A carbon-past electrode modified with iron(II) phathalocyanine (FePc) was used as a sensitive potentiometric sensor for determination of 2-pyridinethiol (2PT). 2-mercaptoethanol (2ME) and sulfide ion in aqueous solutions. The modified electrode acts as an electrocatalyst for oxidation of these compounds, and lowers the overpotential for oxidation reactions by more than 400 mV, compared to t...

A chemically modified carbon paste electrode with multiwall carbon nanotube (MWCNT) was prepared and used as a sensor for Cu2+  ion. The unique chemical and physical properties of CNT have paved the way  to  new  and  improved  sensing  devices.  A  central  composite chemometrics  design  was  applied  for  multivariate  optimization  of the  effects  of  three  significant  parameters  (...

In this work, the stability, electrical conductivity, and versatility of graphite-based inks were taken advantage to fabricate a nitrate potentiometric sensor. One other key property that was exploited for design an ion-selective electrode hydrophobicity graphite. This prevented formation water layer between solid contact polymeric selective membrane. Moreover, given use printing technologies f...

A PVC-membrane ion-selective electrode was constructed for quantitative monitoring of gadolinium(III) ion based on 3-methyl-1H-1,2,4-triazole-5-ylhydrosufide (MTY) as an ion carrier. The electrode performance includes a Nernstian slope of 19.8 ± 0.4 mV per decade across a wide concentration range between 1.0 × 10 and 1.0 × 10 M and a detection limit of 7.3 × 10 M. The best performance was obtai...

Ion-selective electrodes (ISEs) are widely used in clinical examinations. The mechanisms of ISEs have been studied to develop a disposable ISE for "dry chemistry" analyses. The behavior of Na+ and Ag+ in an ion-selective polymer liquid membrane (ISM) containing methyl monensin (MMO), which is selective for Na+, has been clarified by x-ray microanalysis and measurement of electrical potential. T...

The built-in site density of either fixed sites or mobile hydrophobic ion sites determines whether a membrane is permselective for cations or anions of the sample. The molar ratio of the ionophore to the intrinsic or added ionic sites in an ion-selective membrane significantly influences the potentiometric response of ionophore-based electrodes. Consequently, full knowledge of the "site invento...

The construction and electrochemical response characteristics of a poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) membrane selective electrode for the determination of tiapride (TPD) are described. The sensing membrane comprised an ion-pair formed between the protonated drug and tetraphenylborate (TPB) in a plasticized PVC matrix. The influence of membrane composition on the electrode response was studied. The ele...

A silver ion-selective electrode was prepared with a polymeric membrane incorporating 2,6-bis-methylsulfanyl-[1,3,5]thiadiazine-4-thione as an ionophore, tri-n-butylphosphate (TBP) as a plasticizer and sodium tetraphenylborate (NaTPB) as an additive. The electrode exhibited a near-Nernstian response of 52 mV/decade over a wide linear concentration range of 1.0 x 10(-5) - 1.0 x 10(-1) M with a l...