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Potentiometric Sensors

A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2017) | Viewed by 13102

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Interests: sensor technology; chemical and bio-sensors; electroanalysis and electrochemistry; modeling of sensors’ response mechanism
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Dear Colleagues,

Potentiometric sensors are important tools in different fields of electroanalysis. Measurement of pH, blood electrolytes, biomedical markers or industrial gases performed by potentiometric sensors proves the significance of sensor technology. New parameters, wide measurement ranges, high selectivity, fast response, low cost promote potentiometric sensors and bio-sensors as a tool of choice in modern analysis. Owing to the invention of solid-contacts the present sensors can be made maintenance-free and miniaturized. Undoubtedly, sensor technology offers today new perspectives in science, technology and applications.
This Special Issue aims to highlight advances in the development of potentiometric chemical and biosensors. Topics include, but are not limited, to:
1. Indicator electrodes and biosensors
2. Reference electrodes
3. Application of potentiometric sensors and biosensors
4. Electrodes’ mechanism and response theory

Prof. Dr. Andrzej Lewenstam
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Keywords

  • sensor technology
  • response theory
  • electroanalysis
  • clinical measurements

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Fabrication and Characterization of a Stabilized Thin Film Ag/AgCl Reference Electrode Modified with Self-Assembled Monolayer of Alkane Thiol Chains for Rapid Biosensing Applications
by Tanzilur Rahman and Takanori Ichiki
Sensors 2017, 17(10), 2326; https://doi.org/10.3390/s17102326 - 13 Oct 2017
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The fabrication of miniaturized electrical biosensing devices can enable the rapid on-chip detection of biomarkers such as miRNA molecules, which is highly important in early-stage cancer detection. The challenge in realizing such devices remains in the miniaturization of the reference electrodes, which is [...] Read more.
The fabrication of miniaturized electrical biosensing devices can enable the rapid on-chip detection of biomarkers such as miRNA molecules, which is highly important in early-stage cancer detection. The challenge in realizing such devices remains in the miniaturization of the reference electrodes, which is an integral part of electrical detection. Here, we report on a novel thin film Ag/AgCl reference electrode (RE) that has been fabricated on top of a Au-sputtered glass surface, which was coated with a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) of 6-mercepto-1-hexanol (MCH). The electrode showed very little measurement deviation (−1.5 mv) from a commercial Ag/AgCl reference electrode and exhibited a potential drift of only ± 0.2 mV/h. In addition, the integration of this SAM-modified microfabricated thin film RE enabled the rapid detection (<30 min) of miRNA (let-7a). The electrode can be integrated seamlessly into a microfluidic device, allowing the highly stable and fast measurement of surface potential and is expected to be very useful for the development of miniature electrical biosensors. Full article
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Selective Sensing of Gas Mixture via a Temperature Modulation Approach: New Strategy for Potentiometric Gas Sensor Obtaining Satisfactory Discriminating Features
by Fu-an Li, Han Jin, Jinxia Wang, Jie Zou and Jiawen Jian
Sensors 2017, 17(3), 573; https://doi.org/10.3390/s17030573 - 12 Mar 2017
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A new strategy to discriminate four types of hazardous gases is proposed in this research. Through modulating the operating temperature and the processing response signal with a pattern recognition algorithm, a gas sensor consisting of a single sensing electrode, i.e., ZnO/In2O [...] Read more.
A new strategy to discriminate four types of hazardous gases is proposed in this research. Through modulating the operating temperature and the processing response signal with a pattern recognition algorithm, a gas sensor consisting of a single sensing electrode, i.e., ZnO/In2O3 composite, is designed to differentiate NO2, NH3, C3H6, CO within the level of 50–400 ppm. Results indicate that with adding 15 wt.% ZnO to In2O3, the sensor fabricated at 900 °C shows optimal sensing characteristics in detecting all the studied gases. Moreover, with the aid of the principle component analysis (PCA) algorithm, the sensor operating in the temperature modulation mode demonstrates acceptable discrimination features. The satisfactory discrimination features disclose the future that it is possible to differentiate gas mixture efficiently through operating a single electrode sensor at temperature modulation mode. Full article
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