High sensitive determination of dopamine through catalytic oxidation and preconcentration over gold-multiwall carbon nanotubes composite modified electrode

Electrochemical properties of dopamine, uric acid and ascorbic acid have been investigated using gold nano particles (AuNPs) decorated functionalized multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) nano composite modified electrode. MWCNTs were acid functionalized to introduce –COOH functionalities. The functionalized MWCNTs were used as support materials and were decorated with gold nano particles of 20 nm in size. The nano composite materials thus prepared have been named as f-MWCNTs/AuNPs composite. The composite material was characterized using FTIR, RAMAN, TEM, UV-VIS spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy measurements. Electrochemical investigations on the composite modified glassy carbon electrode for dopamine was investigated in presence of interfering agents like ascorbic acid and uric acid. The modified electrode showed sensitivity of 0.002 μAnM−1 for dopamine with the detection limit of 35 nM. Present electrode showed high selectivity for dopamine as the oxidation peak of dopamine and uric acid were very well resolved. The analytical method was found to be suitable for the simultaneous determination of dopamine and uric acid using the modified electrode. Method was applied in spiked real serum sample for the determination of dopamine.