Effective monitoring of environmental hazardous drug moxifloxacin hydrochloride using silver selenide on octadecyl amine modified reduced graphene oxide composite

Abstract

The precise detection of antibiotics is very critical. Here, silver selenide (Ag2Se) nanorods are hydrothermally synthesized and ultrasonically treated with rGO surface modified with octadecylamine (rGO-ODA). The optical, structural, morphological, and functional analysis were performed which revealed the orthorhombic pattern of the P2221 E space group, the crystalline purity of Ag2Se, and the substantial composite formation. The morphological studies revealed nanorod like structure of the Ag2Se material and wrinkled sheets of rGO-ODA. A sensor that detects moxifloxacin hydrochloride (MOXH) antibiotic using the cyclic voltammetry (CV), differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) and UV-Vis absorbance was developed. For DPV analysis, a quite low value for detection limit 12.46 nM was exhibited with 0.199 μM – 425.16 μM linear range, and a sensitivity of 5.0439 μA M−1cm−2. For UV-Vis, the sensor demonstrated a very low limit of detection 17.42 nM over 0.12 μM – 7.7 μM working range. The use of this sensor was validated in real-time analysis with industrial waste water, fish, human blood, and urine samples. The results suggested an excellent rate of analyte recovery and enhanced efficiency for MOXH detection with a potential for commercialization in the future.