Quo Vadis
Electroanalytical Chemistry
Jiri Barek
UNESCO Laboratory of Environmental Electrochemistry, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Charles University,
Prague, Czech Republic
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e-mail: Barek@natur.cuni.cz
UNESCO Laboratory of
Environmental Electrochemistry
Charles University in Prague
Heyrovský Institute AS CR
UNESCO Laboratory of
Environmental Electrochemistry
• Established by the decision of the XXIInd UNESCO General Conference in 1983
• Joint research facility of the J. Heyrovsky
Institute of Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and the
Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague
• Oriented towards solving both theoretical
and practical problems of environmental
electrochemistry
Professor Jaroslav Heyrovský
Chem. Listy 16 (6), 256 (1922)
ULEEC internationally recognized
• ACD IUPAC, orange book
• DAC EuChEMS Euroanalysis
• Tessaloniky 17TH INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE ON CHEMISTRY AND THE ENVIRONMENT 16-20 June, 2019
• ESEAC Rhodos Vilnius
• ECTN Label Committee
• Invited lectures/Scientific committees
• Honorary membership of foreign chemical
societies
International Cooperation
Analytical chemistry provides the methods and tools
needed for insight into our material world…for answering four basic questions about a material sample:
•What?
•Where?
•How much?
•What arrangement, structure, or form?
Federation of European Chemical Societies, Karl Cammann, Univ. Muenster, 1992
Fresenius’ Z. Anal. Chem., 343 (1992) 812
Measure what is measurable and
make measurable what is not
Time Information
content
“…omics”
complex mixture
mixture
1 compound location 1 d
2 d 3 d
1/h 1/min 1/s continuously
Space
Increasing information needs
1000 000 higher information densities in few years
Pushing trends-new principles, theories, instrumentation, grant agency policies
Pulling trends new problems, single
molecule and macromolecule analysis
analysis,
Development of analytical methods Push
New
• Principles
• Theories
•Instruments Policy of
grant
agencies
Pull
New
problems The main task of basic
academic research is to satisfy our curiosity and to search for
something unexpected Curiosity driven research
Heureka vs It is funny
Joy of reasoning and understanding is the most beuatiful gift of nature
A.E.
Pull
• Health services
Clinical analysis – EU- 3 billions of analysis/year - 1 % GDP
• Environmental analysis
• Food and drinks (Agriculture)
• Economic competition
• Nano a Bio technologies
• Information technologies
• LRI
Pull
1. Time and space resolved analysis 2. Single molecule analysis
3. Trace analysis in complicated organic and biological matrices down to ppb 4. Identification of macromolecules and
microorganisms
5. Implantable sensors (controlled dosing,
continuous monitoring, long-distance
transfer of data)
Pár čísel úvodem
• 5% ekonomie EU přímo závisí na výsledcích analýz
• pro 20% evropských chemiků je analýza hlavní náplní práce
• pro 50% evropských chemiků je analýza nejvýznamnější vedlejší náplní práce
• v EU je prováděno více než 5 miliard vsádkových analýz ročně, počet dat z kontinuálních analýz je astronomický a většinu z nich nikdo nezpracovává
• ročně je produkována více než 100,000 analytických publikací
• skoro polovina legislativy by nefungovala bez výsledků chemických analýz
• řízení moderní společnosti je nemyslitelné bez analytické chemie
• M. Grasserbauer - Analytical chemistry is
indispensable to democratic governance
•Pestrost problémů vyžaduje pestrost metod
• Neexistuje nejlepší analytická metoda
• O volbě metody budou rozhodovat důvody:
Ekonomické (pořizovací a provozní náklady)
Parametrové (citlivost, selektivita, LOD)
Praktické (robustnost, spolehlivost,
jednoduchost,časová a experimentální náročnost, uživatelská přívětivost
Legislativní
Co se musíme pamatovat
No co musíme připravit studenty
• Obrovské počty analýz (knihovny látek, genomika, proteomika, evironmentální analýza = velkoplošné monitorování)
• Měření v neobvyklých matricích (sliny, sperma, krev z pupeční šňůry, mozkomíšní mok)
• Odpovídat na otázky přesahující tradiční představu o analytické chemii
• Biomonitoring
• Akreditace, validace,….
