / chemistry*

Substances

Environmental Pollutants
Tin Compounds
graphene oxide
Graphite
Mercury
stannic oxide