The construction and general performance characteristics of three piezoelectric quartz crystal sensors responsive to the pentoxyverine are described here. This kind of non-potentiometric sensing method is based on use of ion-pair complexes of the pentoxyverine cation with three counter anions, namely, tungstophosphate, tetraphenylborate and picrolonate. The complexes were embedded in a PVC matr...

The interest in nuclear safeguards is constantly growing, as more nuclear programs are being exposed all over the world. In this work, a simple, rapid and reliable method has been applied for the determination of uranium content in aqueous media based on using potentiometric sensor. The developed tool was found to be capable of verifying the operator declarations in a wide concentration range w...

The performance of octahydroxycalix[4]arene derivative used as a neutral carrier for silver polymeric membrane electrode was studied. The sensor gave a good Nernstian response of 58 +/- 1 mV per decade for silver ion in the activity range 3.3 x 10(-6) to 3.3 x 10(-2) M Ag+. The limit of detection reached 2.1 x 10(-6) M Ag+ and exhibited high selectivity for silver ion against the alkali, alkali...

Chalcogenide glasses offer an excellent “challenge” for their use and implementation in sensor arrays due to their good sensor-specific advantages in comparison to their crystalline counterparts. This paper will give an introduction on the preparation of chalcogenide glasses in the thin-film state. First, single microsensors have been prepared with the methods of semiconductor technology. In a ...

A time-of-flight-type flow-velocity sensor employing the in-situ electrochemically generation of ion-tracers is developed. The sensor consists of an ion generator and two downstream-placed pH-sensitive Ta2O5-gate ISFETs (ion-sensitive field-effect transistor) that detect generated Hor OH-ions. The results of the developed flow-velocity sensor under different modes of ion generation are presente...

2-amino-n-benzthioazolyl benzamide (abtb) was synthesized, characterized and used for thefabrication of a potentiometric sensor for cu2+ metal ions. the electrode exhibits linear response to cu(ii) over a wide concentration range (4.79×10 -8 – 1.85×10 -1 m) with nernstian slope of 30 ± 1.5 mvper decade. the electrode can be used in the ph range from 2 to 9. it has a fast response time of about1...

A novel capacitive field-effect sensor for the direct determination of organophosphorus pesticides by the enzyme organophosphorus hydrolase (OPH) is presented. The enzyme OPH hydrolyses organophosphorus compounds catalytically, thus releasing Hþ ions. By means of a silicon-based field-effect sensor, which consists of a layer sequence of Al/p-Si/SiO2 with alternative pH-sensitive materials (Ta2O...

Estimation and Optimization of Potentiometric Sensor Response Parameters from Surfactant Titration Data Using Microsoft Excel Solver and Mathematica Milan Sak-Bosnar1 ∗, Dubravka Madunić-Čačić2, Nikola Sakač1, Mirela Samardžić1, and Želimir Kurtanjek3 1Department of Chemistry, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, F. Kuhaèa 20, HR-31000 Osijek, Croatia 2Saponia, Chemical, Pharmaceutical...

The cover feature shows the design of a novel textile-based ion-selective electrode platform to monitor ion concentrations in 30 μL samples blood. This is first report fully-integrated potentiometric sensor which all sensing and reference components are embedded into underlying support fabric. More information can be found Full Paper by P. Bühlmann E. J. Herrero.