Pencil graphite is electrochemically exfoliated to obtain few layered graphene oxide (GO) in hydrochloric acid (HCl, HGO), sodium hydroxide (NaOH, NGO) and phosphate buffer saline (PBS, pH 7.4, PGO) media at a constant potential (+7.0 V) without ionic 10 liquid for the first time. Thus, obtained graphene oxide is deposited (by drop casting and electro reduction) onto a glassy carbon electrode (GCE). Following this, gold nanoparticles (AuNP) are electro deposited to form GO-AuNP composite for simultaneous discrimination of dopamine (DA), ascorbic acid (AA) and uric acid (UA) at pH 7.4. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) techniques reveal well separated oxidation peaks for DA, AA and UA. The sensor surfaces are characterized by Ultraviolet Visible (UV-Vis), Photoluminescence (PL), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform Infrared (FTIR), contact angle goniometry (CA) and scanning 15 electron microscopy (SEM) techniques. DA, AA and UA are studied individually to evaluate the dynamic ranges and lowest detection limits of the sensor by the DPV method. Concentrations of DA, AA and UA in real samples viz., dopamine injection, vitamin C tablets and human urine samples are evaluated.
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