Analysis of diazinon pesticide using potentiometric biosensor based on enzyme immobilized cellulose acetate membrane in gold electrode

Biosensor for analysis of diazinon pesticide using Potentiometric transducer has been developed. The basic element of this biosensor was a gold electrode modified with an immobilized acetylcholinesterase enzyme layer formed by entrapment with glutaraldehyde crosslinked-cellulose acetate. The aim of the research is to determine the composition of glutaraldehyde crosslinked-cellulose acetate in the gold electrode which provide optimum performance of biosensors of diazinon pesticide analysis on characterization include a range of working concentration, sensitivity, and detection limit. The results showed the composition of the cellulose acetate 15% and glutaraldehyde 25% that obtain optimum performance in the measurement of diazinon pesticide with a range of working concentration of 10-6 ppm to 1 ppm, the value of sensitivity 20.275 mV/decade and detection limit 10-6 ppm. The use of cellulose acetate provides highly sensitive devices allowing the efficient analysis of pesticides. The response time of electrode is on the measurement of pesticide diazinon with concentration variation of 10-6 ppm to 1 ppm with response time is about 5 minutes.