• Někdy v dobré víře připravujeme spíše na minulost
• Kam kráčí analytická chemie JML
Co neumí absolventi vysokých škol chemického zaměření
Základy matematiky, fyziky, chemie Pohybovat se v chemické laboratoři Napsat krátkou zprávu
Připravit jednoduchý rozpočet
Vysvětlit laborantům co mají dělat
Akreditaci, validaci, práci s normami
Pozdravit
Zdá-li se vám vzdělání příliš drahé, vyzkoušejte kolik stojí
nevzdělanost
Paradigm of solid electrodes
“God made solids,
but surfaces were the work of the devil”
Wolfgang Pauli
It is my wish that this country was the most educated in the world, therefore I hereby direct that all my subjects were awarded a doctorate.
Visionary cartoon from newspaper around 1960.
Is there an escape from the „trap“
of the massive higher education?
Čím reaguje analytická chemie na tyto podněty
• Drahé, mimořádně účinné, citlivé a selektivní metody,
založené na různých kombinovaných technikách (GC-MS, HPLC-MS, CZE-MS, MS-MS, ICP-MS)
• Středně drahé techniky pro více méně rutinní analýzy (GC, HPLC, CZE, AAS, FIA, SIA, BIA, DPV, AdSV aj.)
• Levné techniky použitelné i pro velkoplošné monitorování (disposabilní sensory, barevné papírky, atp).
• Lab on chip
• Lab on valve
• Lab o paper
• Lab on mmbrane
Výchova nových odborníků!
Nám chybí post doc
Žijeme v období technického zdokonalování starých principů
Mění se paradigma trojhvězdí věda výzkum výuka
Co jsme znali my
Co znají dnešní studenti
Není možné všemu rozumět
Za 1femtosekundu světlo uleti 3 mikrometry O 1 nm povyroste můj fous než si k tváři
zvednu holicí strojek
Period of technical
improvement of old ideas
Is there any objective evaluation?
Diploma Thesis1870 Microelectrodes 1930
Refused patent application 1930 Amalgam electrodes 1940
RIA
Waste of money for
atomic weights determination instrument
John Fenn Tanaka
Ida Henrietta Hyde (1857-1945)
Harward Medical School
Microelectrodes
VIA
Voltammetric imunoassay
Solomon Berson Rosalyn Yalow
Nature 184, 1648 (1959)
Main Works
Flexible Tape Electrode Biomass-Derived
Macroporous
Carbon Materials
MPA
FSDPV
Implanted biosensors
Screen-printing a 3D tisk
WE
CE
RL Mic
ABAC
Android based analytical chemistry
Paper-Based Microfluidic Sampling for Potentiometric/Voltametric Ion Sensing
Paper acts as a sampling unit and a
sample container
Paper provides a well-defined
thin aqueous layer
Lab on CD
Paper-based
electroanalytical platform - lab-on-paper
low cost
rapid response
potential portability allowing on-site measurements and decentralized
measurements
simple fabrication and handling green analytical chemistry Paul Anastas
www.bvt.cz
Sensors
FLOW SYSTEMS
Well-defined hydrodynamics
Present position of electroanalytical chemistry
• Lambda sensors in cars 10 G$
• pH measurement potentiometry 2 G$
• Electrochemical detection of glucose 1G$
• Monitoring of dionized watter 0.5 G $
• Fischer titration
• Nanotechnologie T $ Richard Feynman
"There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom,"
Caltech 29.12.1959.
