Sensitive determination of citrinin based on molecular imprinted electrochemical sensor

Abstract

In this report, a novel molecular imprinted voltammetric sensor based on glassy carbon electrode (GCE) modified with platinum nanoparticles (PtNPs) involved in a polyoxometalate (H3PW12O40, POM) functionalized reduced graphene oxide (rGO) was prepared for the determination of citrinin (CIT). The developed surfaces were characterized by using scanning electron microscope (SEM), transmission electron microscope (TEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) method. CIT imprinted GCE was prepared via electropolymerization process of 80.0mM pyrrole as monomer in the presence of phosphate buffer solution (pH 6.0) containing 20.0mM CIT. The linearity range and the detection limit of the developed method were calculated as 1.0×10−12–1.0×10−10M and 2.0×10−13M, respectively. In addition, the voltammetric sensor was applied to rye samples. The stability and selectivity of the voltammetric sensor were also reported.