Using Carbon Paste Electrode Modified with Ion Imprinted Polymer and MWCNT for Electrochemical Quantification of Methylmercury in Natural Water Samples.

ABSTRACT: Methylmercury (MeHg) is one of the most toxic organic mercury compounds found in the environment. The continuous exposure of human beings to this highly toxic compound may damage their nervous system. The present work reports the development and application of a novel electrochemical sensing technique for the quantification of MeHg using a modified carbon paste electrode with multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) combined with ion imprinted polymer, which is highly selective toward MeHg (CPE/MWCNTs/IIP-MeHg) detection. The ion imprinted polymer was synthesized using 2-mercaptobenzothiazole (MBT), acrylic acid (AA) and MeHg employed as ligand, functional monomer and template ion, respectively, and the synthesized material was characterized by Raman spectroscopy and SEM-EDX. Both the propos

SUBMITTER: Mesa R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9221305 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature