An acetylene black electrode modified by an adsorbed cationic surfactant, cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), was developed. The influences of various types of surfactants on the electroreduction of O2 were investigated. It was demonstrated that a cationic surfactant, CTAB, on the surface of the electrode could significantly decrease the overpotential of dioxygen reduction, and the reduction...

Derivatives of quinoxalin-2-one are interesting compounds with potential pharmacological activity. From this point of view, understanding of their electrochemical behavior is of great importance. In the present paper, a mechanism of electrochemical reduction of quinoxalin-2-one derivatives at mercury dropping electrode was proposed. Pyrazine ring was found to be the main electroactive center un...

The cyclic voltammetry of tetramethyltetraselenafulvalene (TMTSF) in CH2CI2 is described. Controlled potential coulometry yielded a suspension of (TMTSF)zCIO4 crystals. The incorporation of TMTSF onto a Pt electrode coated with the perfluorinated ion exchange polymer Nation and the electrochemical behavior of the electrode in aqueous NaCIO4 is described and compared to the related compound tetr...

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A new instanton solution is found in the quantum-mechanical double-well potential with a four-fermion term. The solution has finite action, S = −m3 3λ − ( mA 4 √ 2λ + g 261m 8960 ) ǫξiξjξkξl, where A is a bosonic collective coordinate, ξi, i = 1, ..., 4 are fermionic collective coordinates and g,m and λ are coupling constants. We explain why in general the instanton action can depend on collect...

Great opportunities exist for Ion-Selective Electrodes (ISEs) in the fields of environmental monitoring and of wearable applications for example as the sensing part in wireless networks. In this review special attention is given to the recent results obtained with Solid Contact IonSelective Electrodes and Solid Contact Reference Electrodes. Their combination as disposable sensing platform may o...

Serum iron concentrations greater than 90 mumol/L were measured in samples from hemodialysis patients by a Ferrozine dye-binding method. Reanalysis by coulometry showed these results to be spuriously high. Turbidity resulting from precipitation of fibrinogen was identified as the source of the interference. High concentrations of heparin enhanced the effect. We conclude that the persistence of ...