Improved electrochemical properties of stearate-graphite paste electrodes after albumin and phospholipid treatments

Biosensors and Bioelectronics

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 63-79

  Blaha, Charles D ^a   Liu, Douglas ^a   Phillips, Anthony G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Albumin; Chronoamperometry; Dopamine; Phospholipids; Stearate graphite paste; Voltammetry

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; CATALYSIS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; GRAPHITE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPIDS; PROTEINS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TISSUE;

ALBUMIN TREATMENT; ASCORBIC ACID; CHRONOAMPEROMETRY; DOPAMINE INSENSITIVITY; DOPAMINE SENSITIVITY; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTROCATALYTIC EFFECTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PHOSPHOLIPID TREATMENT; STEARATE GRAPHITE PASTE ELECTRODES;

ELECTRODES;

ASCORBIC ACID; DOPAMINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; BRAIN; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; POTENTIOMETRY; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030033261     PISSN: 09565663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0956-5663(96)83714-6     Document Type: Article

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