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Porous Boron-Doped Diamond Electrodes: Characterisation and Application for Electroanalysis
Baluchová, Simona
This dissertation thesis presents newly developed electrode materials based on porous boron- doped diamond (BDDporous) and their potential applications in electroanalysis. Particularly, these novel BDDporous electrodes (twelve in total) were thoroughly electrochemically characterised and compared, and the ones with the most promising properties were selected to develop reliable voltammetric methods for detecting the neurotransmitter dopamine. Initially, the impact of selected fabrication parameters on the final properties and electrochemical behaviour of novel BDDporous electrodes was clarified; the following factors were specifically studied: (1) deposition template used, (2) boron-doping level, (3) growth time of the individual layers (i.e., porosity), (4) number of deposited layers (i.e., thickness), and (5) content of non-diamond (sp2 ) carbon impurities. Alterations in deposition conditions naturally resulted in BDDporous electrodes with diverse (i) structural and morphological features, which were investigated by scanning electron microscopy and Raman spectroscopy, and (ii) physical and electrochemical characteristics, examined by cyclic voltammetry. Besides, to assess the suitability of selected BDDporous electrodes for dopamine detection, other parameters, such as susceptibility to...
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Porous Boron-Doped Diamond Electrodes: Characterisation and Application for Electroanalysis
Baluchová, Simona ; Schwarzová, Karolina (advisor) ; Navrátil, Tomáš (referee) ; Šelešovská, Renáta (referee)
This dissertation thesis presents newly developed electrode materials based on porous boron- doped diamond (BDDporous) and their potential applications in electroanalysis. Particularly, these novel BDDporous electrodes (twelve in total) were thoroughly electrochemically characterised and compared, and the ones with the most promising properties were selected to develop reliable voltammetric methods for detecting the neurotransmitter dopamine. Initially, the impact of selected fabrication parameters on the final properties and electrochemical behaviour of novel BDDporous electrodes was clarified; the following factors were specifically studied: (1) deposition template used, (2) boron-doping level, (3) growth time of the individual layers (i.e., porosity), (4) number of deposited layers (i.e., thickness), and (5) content of non-diamond (sp2 ) carbon impurities. Alterations in deposition conditions naturally resulted in BDDporous electrodes with diverse (i) structural and morphological features, which were investigated by scanning electron microscopy and Raman spectroscopy, and (ii) physical and electrochemical characteristics, examined by cyclic voltammetry. Besides, to assess the suitability of selected BDDporous electrodes for dopamine detection, other parameters, such as susceptibility to...
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Vanillylmandelic and Homovanillic Acid: Electroanalysis at Carbon-Based Electrodes
Baluchová, Simona ; Schwarzová, Karolina (advisor) ; Dejmková, Hana (referee)
The objective of the present work is the study of the electrochemical behaviour of two diagnostic tumor markers of great importance, vanillylmandelic acid (VMA) and homovanillic acid (HVA), on carbon-based electrodes by using cyclic and differential pulse voltammetry. A comparison was made among non-modified glassy carbon electrode (GCE) and GCE modified by multi-walled carbon nanotubes, Nafion (Nafion/GCE) and poly(neutral red) (PNR/GCE), and further boron doped diamond (BDD) electrode which was activated by anodic polarization (Eakt = +2,4 V, t = 30 s) or by polishing on alumina slurry. Significant differences in the voltammetric responses of VMA and HVA were found, not only among utilized electrode materials which also influenced the way of controlling the oxidation process, but also they depend on the pH value of aqueous media in which these acids occurred. An acidic environment is the most suitable for their determination. Calibration dependences were measured in 0.1 mol∙l−1 phosphate buffer pH 3.0 which was chosen as an optimal supporting electrolyte for differential pulse voltammetric determination. Achieved detection limits were 0.6, 0.9, 0.8 and 1.2 μmol∙l−1 for HVA and 0.4, 1.5, 2.4 and 1.1 μmol∙l−1 for VMA at BDD electrode, non-modified GCE, Nafion/GCE and PNR/GCE, respectively. Limits...
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Voltammetric determination of clinical markers vanillylmandelic and homovanillic acid at boron-doped diamond electrode
Baluchová, Simona ; Schwarzová, Karolina (advisor) ; Zima, Jiří (referee)
This thesis investigates electrochemical oxidation of two main catecholamine metabolites vanillylmandelic and homovanillic acid at anodically oxidized boron-doped diamond electrode using voltammetric techniques. Their behavior in aqueous media depends on its pH value significantly; the highest and best developed voltammetric signals are provided in an acidic medium when both organic compounds occur in their non-ionized form. The phosphate buffer pH 3.0 was chosen as supporting electrolyte for analysis of these two substances and the conditions of determination were optimized. Calibration dependences are linear for both studied compounds in the concentration range from 4 to 100 μmol∙l−1 . Using differential pulse voltammetry limits of detection for homovanillic acid (LOD = 0.57 μmol∙l−1 ) and for vanillylmandelic acid (LOD = 0.41 μmol∙l−1 ) were achieved. The possibility of their simultaneous determination at boron-doped diamond was also verified. The oxidation mechanisms of homovanillic acid and vanillylmandelic acid at boron-doped diamond electrode were studied by cyclic voltammetry and in both cases it is diffusion-controlled reaction.
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