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dc.contributor.advisorIwuoha, Emmanuel
dc.contributor.advisorBaker, Priscilla G.L.
dc.contributor.authorSonga, Everlyne Apiyo
dc.contributor.otherDept. of Chemistry
dc.contributor.otherFaculty of Science
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-06T13:11:08Z
dc.date.available2010/05/12 22:29
dc.date.available2010/05/12
dc.date.available2014-02-06T13:11:08Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11394/2766
dc.descriptionPhilosophiae Doctor - PhDen_US
dc.description.abstractIn this thesis, I present a simple, sensitive and low cost electrochemical nanobiosensor for quantitative determination of the herbicides glufosinate, glyphosate and its metabolite aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA). Firstly, the nanostructured poly(2,5-dimethoxyaniline) (PDMA) materials were synthesized on gold electrode by the electrochemical "template"method using poly(4-styrenesulfonic acid) (PSS) as the dopant and structure-directing molecule. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, UV-Vis Spectroscopy, Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) studies inferred successful doping of the nanostructured PDMA film by PSS and that the template PSS directed the synthesis of both nanotubes and nanoparticles of PDMA with diameters less than 100 nm.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.subjectPoly(2,5-dimethoxyaniline)en_US
dc.subjectPoly(4-styrenesulfonic acid)en_US
dc.subjectNanostructured polymersen_US
dc.subjectHorseradish peroxidaseen_US
dc.subjectElectrochemical nanobiosensoren_US
dc.subjectGlufosinateen_US
dc.subjectGlyphosateen_US
dc.subjectHerbicidesen_US
dc.subjectAminomethylphosphonic aciden_US
dc.subjectInhibitionen_US
dc.titleComposite poly(dimethoxyaniline) electrochemical nanobiosensor for glufosinate and glyphosate herbicidesen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.description.countrySouth Africa


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