“…Even though these methods are sensitive towards catechol, they are usually not only time-consuming, laborious, and require skilled-personnel to operate, but also involve complicated operational procedures that makes them unsuitable for point-of-need applications. Owing to the electroactive nature of catechol, the use of electrochemical techniques, especially at modified electrodes, are most attractive because they give rapid response and are simple, relatively inexpensive, selective, and sensitive [ 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 ]. Different nanomaterials including carbon nanomaterials, nanoparticles, metals and metal oxides, conducting polymers [ 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 ] including electrode pre-treatments and/or modifications have been developed for the quantification of catechol [ 19 , 20 ].…”