Nanoscale Carbonate Ion-Selective Amperometric/Voltammetric Probes Based on Ion–Ionophore Recognition at the Organic/Water Interface: Hidden Pieces of the Puzzle in the Nanoscale Phase
Nanoscale Carbonate Ion-Selective Amperometric/Voltammetric Probes Based on Ion–Ionophore Recognition at the Organic/Water Interface: Hidden Pieces of the Puzzle in the Nanoscale Phase
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基于有机/水界面离子-离子载体识别的纳米级碳酸盐离子选择性电流/伏安探针:纳米级阶段谜题的隐藏部分
DOI:
10.1021/acs.analchem.2c02626
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发表时间:
2023
影响因子:
7.4
通讯作者:
Kim, Jiyeon
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作者:
Elangovan, Subhashini;Puri, Surendra Raj;Madawala, Hiranya;Pantano, Justin;Pellock, Brett;Kiesewetter, Matthew K.;Kim, Jiyeon
Here, we report on the successful demonstration and application of carbonate (CO32–) ion-selective amperometric/voltammetric nanoprobes based on facilitated ion transfer (IT) at the nanoscale interface between two immiscible electrolyte solutions. This electrochemical study reveals critical factors to govern CO32–-selective nanoprobes using broadly available Simon-type ionophores forming a covalent bond with CO32–, i.e., slow dissolution of lipophilic ionophores in the organic phase, activation of hydrated ionophores, peculiar solubility of a hydrated ion–ionophore complex near the interface, and cleanness at the nanoscale interface. These factors are experimentally confirmed by nanopipet voltammetry, where a facilitated CO32–IT is studied with a nanopipet filled with an organic phase containing the trifluoroacetophenone derivative CO32–ionophore (CO32–ionophore VII) by voltammetrically and amperometrically sensing CO32–in water. Theoretical assessments of reproducible voltammetric data confirm that the dynamics of CO32–ionophore VII-facilitated ITs (FITs) follows the one-step electrochemical (E) mechanism controlled by both water-finger formation/dissociation and ion–ionophore complexation/dissociation during interfacial ITs. The yielded rate constant,k0= 0.048 cm/s, is very similar to the reported values of other FIT reactions using ionophores forming non-covalent bonds with ions, implying that a weak binding between CO32–ion–ionophore enables us to observe FITs by fast nanopipet voltammetry regardless of the nature of bondings between the ion and ionophore. The analytical utility of CO32–-selective amperometric nanoprobes is further demonstrated by measuring the CO32–concentration produced by metal-reducing bacteriaShewanella oneidensisMR-1 as a result of organic fuel oxidation in bacterial growth media in the presence of various interferents such as H2PO4–, Cl–, and SO42–.