Eletrodos quimicamente modificados aplicados à eletroanálise: uma breve abordagem

Chemically modified electrodes (CMEs) have been subject of considerable attention since its inception about 23 years ago. CMEs result of a deliberate immobilization of a modifier agent onto the electrode surface obtained through chemical reactions, chemisorption, composite formation or polymer coating. This immobilization seeks transfer the physicochemical properties of the modifier to the electrode surface and thus to dictate and control the behavior of the electrode/solution interface. In recent years the interest in CMEs has increased particularly to enhance the sensitivity and/or the selectivity of electroanalytical techniques. In general higher sensitivity and/or selectivity may be achieved by exploiting one or more of the following phenomena: electrocatalysis, preconcentration and interferents exclusion. This paper deals with the application of CMEs in electroanalysis, including a brief presentation of the more general procedures that have been employed for the modification of electrode surfaces.

Eletrodos modificados com DNA: uma nova alternativa em eletroanálise

The first studies about DNA electrochemistry appeared at the end of the fifties. The voltammetric techniques became important tool for the DNA conformational analysis, producing evidences about DNA double helix polimorphism. The new techniques based on electrodes modification with nucleic acid enlarged the use of the electrochemical methods on the DNA research. DNA electrochemical biosensors are able to detect specific sequences of DNA bases, becoming important alternative for the diagnosis of disease, as well as in the carcinogenic species determination. Besides, the use of DNA biosensors in the mechanism study of biological drug actions can be useful for drug design.

Eletroanálise de derivados acetaldeído com hidrazina e determinação em amostras de álcool combustível por voltametria de onda quadrada

A square wave voltammetric method is described for the determination of acetaldehyde using the derivatization reaction with hydrazine sulphate, based on the reduction of hydrazone generated as a product that exhibits a single well-defined peak at -1.19V in acetate buffer at pH 5. Calibration graphs were obtained from 1.0 x 10-6 mol L-1 to 10 x 10-6 mol L-1 of acetaldehyde, using a reaction time of 8 min and a hidrazine concentration of 0.02 mol L-1. The detection limit was 2.38 x 10-7 mol L-1. The method was applied satisfactorily to the determination of total aldehyde in fuel ethanol samples without any pre-treatment.

Eletroanálise de corantes alimentícios: determinação de índigo carmim e tartrazina

Tartrazina e índigo carmim são corantes alimentícios amplamente utilizados na indústria alimentícia. Ambos os corantes apresentam ondas voltamétricas de redissolução catódica bem definidas no intervalo de pH 2 a 12, quando pré-acumulados sobre eletrodo de gota pendente de mercúrio. Curvas de calibração para tartrazina e índigo carmim são obtidas no intervalo de 5x10-9mol.L-1 a 1x10-7mol.L-1, em tempos de acúmulo de 30s e potencial de acúmulo de 0V e -0,10V, em tampão acetato pH 4,5 e carbonato pH 10, respectivamente. O método proposto foi aplicado para determinação direta de ambos os corantes em amostras individuais ou misturas em meio aquoso, e também, em amostras comerciais de suco artificial em pó e balas.