Manganese Doped Hydroxyapatite Nanoparticles Based Enzyme-Less Electrochemical Sensor for Detecting Hydroquinone

Manganese (Mn) doped hydroxyapatite (HA) nanoparticles were synthesized by a simple microwave irradiation method and characterized using XRD, SEM, micro-Raman, FTIR, XPS and vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) methods. The as prepared 3 M% Mn doped HA (3 M% Mn-HA) nanoparticles modified glassy carbon electrode (GCE) showed an excellent electrocatalytic activity towards the oxidation of hydroquinone (HQ). The electrochemical studies demonstrated that the 3 M% Mn-HA nanoparticles modified GCE detects HQ linearly over a wide concentration range of 1.0 x 10(-8) to 1.6 x 10(-4) M with the lowest detection limit of 11 nM at neutral pH (7.0) in PBS. Furthermore, Mn-HA modified GCE exhibited an excellent stability, reproducibility and anti-interference ability against a number of potential electroactive species and metal ions and proved to be useful for the estimation of the HQ in tap water and industry waste water with satisfactory recovery.