Application of Carbon Nanotubes in the Extraction and Electrochemical Detection of Organophosphate Pesticides: A Review

Analytical Letters

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 783-803

  Musameh, Mustafa M ^a   Gao, Yuan ^a   Hickey, Mark ^a   Kyratzis, Ilias Louis ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Biosensor; Carbon nanotubes; Extraction; Organophosphates; Review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861749816     PISSN: 00032719     EISSN: 1532236X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00032719.2012.655678     Document Type: Article

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