?rea de concentra??o: Qu?mica Anal?tica. / Submitted by Rodrigo Martins Cruz (rodrigo.cruz@ufvjm.edu.br) on 2014-12-19T13:22:00Z No. of bitstreams: 2 lucio_otavio_nunes.pdf: 2924698 bytes, checksum: 74e0e9e438062e96a5659921b4f248b1 (MD5) license_rdf: 23898 bytes, checksum: e363e809996cf46ada20da1accfcd9c7 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Rodrigo Martins Cruz (rodrigo.cruz@ufvjm.edu.br) on 2014-12-19T13:22:25Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 lucio_otavio_nunes.pdf: 2924698 bytes, checksum: 74e0e9e438062e96a5659921b4f248b1 (MD5) license_rdf: 23898 bytes, checksum: e363e809996cf46ada20da1accfcd9c7 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Rodrigo Martins Cruz (rodrigo.cruz@ufvjm.edu.br) on 2014-12-19T13:22:46Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 lucio_otavio_nunes.pdf: 2924698 bytes, checksum: 74e0e9e438062e96a5659921b4f248b1 (MD5) license_rdf: 23898 bytes, checksum: e363e809996cf46ada20da1accfcd9c7 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-19T13:22:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 lucio_otavio_nunes.pdf: 2924698 bytes, checksum: 74e0e9e438062e96a5659921b4f248b1 (MD5) license_rdf: 23898 bytes, checksum: e363e809996cf46ada20da1accfcd9c7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fico e Tecnol?gico (CNPq); Funda??o de Amparo ? Pesquisa do estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG) / O presente trabalho descreve a s?ntese, caracteriza??o e aplica??o do ?xido de grafite e do grafeno visando o desenvolvimento de sensores. Inicialmente, o material sintetizado foi caracterizado por microscopia eletr?nica de varredura, difra??o de raios-X e espectroscopia no infravermelho. Microscopia eletroqu?mica de varredura foi empregada para a obten??o de ?imagens eletroqu?micas? e informa??es sobre a cin?tica de transfer?ncia de el?trons dos materiais. Por fim, o ?xido de grafite e o grafeno foram empregados na oxida??o seletiva de epinefrina, dopamina, ?cido asc?rbico e ?cido ?rico. / Disserta??o (Mestrado) ? Programa de P?s-Gradua??o em Qu?mica, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, 2013. / ABSTRACT The present work describes the synthesis, characterization and application of graphite oxide and graphene in sensor development. Initially, the material was characterized by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Scanning electrochemical microscopy was employed to obtain electrochemical images and the rate constant of electron transfer of graphene and graphite oxide. Finally, the graphite oxide and graphene were used in selective oxidation of epinephrine, dopamine, uric acid and ascorbic acid.