• There is plenty of room in the middle and at the
top
Falen taboos
• Voltammmetry in the absence of supporting electrolyte
• HPLC-ED with gradient elution
• Diamond electrodes
• CPE in organic solvents
• RDE in one drop of solution
• Voltammetry without solvent (Dick McCreery – dry electrochemistry –nitrobifenyl,
• Tubular detector for HPLC
• Wireles electrochemistry
• ABEC Instrument-less electrochemistry
3 POINTS vs SWOT
• TECHNIQUES
V(DPV, SWV. AdSV) A (HPLC, FIA, SIA, BIA) M (AFM, EIS,SEM)• ELECTRODES / columns/detectors
Metallic (Hg,Bi,Sb)Amalgam (Solid, Paste, Single Crystal
)
Carbonaceous (CPE, CFE, BDDFE)
• ANALYTES
• Biomarkers (illness, exposition, treatment)
• Environmental pollutants (carcinogens, pesticides, drugs)
• Food components (carcinogens, antioxidants, dyes)
Why electrochemical methods POSSIBILITIES
• Large LDR and low LOD
• Broad spectrum of analytes
• Low runing and investment cost
• Speed and automatization
• Dimensionality
• Particle is direct source of signal
• Independet alternative
• Selectivity
• Miniaturization and portability
• Response factor
Why electrochemical methods LIMITATIONS
• We must know what we are looking for
• Analyte must be electrochemically active
• Problems with interferences
• Problems with matrix
• Problems with passivation
• Problems with validation
• Problems with education
• Problems with manufacturer support
Recent trends vs SWOT
1. New electrode materials
2. Chemically modified electrodes 3. Biologically modified electrodes 4. MIPS
5. Nanoparticle modified electrodes 6. Miniaturization
7. Automation
8. Simplification
9. Flow measurements
10.Combination with sep and spftm
1. New electrode materials
S
• Better electrochemical parameters
• Resistance to passivation
• Mechanical stability
• User and environmentally friendly W
• Inertia and resistance of practical laboratories
• Fashion vs usefulness
O
• Never-ending story
• Fascinating possibilities of material engineering T
• Lack of really critical comparison
• Pressure for innovativeness complicate thorough testing, validation, etc.
Mercury electrodes
Advantages
•Atomically smotth surface
•Easy renewal
•Large cathodic window
Disadvantages
•Narow anodic window
•Mechanical stability
•Toxicity
Why new electrode materials
• Broader potential window
• Lower noise and background current
• Resistance toward passivation
• Mechanical stability
• Compatibility with „green analytical chemistry“
Which new electrode materials
• Amalgams
• Diamond films
• Carbon films
• Sputtered metal films
Amalgam electrodes
Miniaturized Electrode System for Microtiter Plate
m-AgSAE working electrode
Ag/AgCl reference electrode (1 mol l
–1KCl)
platinum auxiliary electrode
3 cm 3 mm
Silver amalgam paste
Pasting liquids
• mineral oil (44:1)
• paraffin oil (20:1)
• silicone oil (15:1)
• tricresylphosphate (11:1) Ag3Hg2
Pipette tip
Pipette tip
Metal wire (contact) Paste amalgam (11% Ag)
Silver Paste Amalgam Electrode
AgSAE microelectrodes
(A)Silver amalgam crystals at mercury drop,
(B) single needle crystal of silver amalgam (magnification 200x)
(C) working electrode based on single crystal of silver amalgam (magnification 50x)
SCAgAE
Contact - Pt wire 20 μl pipette tip 10 % Ag silver amalgam paste
Single crystal of silver amalgam Polystyrene film
Carbon paste electrodes
• Introduced by Adams
• Easy preparation
• Easily renewable surface
• Reasonable potential window in anodic region, mechanical stability, noise,
• Tunable properties
• Easy covering with Hg or Bi film
• Easy chemical and biological modification
• Problems with oxygen
• Problems with organic solvents
CPE based on glassy carbon microbeads compatible with organic solvents
V = 1 ml V = 0.1 ml V = 10 ml
Carbon fibre rod electrode
Carbon Film Electrode
• The carbon film electrode (CFE) was made by covering silver amalgam electrode
(AgSAE) by carbon film.
•The film was prepared by immersing AgSAE‘s surface to an ink
solution.
•The ink solution was prepared by mixing carbon powder with polystyrene in
dichlorethane.
