One-Step Electrochemical Modification of Pencil Graphite Electrode with Poly(DPASA-co-VP)-RuO₂NPs and its Application for the Trace Analysis of Sumatriptan

A straightforward and one-step modification of the pencil graphite electrode was performed using co-polymerization of diphenyl amine-4-sulfonic acid (DPASA) sodium salt, and 4-vinylpyridine (VP), and also simultaneous formation of ruthenium dioxide nanoparticles (poly(DPASA-co-VP)-RuO₂ NPs/PGE). The subsequent step involved the application of the altered electrode to examine the quantity of sumatriptan by employing a highly sensitive adsorptive differential pulse voltammetric method. The modified electrode was thoroughly characterized through the utilization of cyclic voltammetry (CV), field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). Under optimized conditions, the concentration of sumatriptan was determined within two linear ranges: 1.0–50.0 nM and 50.0–5000.0 nM, with a detection limit of 0.03 nM. Ultimately, the suggested approach was employed to gauge the sumatriptan content in tablet and urine samples, revealing that this method possesses the requisite levels of accuracy and precision.