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Direct Electrochemical Determination of Glyphosate Herbicide Using a Screen-Printed Carbon Electrode Modified with Carbon Black and Niobium Nanoparticles

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Glyphosate is a herbicide that has been widely used worldwide and is used in agricultural areas to control weeds and unwanted vegetation. Electrochemical sensors developed from different nanomaterials have high efficiency, excellent cost–benefit, and fast analysis time for detecting traces of environmental pollutants. This study aimed to produce an electrochemical sensor with disposable screen-printed electrodes based on carbon black modified with niobium nanoparticles to determine glyphosate in aqueous solutions. The morphology, structure and electrochemical performance of the sensor were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction and cyclic voltammetry. Differential pulse voltammetry in BR buffer solution at pH 5.0 allowed the generation of a method to quantify glyphosate concentration in a linear range of 5.90–172.30 µmol/L (1.00–29.13 µg/mL), with a limit of detection calculated at 3.07 µmol/L (0.52 µg/mL). The method efficiently quantified glyphosate in real water samples and showed no interference from K+, Na+, Ca2+, Mg2+ ions or thiamethoxam, imidacloprid and carbendazim pesticides.

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Acknowledgements

All the authors thank the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES), Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) and Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ) (Cincotto Proc. E-26/202.696/2019, Proc. E-26/010.002267/2019 and E-26/210.304/2022) for the financial support.

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  1. Departament of Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 21941-909, Brazil

    Julia Oliveira Fernandes, Juliana dos Santos Fernandes, Bernardo Ferreira Braz, Ricardo Erthal Santelli & Fernando Henrique Cincotto

  2. Departament of Civil Engineering, COPPE, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 21941-598, Brazil

    Cassiano Augusto Rolim Bernardino & Claudio Fernando Mahler

  3. National Institute of Science & Technology of Bioanalytics (INCTBio), Campinas, São Paulo, 13083-862, Brazil

    Ricardo Erthal Santelli & Fernando Henrique Cincotto

  4. Departament of Inorganic Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 21941-909, Brazil

    Luiz Henrique Carpenter dos Santos, Rodrigo José Corrêa & Emerson Schwingel Ribeiro

  5. Unesp, National Institute of Alternative Technologies for Detection, Toxicological Assessment and Removal of Micropollutants and Radioactives (INCT-DATREM), Araraquara, São Paulo, 14800-060, Brazil

    Emerson Schwingel Ribeiro

  6. National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology, Inmetro, Av. Nossa Senhora das Graças, 50, Xerém, Duque de Caxias, 25250-020, Brazil

    Braulio Soares Archanjo

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JOF: conceptualization, methodology, data curation, formal analysis, writing—original draft preparation. CARB: conceptualization, writing—review and editing, methodology. JSF: writing—review and editing, methodology. CFM: supervision, writing—review and editing. BFB: writing—review and editing. BSA: writing—review and editing, methodology. RES: writing—review and editing. LHCS: synthesis. RJC: synthesis. ESR: synthesis. FHC: conceptualization, supervision, writing—review and editing, methodology.

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Fernandes, J.O., Bernardino, C.A.R., dos Santos Fernandes, J. et al. Direct Electrochemical Determination of Glyphosate Herbicide Using a Screen-Printed Carbon Electrode Modified with Carbon Black and Niobium Nanoparticles. J. Anal. Test. 7, 425–434 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41664-023-00276-w

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