Carbon Film Electrode
The benefits of CFE are:
• Broad potential window (cca +1.5 to -1.5 V)
• Aplicability of electrochemical pretreatment to ensure repeatability of measurement
• Possibility of easy renewal of the film, when the old one is passived
• Possibility of the use of the original electrode after wipping off the film
• Low price of film
• Any solid electrode can be used for covering by the film
• More „green“ than disposable electrodes
• Suitable for HPLCE-ED in WJ arrangement
Carbon film electrodes at AgSAE
Carbon film cels in microtitration plate´s holes
CFE embeded in wells of
microtitration plates
Carbon film electrodes on
alumina sheed or on CD disk
Spot electrodes on glass or polymer
0.05 g L–1 Bi3+ solution in 1 mol L–1 acetate buffer pH 4.8
AgSAE BiF electrodeposition BiF-AgSAE
Bi3+
Bi3+ Bi3+
Bi3+ Bi3+ Bi3+
stirring / oxygen removed deposition potential –1.2 V
deposition time 5 min
disc diameter 0.5 mm
Bismuth Film Electrode
• Suitable for the concept of “green” analytical chemistry
• Increased sensitivity of determination in comparison to AgSAE
Bulk bizmuth minielectrode
Bismuth miniaturized electrode
system
Bi MES + microtitration plate
Polymer or glass decorated by metal nanoparticles-
nanostructured surface
SEM
Deposition:
Sputtering
Evaporation
Nanostructured electrodes
Au
Pd Ag
BORON DOPED DIAMOND FILM ELECTRODES
• Low noise
• Broad potential windows
• Low passivation
• Mechanical and electrochemical stability
• Biocompatibility
• Comercial availability
CVD - Chemical Vapor Deposition
Boron doped diamond film electrode
Boron doped diamond film electrode (BDDFE)
2
3 4
6 7 5
1
8
Legend
1. Electrode body 2. Screw contact 3. Screw attachment 4. Small metal spring 5. Brassy sheet
6. DFE on Si (1,1,1) 7. Silicone seal
8. Access for solution
Surface of nanocrystalline diamond film electrode on Si
BDDFE
Lab made Commercial
Glass tube (1), copper wire (2), conductive epoxide resin (3), non-conductive epoxide resin (4), silica wafer covered with BDDF (5)
BDDFE
2. Chemically modified electrodes
S
• Higher selectivity and sensitivity W
• Lower stability and reproducibility
• Complicated preparation
O
• Broad research field with many possibilities T
• Autotelic
• Lost of purpose
0.05 g L–1 Bi3+ solution in 1 mol L–1 acetate buffer pH 4.8
AgSAE BiF electrodeposition BiF-AgSAE
Bi3+
Bi3+ Bi3+
Bi3+ Bi3+ Bi3+
stirring / oxygen removed deposition potential –1.2 V
deposition time 5 min
disc diameter 0.5 mm
Bismuth Film Electrode
• Suitable for the concept of “green” analytical chemistry
• Increased sensitivity of determination in comparison to AgSAE
SbFE at substrates AgE AuE CuE GCE
Potential of depozition: –800 mV
Concentration of Sb
3+: 40 mg·l
–1in 0.1M HCl
Time of depozition: 90 s
3. Biologically modified electrodes
S
• High sensitivity and selectivity
• Predictable response
W
• Complicated preparation
• Lower robustness, reliability O
• Bright future see glass electrode T
• Problems with commercialization
SAM - self assembled monolayer (method)
EDC - N-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-N'-ethylcarbodiimide hydrochloride NHS - N-hydroxysuccinimide
GOx - glucose oxidase
Enzyme immibilization on porous AgSAE
CFE DNA immobilization DNA/CFE
DNA
DNA DNA
DNA DNA DNA
carbon film disc diameter 7.0 mm
Fabrication of DNA Biosensor
