Chemometric methods in the electrochemical studies of phenols on boron-doped diamond films / Metodos quimiometricos em estudos eletroquimicos de fenois sobre filmes de diamante dopado com boro

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2007

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The subject of this work is the application of chemometric methods in the analysis of the data obtained from electrochemical measurements of phenol compounds on boron-doped diamond electrodes (BDD). BDD films were grown from ethanol and characterized using different techniques. These materials showed good electrochemical qualities. A comparison between BDD and platinum electrodes, using the chronoamperometric technique and the Quantitative Structure Properties Relationship (QSPR) method was performed employing the electrochemical fouling property due to phenol oxidation. The results showed that BDD is much more resistant to fouling due to the weak interaction to the formed radicals, monomers and polymers on its surface during the oxidation. A BDD electrode was then used to carry out the electroanalysis of phenol compounds in presence of interference i.e. in low selectivity situation. Square Wave Voltammetry (SWV) was employed applying Partial Least Square regression (PLS) for data treatment. Ordered Predictors Selection (OPS), a new strategy for variable selection is shown and compared with Genetic Algorithm (GA). Guaiachol and chloroguaiachol were successfully determined directly in sewage, simultaneously. In other study, dopamine (DA), at low concentration levels, was determined in presence of excess of uric acid (AU) and ascorbic acid (AA). Besides, the AU and AA were also determined in the same analysis using the same voltammogram. The best results were obtained after baseline correction and applying the OPS method. Analytical parameters for both analyses were determined. In the last study, the electrolysis of phenol mixtures on BDD anode was performed. Global and individual monitoring were carried out using Total Organic Carbon (TOC) analysis and Excitation-Emission Fluorescence Spectroscopy (EEM), respectively. Higher-way chemometric approaches were applied on EEM to observe the individual degradations. The results showed a goog efficiency of BDD to performing the electrolysis of these compounds. All used chemometric methods were fundamental to reach the thesis purposes

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quimiometria chememotrics eletroquimica fenois multimodos electrochemistry phenols multiways

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