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Enhancing electrochemical detection of dopamine: Via dumbbell-like FePt-Fe3O4 nanoparticles

  • School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology
  • The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University
  • Jilin Normal University
  • Brown University

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Abstract

We synthesize dumbbell-like FePt-Fe3O4 nanoparticles (NPs) and study their electrocatalytic oxidation and sensing of dopamine (DA). The FePt and Fe3O4 NPs are strongly coupled in the dumbbell structure and as a result, the dumbbell FePt-Fe3O4 NPs show the best activity for DA oxidation with the DA detection limit reaching 1 nM. They are used successfully to monitor the DA concentration increase induced by K+-stimulation of PC12 cells. Our data show that an electrode modified with dumbbell-like FePt-Fe3O4 NPs can serve as the most sensitive probe for real-time quantitative detection of DA in a neurological environment.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1022-1027
Number of pages6
JournalNanoscale
Volume9
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 Jan 2017
Externally publishedYes

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