Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2005, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (6): 1055.

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Electrochemical Behaviour of the Interaction Between Chitosan and Alizarin

TAN Xue-Cai1,2, MAI Zhi-Bin1, ZOU Xiao-Yong1,3, QIU Jun-Ming1, CAI Pei-Xiang1   

  1. 1. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China;
    2. College of Chemistry and Ecological Engineering, Guangxi University for Nationalities, Nanning 530006, China;
    3. State Key Laboratory of Chem/Biosensing and Chemomitrics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
  • Received:2004-08-17 Online:2005-06-10 Published:2005-06-10

Abstract: The interaction between Alizarin red(AR) and Chitosan(CS) was investigated in (0.1 mol/L) HAc-NaAc buffer solution(pH=4.5) on the glassy carbon electrode(GC) by cyclic and square wave voltammetry. The results show that both AR and AR-CS complex have a well-defined quasi-reversible redox wave(Vpc=-0.46 V, Vpa=-0.41 V) with adsorption characteristics. Electron transfer coefficient(α) and reaction rate constant(Ks) of AR and AR-CS were measured by cyclic voltammetry. The maximum binding numbers m between AR and CS was found to be 2 500. The experiment results confirmed that lower concentration of CS can enhance the detection sensitivity, while higher concentration of CS can lower the detection sensitivity. In the presence of 2.0×10-5 mol/L AR, the peak current of system are proportional to CS concentration in the range of 1.25×10-8~2.5×10-7 mol/L, and inversely proportional to CS concentration in the range of 2.5×10-7~1.25×10-5 mol/L, respectively. The binding interaction mechanism was also discussed.

Key words: Chitosan, Alizarin red, Interaction, Electrochemical behavior

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