Abstract: The work describes a hybrid electrochemical sensor for highly sensitive detection of the anesthetic lidocaine (LID). Porous carbon (PC) was synthesized from an isoreticular metal-organic framework-8 (IRMOF-8) and drop cast onto a glassy carbon electrode (GCE). A layer of a molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) layer was then fabricated in situ on the modified GCE by electro-polymerization, with LID acting as the template and resorcinol as the functional monomer. Hexacyanoferrate is used as an electrochemical probe. The electrical signal (typically acquired at 0.335 V vs. SCE) increases linearly in the 0.2 pM to 8 nM LID concentration range, with a remarkable 67 fM detection limit (at an S/N ratio of 3). The sensor is stable and selective. Eventually, rapid and accurate detection of LID in spiked real samples was successfully realized
Template and target information: lidocaine, LID
Author keywords: MOF derived carbon, Electrochemical sensor, cyclic voltammetry, Trace measurement, scanning electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Raman spectra, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller, Nanoporous material, Hexacyanoferrate