Multi-walled carbon nanotubes doped with boron as an electrode material for electrochemical studies on dopamine, uric acid, and ascorbic acid

Microchimica Acta

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 35-47

  Tsierkezos, Nikos G ^a   Ritter, Uwe ^a   Thaha, Yudi Nugraha ^a   Downing, Clive ^c   Szroeder, Paweł ^b   Scharff, Peter ^a  

^a ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Boron doped carbon nanotubes; Dopamine; Electrochemical sensing; Raman spectroscopy; Transmission electron microscopy; Uric acid

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953369148     PISSN: 00263672     EISSN: 14365073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00604-015-1585-6     Document Type: Article

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