Sensitive and Selective Determination of Aminophenol Isomers in Chromogenic Reaction by Carbon Nanotubes

A novel application of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in the field of chromogenic reactions for recognizing aminophenol isomers was described. Among the three of aminophenol isomers, only p-aminophenol could form the chromogenic system. Comparative experiments proved that the absorption of the complex increased by 23.9% in the presence of CNTs due to the presence of the intact conjugated system. A selective determination of p-aminophenol was obtained