Influence of hydrophobization of the polyazulene ion-to-electron transducer on the potential stability of calcium-selective solid-contact electrodes

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 207, Issue PB, 2015, Pages 918-925

  He, Ning ^a   Höfler, Lajos ^b   Latonen, Rose Marie ^a   Lindfors, Tom ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Electrically conducting polymers; Hydrophobization; Ion selective electrode; Ion to electron transducer; Plasticized poly(vinyl chloride)Calcium; Polyazulene; Potential stability; Solid contact; Water uptake

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHEMICAL SENSORS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ION SELECTIVE MEMBRANES; IONS; PHASE INTERFACES; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STABILITY; TRANSDUCERS;

ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTING POLYMER; HYDROPHOBIZATIONS; POLYAZULENE; POTENTIAL STABILITY; SOLID-CONTACT; WATER UPTAKE;

ION SELECTIVE ELECTRODES;

EID: 84919337920     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2014.10.048     Document Type: Article

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