Solid-contact potentiometric polymer membrane microelectrodes for the detection of silver ions at the femtomole level

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 135-141

  Rubinova, Nastassia ^a   Chumbimuni Torres, Karin ^a   Bakker, Eric ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Low detection limit; Miniaturization; Poly(octylthiophene); Potentiometry; Solid inner contact

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; ION SOURCES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; POTENTIOMETRIC SENSORS; SILVER COMPOUNDS;

LOW DETECTION LIMITS; MINIATURIZATION; POLYOCTYLTHIOPHENE; POTENTIOMETRY; SOLID INNER CONTACT;

MICROELECTRODES;

EID: 33846314730     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2006.09.007     Document Type: Article

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