In this paper, the application of a Graphene oxide (GRPox) integrated on single-use pencil graphite electrode (PGE) for the enhanced monitoring of nucleic acids and for the sensitive and selective detection of the label free DNA hybridization related to Hepatitis B virus (HBV) sequences is described. Electrochemical behaviors of GRPox modified PGEs were firstly investigated using electrochemica...

In this work we introduce a facile procedure that allows a highly conformal coating of self-organized TiO2 nanotubes (NTs) with a graphite-like thin carbon layer. This provides a platform to enhance the functionality of TiO2 nanotubes for a wide range of applications. Here we show that such modified nanotubes can serve as a 3D scaffold for an ideal decoration with RuO2 nanoparticles. Used as 3D...

A graphite powder disk sandwiched between two nickel screens was used as a lithium-insertion working electrode. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), galvanostatic intermittent titration (GIT) using pulsed microcurrent, and in-situ intrinsic resistance measurements were used for the evaluation of kinetics and intrinsic (i.e. physical) resistance changes during charge–discharge cycling f...

The presence of trace metal cadmium assay was investigated with a copper immobilized on a graphite carbon electrode (GPC), the modified property of which was determined with handheld voltammetric systems. Following the determination of the analytical stripping conditions of 0.45 V amplitude, 30 Hz frequency, -1.4 V initial potential, and 4.0 mV increment potential, only a 60-s experimental accu...

In experiments performed using graphite electrodes poised by a potentiostat (+200 mV versus Ag/AgCl) or in a microbial fuel cell (with oxygen as the electron acceptor), the Fe(III)-reducing organism Geothrix fermentans conserved energy to support growth by coupling the complete oxidation of acetate to reduction of a graphite electrode. Other organic compounds, such as lactate, malate, propionat...

The direct electrochemical oxidation of sodium sulfide has been examined at five different carbon-based electrode substrates (glassy carbon (GC), boron-doped diamond (BDD), edge-plane pyrollytic graphite (EPPG), basal-plane pyrollytic graphite (BPPG) and carbon nanotubes (CNT)). An electrocatalytic response is observed at both the EPPG and CNT electrode compared to that of the other three subst...

Different types of charge storage mechanisms at unmodified graphite vs. glassy carbon electrodes in acid sulphate supporting solution containing potassium hexacyanoferrate (II) redox active electrolyte, have been revealed by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and supported by cyclic voltammetry experiments. Reversible charge transfer of Fe(CN)6 redox reaction detected by assessment of CVs o...

Intestinal bacteria were classified as gram-positive or gram-negative by an electrode system with a basal plane pyrolytic graphite electrode and a porous nitrocellulose membrane filter to trap bacteria. When the potential of the graphite electrode was run in the range of 0 to 1.0 V versus the saturated calomel electrode (SCE), gram-positive bacteria gave peak currents at 0.65 to 0.69 V versus t...

A simple and highly sensitive sensor based on edge-plane pyrolytic graphite electrode (EPPGE) coated with single-wall carbon nanotubes is proposed for diclofenac determination in nanomolar concentrations. The oxidation of diclofenac occurred in two well-defined peaks having peak potentials 439 and 854 mV at pH 7.2. The modified electrode showed excellent catalytic activity presenting much highe...

Laccase from Trametes hirsuta basidiomycete has been covalently bound to graphite electrodes electrochemically modified with phenyl derivatives as a way to attach the enzyme molecules with an adequate orientation for direct electron transfer (DET). Current densities up to 0.5mA/cm(2) of electrocatalytic reduction of O(2) to H(2)O were obtained in absence of redox mediators, suggesting preferent...