The exchange of an cochlear implant or the re-positioning of an electrode have become more frequently required than a decade ago. The consequences of such procedures at a microstructural level within the cochlea are not known. It was the aim of the present study to further investigate the effects of an CI electrode pull-out. Therefore 10 freshly harvested temporal bones (TB) were histologically...

al3+-potentiometric sensor, based on (2z) -methyl 2- ((z) (p-tolylimino)-3-ethyl -4-oxothiazolidin -5- ylidene) acetate (mteoy) as a neutral ionophore, was successfully developed for the detectionof al3+ in aqueous solutions. the electrode responds to al3+ ion with a sensitivity of 19.8 ± 0.1 mv/decade over the range 1.0 x 10-8- 1.0 x 10-1 mol lt' and in a ph range of 3.0-9.0. the electrodeshow...

Preparation and performance of a cost effective silver sulfide based bromide selective membrane is described. A solid contact between membrane and body of the electrode was examined as an ion-selective electrode by determining S 2and Br ions by direct potentiometry. A linear response to bromide ion from 2 x 10 -5 to 10 -1 M with a slope of 57.3 mV per decade [Br ] is observed. The membrane has ...

Voltammetric ion-selective electrodes (ISEs) based on poly(3-octylthiophene) (POT) in connection with ultra-thin membranes formulated different selective receptors (i.e., ionophores) are proposed for detection of lead, copper and silver ions (Pb2+, Cu2+ Ag+). The working mechanism the POT-membrane electrode is interconnected charge transfer processes both sides membrane, overall process dependi...

The 98% response time of the membrane-covered Clark-type polarographic oxygen electrode may be reduced to 0.4 sec. by heating the electrode and the gas sample flowing past it to 80#{176} when the electrode is covered with 0.25-mu (6 ,) Teflon membrane. The design of the microcathode electrode has been modified slightly to prevent drying out of the electrolyte and pressure changes within the ele...

Nowadays, more and attention has been paid to flexible electrodes, which can be used make wearable devices so as monitor health signals, such those in ECG, EMG EEG. However, the contact impedance of many membrane electrodes is high due bad fit between sensors skin, or poor sensitivity caused by low conductivity. Therefore, we fabricated a skin-like conductive electrode via electroless silver pl...

The aim of this study was to construct and characterize an ion selective electrode for the potentiometric determination of thorium ions. On hand study we introduced a new calixarene molecule p-tert-butyl-thiacalix[4]arene derivative as ionophore for thorium(IV) selective polymeric membrane electrode. Due to the decisive role of solvent mediators, we fabricated membranes with the plasticizers DB...