The present study reports the simultaneous determination of dipyrone and codeine by a simple, fast and low-cost method using carbon black paste electrode (CBPE) modified with α-cyclodextrin (CD) and hierarchical porous carbon (HPC). Using optimum conditions, the CD-HPC/CBPE sensor proposed in this study presented excellent electrochemical catalysis. Based on square wave voltammetry (SWV) analysis, linear concentration ranges of 0.46 to 35 µmol L−1 and 0.5 to 38 µmol L−1 were obtained for dipyrone and codeine, respectively, with nanomolar limits of detection for both analytes. The proposed sensor exhibited good stability, satisfactory repeatability and high sensibility in the determination of the analytes of interest. The application of the sensor in real samples was found to be successful, with recovery rates ranging from 96 to 106%. The method proposed in this study was found to ...

This work describes an electrochemical sensor for the selective recognition and quantification of amoxicillin and a β-lactam antibiotic in real samples. This sensor consists of a carbon paste electrode (CPE) modified with mag-MIP (magnetic molecularly imprinted polymer), which was prepared by precipitation method via free radical using acrylamide (AAm) as functional monomer, N,N′-methylenebisacrylamide (MBAA) as a crosslinker, and potassium persulfate (KPS) as initiator, to functionalized magnetic nanoparticles. The magnetic non-imprinted polymers (mag-NIP) were prepared using the same experimental procedure without analyte and used for the preparation of a CPE for comparative studies. The morphological, structural, and electrochemical characteristics of the nanostructured material were evaluated using Field emission gun scanning electron microscopy (FEG-SEM), Transmission electron mi...

This project was supported by FONDECYT-BM (grant #0232019-FONDECYT-BM-IN.INV), FAPESP (grants #2019/006777 and #2014/50945-4), CNPq (grants #301728/2019-4, #408050/2018-7 and #465571/2014-0), and CAPES (PROJ. AUX/PE/PROEX N. 0674/2018). RL and GP received financial support from the OGI, Research Management Bureau (Project FC-F-6-2018).