Transcutaneous pCO2 electrode response time was optimized by use of a new electrode filling solution composed of NaCl/NaHCO3 electrolyte buffer (100 and 20 mmol/L, respectively) in an equivolume mixture of glycerol and water. The 95% response time to a step change in pCO2 was 49.9 +/- 2.8 s (mean +/- SD) when there was no spacer between the membrane and glass of the electrode. Use of this filli...

Ti/PbO2/Sb2O3 electrode was used as indicator electrode in potentiometric and conductometric titration in aqueous solution at 298 K. The E-pH curve is linear with a slope of 0.0505 V/dec at 298 K which is close to the theoretical value 2.303RT/F (0.059 V at 298 K). The standard potential of this electrode, E, is computed with respect to the SCE as reference electrode. The recovery percentages f...

The purpose of this study was to develop novel methods for attachment and cultivation of specifically positioned single yeast cells on a microelectrode surface with the application of a weak electrical potential. Saccharomyces cerevisiae diploid strains attached to an indium tin oxide/glass (ITO) electrode to which a negative potential between -0.2 and -0.4 V vs. Ag/AgCl was applied, while they...

An inkjet-printed silver electrode and a spin-coated cross-linked poly(4-vinylphenol)(PVP) dielectric layer were used as a gate electrode and a gate insulator for a bottom-gate pentacene thinlm transistor (TFT), respectively. The printing and the curing conditions of the printed silver electrode were optimized and tested on various substrates, such as glass, silicon, silicon dioxide, polyethers...

A novel method for preparing enzyme membranes was developed. The enzyme was attached onto the electrode surface by dropping the enzyme solution and allowing it to dry. Glucose oxidase was used for entrapment. Then, the electrode surface was coated with an ionic liquid containing cellulose, and the ionic liquid was removed by immersing the electrode into water. Enzyme activity was retained in th...

In order to preparing strontium ion selective electrode 6-(4- nitropheny1)-2-pheny14, 4- dipropy1-3, 5-diaza-bicyclo [3, 1, 0] hex-2-ene (NPDBH) was used as an ionophore. This electrode responds to Sr (II)ion with a sensitivity of 28.2 ± 0.5 mV/decade over the range 1.0 x 10-6 to 1.0 Mat pH 3.0-10.0. Thelimit of detection was 2.4 x 10-7 M. The influences of membrane composition, the pH of the t...

Planar lipid bilayers have been used to form stable bilayers into which membrane proteins are reconstituted for measurements of their function under an applied membrane potential. Recently, a lipid bilayer membrane is formed by the apposition of two monolayers that line an oil-electrolyte interface. Here, a bilayer membrane system is developed with picoliter bubbles under mechanically and chemi...

The use of micro-glass electrodes sensitive to the activity of selected cations has permitted a direct measurement of intracellular ionic activity , e. g., the activity of hydrogen ion in a single crab muscle fiber (CALDWELL 1954), and in a single squid giant axon (CALDWELL 1958, SPYROPOULOS 1960), the activity of sodium and potassium ion in a single squid giant axon (HINKE 1960). With a micro-...

A biofuel cell (BFC) cathode has been developed based on direct electron transfer (DET) of hemoglobin (Hb) molecules with an indium-tin-oxide (ITO) electrode and their electrocatalysis for reduction of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). In this study, the ITO-coated glass plates or porous glasses were prepared by using a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method and examined the electrochemical characteris...

A new Al(III) selective membrane based on 5-bromo(salicylidene-2-amino thiophenol) as a neutral carrier in a poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) matrix is coated on platinum wire to determine trace amounts of Al(III) ion in various samples. The sensor exhibits a good response for Al(III) ion over a wide concentration range of 5.20 × 10-7 to 1.00 × 10-2 M  with Nernstian slope of 19...