L-Aspartic acid/L-cysteine/gold nanoparticle modified microelectrode for simultaneous detection of copper and lead

By Wang, Jinfen; Bian, Chao; Tong, Jianhua; Sun, Jizhou & Xia, Shanhong
Published in Thin Solid Films NULL 2012

Abstract

This paper presents an electrochemical microsensor for simultaneous detection of copper (II) and lead (II) using an l-aspartic acid/l-cysteine/gold nanoparticle modified microelectrode. The microelectrode was fabricated by Micro Electro-Mechanical System technique. The complex of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) and amino acid with carboxyl group was used as the selective ligand for metal ions. The microelectrode was firstly modified with AuNPs to increase the sensitive area of the working electrode. Subsequently, the AuNPs/gold electrode was modified with l-cysteine and then covalently linked with a monolayer of l-aspartic acid using glutaraldehyde. Electrochemical analysis of metal ions was achieved by using square wave voltammetry without stirring. The microsensor exhibited an excellent linear range from 5 μg L- 1 to 2000 μg L- 1 with the limit of detection of 1 μg L- 1. This metal ion detection method based on l-aspartic acid/l-cysteine/gold nanoparticle modified microelectrode is simple, sensitive and it could be used for electrochemical analysis of copper (II) and lead (II).

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