accumulation potential +0.5 V ● accumulation time 1 min ● stirring
10 mg mL–1 DNA in 0.1 mol L–1 phosphate buffer of pH 7.0 (PB)
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 0
20 40 60 80 100
Relative biosensor response, %
Incubation time, min
Ip,c Ip,a
-100 0 100 200 300 400 500
-80 -60 -40 -20 0 20 40 60 80
I, µA
E, mV CFE
DNA/CFE 1 min 3 min 5 min 10 min 20 min 30 min
Evaluation of DNA Damage
Current density 50 mA cm–2
CV
0 150 300 450 600 750 900
0 100 200 300
-Z '',
Z ',
CFE DNA/CFE 1 min 3 min 5 min 10 min 20 min 30 min
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
0 20 40 60 80 100
Relative biosensor response, %
Incubation time, min
EIS
Current density 50 mA cm–2
0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0
10 20 30 40 50 60
I, µA
E, V
DNA/CFE 1 min 3 min 5 min 10 min 20 min 30 min
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
0 20 40 60 80
100 10 mA cm-2
50 mA cm-2
Relative biosensor response, %
Incubation time, min
Evaluation of DNA Damage
SWV
50 mA cm–2
Similar observation as in the case of DNA damage caused by Fenton-like reaction
Two antagonistic phenomena
↓ oxidation of DNA bases decreasing number of active guanosine moieties
↑ opening of DNA helix increasing number of active guanosine moieties
4. MIPS
S
• High selectivity and sensitivity
• Better stability
W
• Promises not completely fulfilled so far O
• Nearly unlimited possibilities for research
• MIOS for nanoparticles
T
• High resistance of polymer
• Necessity to produce very thin layers
5. Nanoparticle modified electrodes
S
• High sensitivity and selectivity W
• Reproducibility - one batch vs different batches
• Trial and error approach vs knowledge based prediction approach
O
• Endless possibilities, combinations, etc.
T
• Toxicity of nanoparticles
CPE modified with carbon nanoparticles
Modification of the working electrode surface by dropcasting of nanomaterial solution in
DMF (2mg/mL) on the electrode surface.
After drying and evaporation of the organic solvent, thin layers of the carbon
nanomaterials were deposited on the
electrode surface on which the oxidation of the target analyte take place.
SWCNT > MWCNT > Graphene > Fulerene
DP voltammograms HVA
at non-modified CPE in BRB pH 2.0
(2) 1.10-6 (3) 2.10-6, (4) 3.10-6, (5) 4.10-6, (6) 5.10-6, (7) 6.10-6, (8) 7.10-6, (9)
8.10-6, (10) 9.10-6, (11) 10.10-6 mol.l-1.
The pulse amplitude and scan rate are 50 mV and 50 mV.s-1.
DP voltammograms HVA at SWCNTs surface modified CPE in BRB pH 2.0
(1) 1.10-6 (2) 2.10-6, (3) 3.10-6, (4) 4.10-6, (5) 5.10-6, (6) 6.10-6,
(7) 7.10-6, (8) 8.10-6, (9) 9.10-6, (10) 10.10-6 mol.l-1.
The pulse amplitude and scan rate are 50 mV and 50 mV.s-1
DP voltammograms HVA at MWCNTs surface modified CPE in BRB pH 2.0
(1) 1.10-6 (2) 2.10-6, (3) 3.10-6, (4) 4.10-6, (5) 5.10-6, (6) 6.10-6, (7)
7.10-6, (8) 8.10-6, (9) 9.10-6, (10) 10.10-6 mol.l-1.
The pulse amplitude and scan rate are 50 mV and 50 mV.s-1.
6. Miniaturization
S
• More green, less expensive
• Lower amount of sample
• Portable –field application – point of care devices W
• Les user friendly so far
O
• Increasing demand
T
• Extreme miniaturization
Measurement in one drop of
solution
• Working electrode: GCE or PtE
• Reference electrode: Silver wire
• Auxiliary electrode: Platinum wire
• 20 µl 250 µl
Measurements in one drop and in Eppendorf vial
Micro-Volume Voltammetric Cell
1.
