Li Ying-Ying, Jiang Zhen-Yan, Chen Jia-Qi, Li Hu-Lin, Zhang Hai-Qian
College Materials Science & Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, Jiangsu, China.
Biomed Environ Sci. 2008 Dec;21(6):479-84. doi: 10.1016/S0895-3988(09)60006-4.
To study environment-friendly determination of azobenzene in trace amounts using beta-cyclodextrin (beta-CD)-modified Au electrode.
beta-CD-modified Au electrode was fabricated with a two-step approach, and then a gold electrode modified with beta-CD was used to detect azobenzene by employing Osteryoung square wave voltammetry.
The modified electrode could detect azobenzene, showing a good linearity between the electrochemical current and concentration.
Although the electrochemical current is related with concentration, the detection limit is around 1.0 x 10(-10) mol/L. This study may provide a new environment-friendly approach for monitoring water quality.