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<title>Determination of nicotine in e-liquids by electrochemical generation of surface-enhanced Raman scattering substrates</title>
<creator>Romay García, Luis</creator>
<creator>Pérez Estébanez, Martín</creator>
<creator>Heras Vidaurre, Aránzazu</creator>
<creator>Colina Santamaría, Álvaro</creator>
<subject>SERS</subject>
<subject>Spectroelectrochemistry</subject>
<subject>PARAFAC</subject>
<subject>Nicotine</subject>
<subject>E-liquid</subject>
<description>Quantitative methods using surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) for analysis in complex matrices are very&#xd;
attractive due to the high sensitivity and selectivity of this technique. In this work, a novel time-resolved elec&#xd;
trochemical surface-enhanced Raman scattering (TR-EC-SERS) analytical method has been developed for the&#xd;
determination of nicotine in e-liquids of electronic cigarettes. One of the main challenges of SERS is its inherent&#xd;
lack of reproducibility. Here, this limitation was mitigated by employing an electrochemical pre-treatment step&#xd;
to generate a homogeneous distribution of silver nanoparticles (Ag-NPs) on a silver screen-printed electrode. The&#xd;
enhanced Raman scattering induced by the Ag-NPs enabled the detection of nicotine at nanomolar levels. The&#xd;
high sensitivity of the method allowed the quantitative analysis of diluted e-liquid samples, mitigating potential&#xd;
interferences from other components present in these complex matrices. Moreover, TR-EC-SERS, coupled with&#xd;
parallel factor analysis (PARAFAC), demonstrated the capability of trilinear spectroelectrochemistry data not&#xd;
only to detect nicotine but also to identify potential interfering compounds without prior knowledge of their&#xd;
spectral signatures. This multivariate approach offers significant potential for the detection of outliers in complex&#xd;
samples.</description>
<date>2025-02-10</date>
<date>2025-02-10</date>
<date>2025-01</date>
<type>info:eu-repo/semantics/article</type>
<identifier>0026-265X</identifier>
<identifier>http://hdl.handle.net/10259/10194</identifier>
<identifier>10.1016/j.microc.2024.112551</identifier>
<language>eng</language>
<relation>Microchemical Journal. 2025, V. 208, p. 112551</relation>
<relation>https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microc.2024.112551</relation>
<relation>info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica, Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020/PID2020-113154RB-C21/ES/APLICACION DE NUEVOS MATERIALES Y DISPOSITIVOS PARA EC-SERS Y EC-SOERS/</relation>
<relation>info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica, Técnica y de Innovación 2021-2023/PID2023-149188OB-I00/ES/MAS ALLA DE LA AMPLIFICACION DE LA DISPERSION RAMAN POR LA SUPERFICIE: MEJORA ELECTROQUIMICA DE LA SEÑAL RAMAN CON FINES ANALITICOS/</relation>
<relation>info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/Junta de Castilla y León//BU036P23//Desarrollo de técnicas analíticas in-situ y en condiciones operando para el estudio de electrocatalizadores para la conversión electroquímica de nitrato de amoniaco/</relation>
<relation>info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica, Técnica y de Innovación 2021-2023/RED2022-134120-T/ES/RED DE SENSORES Y BIOSENSORES ELECTROQUIMICOS: RETOS ANTE LA TRANSFORMACION DIGITAL E INDUSTRIAL/</relation>
<rights>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</rights>
<rights>info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess</rights>
<rights>Atribución 4.0 Internacional</rights>
<publisher>Elsevier</publisher>
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