Ten nitrate-selective electrodes based upon rubbery membranes containing various betaine salts as sensors covalently bound to a cross-linked polystyrene-block-polybutadiene-block-polystyrene (SBS) polymer have been produced. The membranes were robust, highly selective, and effective over a pH range of 2-8. The best nitrate-selective electrode fabricated contained 10% m/m dicumyl peroxide, 40% 2...

electrochemical: Yellow Springs Instrument Co., Yellow Springs, OH 45387) for assaying galactose. For both fluorometric procedures, all reagents and standards were prepared as previously described (1). The manual assay requires 400 jiL of Tris buffer (10 mmolJL); 600 ,iiL of a solution containing p-hydroxyphenylacetic acid (50 mg/ L) and horseradish peroxidase (EC 1.11.1.7) (10 mgIL); 160 1zL o...

Combination of the exceptional properties of graphene oxide with the selectivity of lead porphyrin leads to fabricate a novel cysteine-selective sensor. The electrode made of 30% PVC, 53% NPOE, 2% NaTPB and 15% GO-PP was found to show the most favorable behavior. The sensor shows a Nernstian response (58.8 mV decade) in the concentration window of 5.0×10-5.0×10 M with detection limit of 8.0×10 ...

Article history: Received 11 March 2009 Accepted 16 March 2009 Available online 20 March 2009 Communicated by V.M. Agranovich A simple description of the electrode potential based on the selective ionic adsorption is proposed. It is shown that if the adsorption–desorption coefficients entering in the Langmuir kinetic equation for the adsorption at the limiting surfaces are not identical, a diff...

A new, simple, sensitive, low cost and rapid potentiometric method for direct determination of ultra trace amounts of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) with a new DS(-)-selective electrode is reported. The electrode was prepared by electropolymerization of aniline in acidified DS- ion on the surface of a Pt electrode. The cyclic voltammetry (CV) was used for electropolymerization of polyaniline (PA)...

It is still challenging to achieve a complex grasp or fine finger control by using surface functional electrical stimulation (FES), which usually requires a precise electrode configuration under laboratory or clinical settings. The goals of this study are as follows: 1) to study the possibility of selectively activating individual fingers; 2) to investigate whether the current activation thresh...

a novel potentiometric ion-selective pvc membrane sensor for analysis of atorvastatin (at) in pharmaceutical preparations based on atorvastatin-(tetraphenyl borate), (at-(tpb)2) as sensing element, tetraphenyl borate as additive and tris-2-ethyl-hexyl phosphate (top) as plasticizer solvent was prepared. the electrode shows a good nernestian response over the concentration range of 0.09–5586 µg ...

A sensitive and selective amperometric procedure, based on a glassy carbon electrode (GCE) modified with a thin multi-wall carbon nanotube (MWNT) film, for the determination of ascorbic acid (AA) was developed. The modified electrode showed excellent electrocatalytic activity towards the oxidation of AA. The oxidation potential of AA shifted negatively by as much as 460 mV to –18 mV (vs. SCE) a...

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...

We here report on the first example of an aptamer-based potentiometric sandwich assay of proteins. The measurements are based on CdS quantum dot labels of the secondary aptamer, which were determined with a novel solid-contact Cd2+-selective polymer membrane electrode after dissolution with hydrogen peroxide. The electrode exhibited cadmium ion detection limits of 100 pM in 100 mL samples and o...