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Analyst

Forensic electrochemistry: sensing the molecule of murder atropine†

Ouissam Ramdani,‡a   Jonathan P. Metters,a   Luiz Carlos S. Figueiredo-Filho,b   Orlando Fatibello-Filhob  and  Craig E. Banks*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Faculty of Science and Engineering, School of Chemistry and the Environment, Division of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Manchester Metropolitan University, Chester Street, Manchester M1 5GD, Lancs, UK
E-mail: c.banks@mmu.ac.uk
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Tel: +44 (0)1612471196

b Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Centro de Ciências Exatas e de Tecnologia, 676, P.O. Box 676, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil

Abstract

We present the electroanalytical sensing of atropine using disposable and economic screen printed graphite sensors. The electroanalytical determination of atropine is found to be possible over the concentration range of 5 μM to 50 μM with a detection limit of 3.9 μM (based on 3-sigma) found to be possible. We demonstrate proof-of-concept that this approach provides a rapid and inexpensive sensing strategy for determining the molecule of murder atropine in diet Coca-Cola samples.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2AN36450F
Article type
Paper
Submitted
08 Oct 2012
Accepted
20 Dec 2012
First published
04 Jan 2013

Analyst, 2013,138, 1053-1059

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Forensic electrochemistry: sensing the molecule of murder atropine

O. Ramdani, J. P. Metters, L. C. S. Figueiredo-Filho, O. Fatibello-Filho and C. E. Banks, Analyst, 2013, 138, 1053 DOI: 10.1039/C2AN36450F

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