the aim of this study was to determine the feasibility of coupling an electrochemical process with a biological treatment in order to degrade phosmet, an organophosphorous pesticide. the absence of biodegradability of phosmet by pseudomonas fluorescens and activated sludge was verified in our operational conditions. so, a conventional biological treatment is not appropriate for phosmet polluted...

AB -type intermetallic compounds were prepared by the melt spinning method. Structure analysis was carried out by X-ray 5 diffractometry, SEM and high resolution electron microscopy. The hydrogen storage capacity was determined by isothermic mass controlled absorption of hydrogen and by electrochemical charge /discharge cycles. A variation of the preparation parameters showed that a nanocrystal...

Electrochemical immunosensors have emerged as a highly sensitive and rapid technique for chemical contaminants detection in environmental monitoring, food safety and quality control. This review concentrates on recent advances made in detection and quantification of chemical contaminants such as pesticides and antibiotics residues with electrochemical immunosensors. In this paper, the preparati...

A protein-based electrochemical biosensor was developed for detection of tau protein aimed towards electrochemically sensing misfolding proteins. The electrochemical assay monitors tau-tau binding and misfolding during the early stage of tau oligomerization. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy was used to detect the binding event between solution tau protein and immobilized tau protein (tau-...

The conventional methods used for specific sequences detection in nucleic acids based on DNA sequence polymerization (PCR) or DNA hybridization (FISH), present certain drawbacks such as the requirement of expensive equipment, time-consuming, laborious and in some case a low sensitivity. Therefore, biosensors are the most attractive alternative providing simple, reliable, fast and selective dete...

This review paper gives basic knowledge about the Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy. The main working hypotheses for its correct performance are discussed. A detailed presentation of the structural modelling is made. A brief introduction of the basic elements and electrochemical models is done. The different steps of the impedance data analysis: data preprocessing, parametric identificatio...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate and validate a hand-held electrochemical meter (Precision Xtra®) as a screening test for subclinical ketosis and hypoglycaemia in lactating dairy cattle. DESIGN Method comparison study using a convenience sample. PROCEDURE Blood samples were collected into plain tubes from the coccygeal vessels of 181 Holstein cows at 2-4 weeks of lactation during summer in Iran. Bloo...

A three electrodes planar electrochemical sensor, based on CuO nanowires growth “in situ” on Cu working electrode, was fabricated by a simple micromachining technique and employed for the non-enzymatic determination of glucose. The microstructural and morphological characteristics of the modified electrode was investigated by XRD and SEM analysis. Cyclic voltammetry and chronoamperometric measu...

Electrochemical noise data is commonly used to monitor corrosion of metals in various environments. In this work we use recurrence plots to study electrochemical noise time series of stainless steel AISI 316 samples immersed in mildly corrosive electrolyte. It has been found that current and potential time series reveal different information. Recurrence quantification analysis of current time s...