We report on graphene-passivated ferromagnetic electrodes (GPFE) for spin devices. GPFE are shown to act as spin-polarized oxidation-resistant electrodes. The direct coating of nickel with few layer graphene through a readily scalable chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process allows the preservation of an unoxidized nickel surface upon air exposure. Fabrication and measurement of complete referen...

At the time of this writing, more than 20 000 publications related to ion-selective electrodes (ISEs)1–7 have been published, with approximately two new ones per day in recent years. Figure 1 shows, for the period between 1970 and 2009, the continuing increase in the number of publications that could be readily recognized as reporting on the preparation or use of ionophore-based ISEs. Clearly, ...

The effect of 1-decanol on the potentiometric response of three ion-selective electrodes to large cationic species is analyzed. The electrodes were constructed with plasticized PVC membranes. The results suggest that 1-decanol alters the ionic transport through the membrane/water interface to an extent that depends on the strength of the active ion pair. The water solubility of the cation, its ...

The potassium-selective glass membranes like KAS,,_, and NAS,,_, are approx. IO times more sensitive to K+ than to Na +lp3. Since the concentration ratio of Na+/K+ in blood serum is around 35-40 and since there is at best a K+ over Naf selectivity in glass electrodes of IO, a separate measurement of the Na+ concentration is needed to correct the reading of the K+ sensor 4. Because of the depend...

Double-barreled potassium or chloride ion-selective microelectrodes were constructed using a liquid ion exchanger. Technical details of the fabrication of double-barreled microelectrodes, having a PD sensor as one barrel and an ionic sensor as the other, are described. The sensitivity of K+ or CI- ion-selective microelectrodes exhibited an approximately Nernstian response over a temperature ran...

an enzyme electrode was developed using the enzyme sulfite oxidase (ec1.8.3.1) immobilized onto pig intestine. hydrogen peroxide produced was monitored amperometrically. all experimental parameters such as ph, temperature, buffer constituent concentration, were thoroughly investigated and optimized when appropriate. the response to sulfite concentration was linear in the range 5.2´10-6 to 1.02´...

Conventional ion-selective electrodes with a liquid junction have the disadvantage of potential drift. All-solid-state ion-selective electrodes with solid contact in between the metal electrode and the ion-selective membrane offer high capacitance or conductance to enhance potential stability. Solution-casted chitosan/Prussian blue nanocomposite (ChPBN) was employed as the solid contact layer f...

The development of a variety of selective ion-sensitive electrodes focuses attention on numerical scales for the activity of individual ionic species, for these electrodes measure the activity of the selected ion only relative to that of the same species in a reference solution of known or assigned ion activity. Nevertheless, scales of ion activity must be based on a convention from outside the...

A novel porous fluorine doped tin oxide (PFTO) conductive framework was introduced to counter electrodes (CEs) for dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). When modified by platinum (Pt) or carbon (C), the PFTO conductive framework displays high catalytic activity to I(-)/I3(-) redox couples. Power conversion efficiencies of 6.09% and 5.81% were obtained in the DSSCs based on Pt and C modified PFTO ...