A simple, highly sensitive, accurate and selective method for determination of trace amounts of Co(II) in water samples is presented. Isocyanate treated graphite oxides (iGOs) solid phase extraction adsorbent was synthesized by covalently isocyanate onto the surfaces of graphite oxides. The stability of a chemically (iGOs) especially in concentrated hydrochloric acid which was then used as a re...

Potentiometric sensor based on commercial pencil graphite electrodes coated with polyaniline (PAni) composite with Eosin Y (EY) termed as PGE/PAni-EY have been developed for potentiometric determination of silver ion. The electrode exhibited linear response with Nernstian slope of 57.6±0.8 mV per decade within the range of 1.0×10 to 1.0×10 M with limit of detection 6.5×10 M silver ion. Fast and...

Interfacial engineering has been investigated as a method of increasing thermal conductivity in variety aluminium/graphite composites but remains unexplored the few graphite-containing aluminium foams developed to date. In this study, replication was used fabricate composite by infiltrating with liquid packed preforms containing SiC-coated oriented graphite flakes and NaCl particles, latter act...

Scratching experiments, using diamond styli and single point diamond tools, were performed to simulate Single Point Diamond Turning (SPDT). The results of these experiments were used to determine if a ductile response is possible, and then to determine the critical depth of cut or penetration depth for the ductile to brittle transition (DBT). The depths of the scratches produced at different lo...

We demonstrate novel graphite-on-paper piezoresistive devices. The graphite was used as sensing component. The fabrication process can be finished in a short time with simple tools (e.g., a scissor and a pencil). A small array of six paper-based piezoresistive devices is made. The whole device is flexible. The test results showed that the change of resistance was proportional to the applied for...

Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) modified DNA based biosensors were prepared by immobilizing dsDNA over MWCNT coated graphite electrode. The film forming abilities of MWCNT coated graphite electrodes were studied using Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) and Cyclic Voltammetry (CV) by placing the electrodes in electrolyte containing redox couple. Differential Pulse Voltammetry (DP...

In this study, diamond films are deposited by using hot filament chemical vapor deposition (HFCVD), Nanocrystalline diamond (NCD) coated cemented tungsten carbide (WC-Co) milling tools are characterized, compared with microcrystalline diamond (MCD) and composite diamond coated ones, in terms of morphology with field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM). Moreover, the diamond coated too...

for a fiber optical surface plasmon resonance (spr) sensor a short part of its cladding should be removed to coat a thin layer of a metal. usually this is problematic when an optical fiber with small core diameter is used. in this paper, a new method using µliter droplet of the hf acid for short fiber optical taper fabrication is reported. using this method in a multi-mode optical fiber with th...

Here we report an electrochemical sensor for the determination of picric acid (PA) based on molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) reduced graphene oxide (rGO) coated pencil graphite electrode (PGE). Pyrrole (Py) was electropolymerized surface rGO modified PGE, where PA used as template. After extraction molecules from matrix, MIP|rGO|PGE obtained. Computational studies were carried out to predict...