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Pt(l 11), and 0.5 V on Pt(100), C02 is detected using IRAS.113 On polycrystalline Pt, C02 is detected using electrochemical mass spectroscopy beginning at ca. 0.4 V. These data support the mechanism below, in which methanol is completely dehydrated to form COad, which then reacts with H20. 

There are a number of techniques that can be employed as detection mechanisms within a CE instrument. These include absorbance of ultraviolet (UV) light, laser-induced fluorescence, electrochemical and mass spectrometry. UV absorbance is, at present, the most commonly used technique. 

The convolution analysis is based on the use of convolution data and further manipulation to obtain information on the ET mechanism, standard potentials, intrinsic barriers, and also to detect mechanism transitions. It is worth noting that the general outlines of the methodology were first introduced in the study of the kinetics of reduction of terf-nitrobutane in dipolar aprotic solvents, under conditions of chemical stability of the generated anion radical. For the study of concerted dissociative ET processes, linear scan voltammetry is the most useful electrochemical technique. 

Carbon nanotubes, especially SWNTs, with their fascinating electrical properties, dimensional proximity to biomacromolecules (e.g., DNA of 1 nm in size), and high sensitivity to surrounding environments, are ideal components in biosensors not only as electrodes for signal transmission but also as detectors for sensing biomolecules and biospecies. In terms of configuration and detection mechanism, biosensors based on carbon nanotubes may be divided into two categories electrochemical sensors and field effect transistor (FET) sensors. Since a number of recent reviews on the former have been published,6,62,63 our focus here is mostly on FET sensors. 

Duboust A, Wang Y, Neo S, Chen LY. End point detection for electrochemical-mechanical polishing and electropolishing processes.U.S. Patent 20030 136684. 2003 Jul 24. 

Substitution of other oxoreductase enzymes for glucose oxidase allows amperometric biosensors for other substrates of clinical interest to be constructed. Practical sensors with commercial application in critical care analyzers for blood lactate have been realized. Other amperometric biosensors reported include cholesterol, pyruvate, alanine, glutamate, and glutamine. By using the multiple enzyme cascade shown in the reactions below, an amperometric biosensor for creatinine is also possible. Electrochemical oxidation of H2O2 is the detection mechanism. 

Electrochemical detection has been regarded as particularly appropriate strategy for microfluidic chip systems. Electrochemical biosensors in microfluidic chips enable high sensitivity, low detection limits, reusability, and long-term stability. And the detection mechanism and instmmentation for realization are simple and cost-effective. These valuable features have made electrochemical devices receive considerable attention [20,94,95]. The electrochemical detectors are commercially available for a variety of analyses [96]. The review written by Wang summarized the principles of electrochemical biosensors, important issues, and the state-of-the-art [97]. Lad et al. described recent developments in detecting creatinine by using electrochemical techniques [98]. 

A number of very useful and practical element selective detectors are covered, as these have already been interfaced with both HPLC and/or FIA for trace metal analysis and spe-ciation. Some approaches to metal speciation discussed here include HPLC-inductively coupled plasma emission, HPLC-direct current plasma emission, and HPLC-microwave induced plasma emission spectroscopy. Most of the remaining detection devices and approaches covered utilize light as part of the overall detection process. Usually, a distinct derivative of the starting analyte is generated, and that new derivative is then detected in a variety of ways. These include HPLC-photoionization detection, HPLC-photoelectro-chemical detection, HPLC-photoconductivity detection, and HPLC-photolysis-electrochemical detection. Mechanisms, instrumentation, details of interfacing with HPLC, detector operations, as well as specific applications for each HPLC-detector case are presented and discussed. Finally, some suggestions are provided for possible future developments and advances in detection methods and instrumentation for both HPLC and FIA. 

Figure 2.8. (a) The microfluidic electrochemical aptamer-based sensor chip, (b] The syringe pumps connected to a four-input, single-output multiplexed valve, (c) The detection mechanism of the switch on sensor. 

Thus, one can conclude that electrochemical gas sensors offer many advantages for various applications. However, it is also true that electrochemical sensors are not suitable for every gas. Since the detection mechanism involves the oxidation or reduction of the gas, electrochemical sensors are usually suitable only for gases which are electrochemically active. Inert gases can be detected electro-chemically only indirectly if the gas interacts with another species in the sensor that then produces a response (Pletcher et al. 1991). Sensors for carbon dioxide are an example of this approach. 

The dominant detection mechanism for analytes in biofluid sample is the electrochemical assessment. Either the amperometry or the potentiometry method has been widely... 

None of the reaction intermediates have been detected by electrochemical or sped roe lectrochemi cal techniques and therefore it must be concluded that one is dealing with rapid chemistry with intermediates ofhalMives < 10 s. Even so, some comments about the mechanism are possible and desirable. 

In this section, we will cover the latest developments in the field of planar ChG optical sensors. We will first briefly review device processing and integration techniques for planar ChG sensor fabrication and then devote the majority of this section to the discussion of molecular detection mechanisms utilized by planar optical sensors. ChGglasses are also widely applied in electrochemical sensors as the ion exchange electrode material [13-15] however, in this section we are limiting our scope to optical sensors. 

We will limit our description of electrochemical sensors to those using a solid state material with an ionic conductivity playing a major role in the detection mechanism. These sensors are not always assembled in all-solid state technology, but in most of the devices such an assembling technique could be considered. 

Immtinosensors can be either direct or indirect, meaning that the detection mechanism operates either direcdy via the Ab/Ag interaction, or a further label, such as an enzyme or fluorescent molecule, is used in order to detect whether a binding event has occurred. Based on the nature of the detection mechanism involved for the transduction, the immunosensors can be classified into electrochemical, optical, and piezoelectric rmmu-nosensors and depending on whether labels (Table 4.2) are used or not, immunosensors are divided into two categories, labeled immunosensor and label-free immunosensor (Holford et al., 2012). 

This chapter is structured as follows Section 46.2 provides a brief introduction to electrochemical sensors. Section 46.3 presents three different approaches to prepare sol-gel nanocomposites for electrochemical sensing applications, giving specific examples of each of them. In Section 46.4, different types of electrochemical transducers that can be prepared using the sol-gel material fabrication processes, together with the electrochemical detection mechanisms applied, are described. Section 46.5 gives an overview of the recent literature on sol-gel nanocomposites as electrochemical sensors of different types of analytes. This chapter concludes by summarizing the main conclusions and discussing some future prospects of sol-gel nanocomposites for electrochemical sensor applications. 

Detection Mechanisms at Modified Carbon-Based Electrochemical Sensors... 

Strictly speaking we must distinguish between measurement principles (e.g. thermal, optical, mechanical, electrochemical sensor) and measurement purpose (temperature, pressure, composition sensor). However, in practice, the assignment of names has not been particularly rigorous The term thermal sensors had been applied both to temp>erature sensors and to sensors that depend on temperature measurement (e.g. peUistors, in which carbohydrates are catalytically oxy-dized and the measurement effect is detected via heat production), electrochemical sensors rue normally electrochemically analysing sensors, while chemical sensors are generally synonymous with analysers of chemical composition. 

Besides its widespread use for investigating the mechanism of redox processes, spectroelectrochemistry can be usefiil for analytical purposes. In particular, the simultaneous profiling of optical and electrochemical properties can enhance the overall selectivity of different sensing (30) and detection (31) applications. Such coupling of two modes of selectivity is facilitated by the judicious choice of the operating potential and wavelength. 

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