Disposable cuvette test with integrated sensor layer for enzymatic determination of heavy metals

Biosensors and Bioelectronics

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 981-990

  Preininger, Claudia ^a   Wolfbeis, Otto S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Ammonium; Heavy metals; Optode; Urease inhibition

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; COLOR; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYMES; HEAVY METALS; HYDROLYSIS; IONIC STRENGTH; IONS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REACTION KINETICS; TOXICITY; UREA;

AMMONIA GAS SENSITIVE OPTODE; DISPOSABLE CUVETTE TEST; ENZYMATIC DETERMINATION; INTEGRATED SENSOR LAYER; UREASE;

ENZYME SENSORS;

HEAVY METAL;

ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; ENZYME ELECTRODE;

EID: 0029785999     PISSN: 09565663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0956-5663(96)87657-3     Document Type: Article

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