The reduction of oxygen increases pH in the surroundings of an electrode. A theoretical model estimates the steady-state pH profile from the surface of the electrode up to the bulk solution. A very simple formula predicts that, in non-deaerated solutions, for bulk pH-values between 4.0 and 10.0, the corresponding surface pH could be as high as 10.3, regardless of the thickness of the diffusion ...

In the present paper, the electrochemical properties of magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (Fe2O3 and Fe3O4) as highly sensitive sensors for the simultaneous determination of hydrazine and hydroxylamine was described. The electrochemical behavior of hydrazine and hydroxylamine was investigated using cyclic voltammetry, chronoamperometry and differentia...

Thymus is regarded as one of the medicinal species, which according to obtained chromatograms of floral water of Thymus; one of the main components is thymol as strong antioxidant. In this study the appropriate and physically powerful correlation was found between the anti-radical and oxidation potentials. The antioxidant activity of the Thymus was measured by using square wave and cyclic volta...

The electrochemical behaviour of ebastine was studied at hanging mercury drop electrode using cyclic voltammetry and differential pulse voltammetry. The molecule shows a single, well defined reduction peak due to the reduction of carbonyl group. The voltammetric conditions were optimized with respect to maximum peak signals. The linearity between the peak signal and the concentration of ebastin...

Differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) and adsorptive stripping voltammetry (AdSV) at a hanging mercury drop electrode (HMDE) was used for the determination of trace amounts of carcinogenic nitrobiphenyls, namely 2-nitrobiphenyl (2-NBP), 3nitrobiphenyl (3-NBP) and 4-nitrobiphenyl (4-NBP) within the concentration range from 2.10 to 1.10 mol⋅L for DPV and from 2.10 to 1.10 mol⋅L for AdSV using a Br...

A new sensitive and selective electrochemical sensor was developed for determination of glutathione (GSH) at the surface of carbon paste electrode (CPE) modified with multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) as a sensor and pyrogallol red (PGR) as a mediator. The mechanism of GSH electrochemical behavior at the modified electrode surface was investigated by various electrochemical techniques includ...

The small molecules NO and CO are known to mediate many physiological processes related to neurology , immunology, and muscle cell action. Electrochemical detection is often considered one of the most sensitive methods of detection, in our case exceeding nanomolar concentrations. In this study we married the technology of silicon planar with self-assembled monolayer membrane modified electrodes...

The antioxidant capacity of essential oils of Mentha spicata L., Mentha x gentilis L., Mentha crispa L., Mentha piperita L. and Mentha x piperita L. was determined by using differential pulse voltammetry. This assay was based on the reduction in the limiting current value of the oxygen electroreduction, which was used to calculate the antioxidant capacity (K) of these species. The species M. x ...

Nucleic acids belong to the most important molecules and therefore the understanding of their properties, function and behavior is crucial. Even though a range of analytical and biochemical methods have been developed for this purpose, one common step is essential for all of them - isolation of the nucleic acid from the from complex sample matrix. The use of magnetic particles for the separatio...

In light of recent studies suggesting that amphetamine (AMPH) increases electrically evoked dopamine release ([DA]o), we examined discrepancies between these findings and literature that has demonstrated AMPH-induced decreases in [DA]o. The current study has expanded the inventory of AMPH actions by defining two separate mechanisms of AMPH effects on [DA]o at high and low doses, one dopamine tr...