• Simplified scheme of
a micro-volume voltammetric cell
SC AgSAE Minielectrode
Micro-vial
PTFE capillary Mini-reference
electrode
Single crystal of silver amalgam Pt wire
(Auxiliary electrode)
Insulator
(Polystyrene film) Pipette
Pipette tip
Pt wire (contact)
Micro-vial
PTFE capillary Mini-reference electrode
Single crystal of silver amalgam Pt wire
(Auxiliary electrode)
Insulator (Polystyrene film)
Pipette
Pipette tip Pt wire (contact)
Miniaturizized CPE
Metal capillary + plastic tip + plastic pipette tip
+ glass tip
Multisensor (8 minielectrodes)
1 - m-AgSAE 2 - MF-AgSAE 3 - p-AgSAE 4 - p-CuSAE 5 - m-CuSAE 6 – AuE (gold electrode)
7 – PtE (Platinum electrode
8 – GCE (glassy carbon electrode)
9 – Pt – auxiliary E
7. Automation
S
• High throughput – large scale monitoring
• Lower labour cost
• Lower danger of human errors W
• Higher investment cost
• More difficult improvisation
• Sometimes higher degree of expertise required O
• Ever increasing demands T
• Sometimes too practical for basic research
• Robotics vs FIA
8. Simplification
S
• Lower cost
• More user friendly
• Lower problems
W
• Acceptability of simplified procedures O
• Broad field for creative electrochemists T
• Uncertain definition of simplicity
If you make the method more „idioteproof“
someone will invent a better idiot
9. Flow measurements
S
• Decreased time of analysis (FIA)
• Increased selectivity (HPLC ED)
• lower passivation
W
• More complicated instrumentation
• More complicated optimization O
• Easy automation
• Increasing demand for large scale monitoring
T
• Better experts needed
Why to measure in flowing systems
• To decrease time of analysis
batch system →flow system (FIA)
• To increase selectivity
combination of ED with HPLC or CZE
• Additional advantege – lower
passivation
Why electrochemical detection
• Broad LDR and low LOD
• Broad spectrum of analytes
• Low running and investment costs
• Molecule of an analyte is a direct source of a signal
• Independent alternative
• Higher selectivity
HPLC-ED-HMDE
• Higher selectivity
• Lower sensitivity
• LOD 10
-5M
• User unfriendly
• Mechanically unstable
• Azo, nitro, nitroso
Combined TL and WJ arrangement Carbon fibre detector
Thin-layer Wall-jet Tubular
HPLC-ED
Microcylindrical detector
Tubular detector
12, 39 (2000)
HPLC-ED carbon fibre detector
BDDFE Thin – Layer Detector
1-AN a 1-AB (5.10-6 M) DFE(a) a GCE(b)
Tubular detector TD-AgSA)
Teflon capillary (ID1=0.5 mm, OD1=1.6 mm,ID2=1.6 mm, OD2=3.1 mm
Column of AgSAE (ID1, OD1, L=6.0 mm), .
SC AgSAE Flow-trough cell
HPLC
Outlet to
overflow vessel with immersed
Reference electrode
Crystallic silver amalgam
(Working electrode) Pt wire (Auxiliary electrode) PTFE tube
Glassy Carbon Microbeads
Renewable Electrochemical Detector
Carbon felt detector FIA ED HPLC ED
1 – inlet; 2 – screw with flat ferula; 3 – cap; 4 – carbon felt; 5 – outlet; 6 –
platinum electrical contact.
planar carbonaceous material orderless carbon fibers
three-dimensional structure
FIA ED on BDDFE
Lab on chip
SIA - ED - BDD
Lab on valve
Two-dimensional electrochemical detection
• Fast scanning of the potential range – complete three- dimensional response;
• Combination with flow injection analysis – rapid way for obtaining complete voltammograms
Determination of capsaicin in chili peppers – three
injections in approx. 30 s
10.Combination with sep and spftm
S
• Increased selectivity
W
• Increased complexity
O
• New horizons
• Complete solutions offered T
• More complex method development
• Broder expertise required
Hollow fibre microextraction
MY WISH
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