Electrocatalytic detection of amitrole on the multi-walled carbon nanotube - iron (II) tetra-aminophthalocyanine platform

Sensors

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 5096-5105

  Siswana, Msimelelo ^a   Ozoemena, Kenneth I ^b   Nyokong, Tebello ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Amitrole; Basal plane pyrolytic graphite electrode; Electropolymerization; Multi walled carbon nanotubes; Tetra aminophthalocyanine

Indexed keywords

AMITROLE; BASAL PLANES; ELECTROCATALYTIC; LOW DETECTION LIMIT; POSITIVE POTENTIAL; PYROLYTIC GRAPHITE ELECTRODES; TETRA-AMINOPHTHALOCYANINE;

ELECTROPOLYMERIZATION;

HERBICIDES;

EID: 50849130620     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s8085096     Document Type: Article

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