Characterization of new synthesized Fe2O3 nanoparticles and their application as detection signal amplifiers in herbicide bentazone electroanalytical determination

Abstract

The iron oxide nanoparticles (Fe2O3 NPs) were synthesized from two different iron salts by solid-state synthesis method. The synthesized powder of Fe2O3 NPs is soluble in water, and the colloidal dispersion was characterized by TEM, FTIR, UV-Vis spectroscopy and zeta potential measurements. Obtained NPs are spherical in shape with narrow particle size distribution and an average diameter of 3 nm. Further, the possible application of Fe2O3 NPs was proposed, due to significant electroanalytical signal amplification in the determination of herbicide bentazone in natural river water.