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Distortions of dc polarographic waves for SCOC appeared at concentrations close to 1x10 M. For 2x10 M Cys the distinct distortions were evident for drop times longer than 2 seconds. Similar distortions for PrThz appeared already.at 1 s drop time (Fig.l). On the other hand, at the same Cys concentration, well developed curves were obtained in all pulse voltammetric techniques (Fig.2). The techniques studied were normal pulse, differential pulse and the fast square wave voltammetry (oswv) according to Osteryoungs. Pulse width dependence of normal pulse voltammetric waves confirmed their diffusional character and forward and reverse current curves in square wave voltammetry indicated reversibility of the oxidation process aiding in the increased sensitivity of this technique. 

Curve a Normal pulse voltammetric curve Curve b Differential pulse voltammetric curve Curve c Linear sweep voltammetric curve CPZ concentration 10" M Base electrolyte 0.01 M HCl. 

The difference between the various pulse voltammetric techniques is the excitation waveform and the current sampling regime. With both normal-pulse and differential-pulse voltammetry, one potential pulse is applied for each drop of mercury when the DME is used. (Both techniques can also be used at solid electrodes.) By controlling the drop time (with a mechanical knocker), the pulse is synchronized with the maximum growth of the mercury drop. At this point, near the end of the drop lifetime, the faradaic current reaches its maximum value, while the contribution of the charging current is minimal (based on the time dependence of the components). 

The Model 384B (see Fig. 5.10) offers nine voltammetric techniques square-wave voltammetry, differential-pulse polarography (DPP), normal-pulse polar-ography (NPP), sampled DC polarography, square-wave stripping voltammetry, differential pulse stripping, DC stripping, linear sweep voltammetry (LSV) and cyclic staircase voltammetry. 

The realization that current sampling on a step pulse can increase the detection sensitivity by increasing the faradaic/charging ratio is the basis for the development of various pulse voltammetric (or polarographic) techniques. Also, the pulses can be applied when it is necessary and can reduce the effect of diffusion on the analyte. Figure 18b. 11 shows the waveform and response for three commonly used pulse voltammetric techniques normal pulse voltammetry (NPY), differential pulse voltammetry (DPV), and square-wave voltammetry (SWV). 

The analytical sensitivity of classical polarographic or voltammetric methods is usually quite good at about 5 x 10 mol dm . At the lowest concentrations of analyte, however, the currents caused by double-layer effects or other non-faradaic sources causes the accuracy to be unacceptably low. Pulse methods were first developed in the 1950s to improve the sensitivity of the polarographic measurements made by pharmaceutical companies. At present, two pulse methods dominate the analytical field, i.e. normal pulse and differential pulse . Square-wave methods are also growing steadily in popularity. 

Despite these possible drawbacks, differential pulse voltammetry is one of today s most popular electroanalytical tools. Its principal advantages over normal pulse voltammetry are twofold (i) many analytes can be sampled with a single voltammogram since the analytical peaks for each analyte are quite well resolved, and (ii) by working with a differential current, and hence obtaining a voltammetric peak, the analytical sensitivity can be improved to about 5 x 10 to mol dm. This sensitivity is clearly superior to normal pulse voltammetry. 

Alternative voltammetric methods that improve the sensitivity of voltammetry as an electroanalytical tool are normal pulse voltammetry (with a lower detection limit of 10 mol dm ), differential pulse voltammetry (with a detection limit of 10 -10 mol dm ) and square-wave pulse voltammetry (with a detection limit which is perhaps as low as 10 mol dm ). 

Pulse voltammetry — A technique in which a sequence of potential pulses is superimposed to a linear or staircase voltage ramp. The current is usually measured at the end of the pulses to depress the - capacitive (charging) current. Depending on the way the pulses are applied and the current is sampled we talk about - normal pulse voltammetry, reverse pulse voltammetry and - differential pulse voltammetry. Several other, less popular pulse techniques are offered in commercial voltammetric instrumentation. Some people consider - square-wave voltammetry as a pulse technique. 

Voltammetric techniques that can be applied in the stripping step are staircase, pulse, differential pulse, and square-wave voltammetry. Each of them has been described in detail in previous chapters. Their common characteristic is a bell-shaped form of the response caused by the definite amount of accumulated substance. Staircase voltammetry is provided by computer-controlled instruments as a substitution for the classical linear scan voltammetry [102]. Normal pulse stripping voltammetry is sometimes called reverse pulse voltammetry. Its favorable property is the re-plating of the electroactive substance in between the pulses [103]. Differential pulse voltammetry has the most rigorously discriminating capacitive current, whereas square-wave voltammetry is the fastest stripping technique. All four techniques are insensitive to fast and reversible surface reactions in which both the reactant and product are immobilized on the electrode surface [104,105]. In all techniques mentioned above, the maximum response, or the peak current, depends linearly on the surface, or volume, concentration of the accumulated substance. The factor of this linear proportionality is the amperometric constant of the voltammetric technique. It determines the sensitivity of the method. The lowest detectable concentration of the analyte depends on the smallest peak current that can be reliably measured and on the efficacy of accumulation. For instance, in linear scan voltammetry of the reversible surface reaction i ads + ne Pads, the peak current is [52]... 

Pulse voltammetric techniques, most used in electrochemistry, are normal pulse voltammetry (NPV) and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV). In square wave voltammetry (SWV), there may be a non-faradaic contribution to the individual currents but the current sampling strategy essentially eliminates this through subtraction, as will be seen in Sect. 2.2.4.3. SWV was pioneered by Barker [1] in the 1950s, but due to instrumentation development only 40 years... 

In this section, the effect of chemical reactions coupled with electron transfer processes studied by three pulse methods is discussed, namely in normal pulse (NP), differential pulse (DP), and square-wave polaro-graphic/voltammetric techniques. These methods, especially DPV, belong to the most frequently employed voltammetric methods in contemporary analytical practice. In recent years, criteria for elucidation of electrode mechanisms have been also developed for these techniques. Under favorable conditions (in pure kinetic zone), the electrode mechanisms for simple reaction systems can be established without difficulties. 

Exploration of electrochemical behavior in small volume containers requires fabrication methods capable of defining micrometer size structures from a suitable substrate. Initially, Bowyer et al. (88) sandwiched silver and platinum foil between layers of Tefzel film and glass to form an electrochemical cell with auxiliary, reference and working band electrodes, the smallest of which measured 4 pm thick. This electrochemical cell was used to investigate the differential pulse, normal pulse, and cyclic voltammetric behavior of ferro-cence in aqueous solutions with volumes ranging from 2 mL to 50 nL. 

One advantage of the derivative-type voltammo-gram is that individual peak maxima can be observed for substances with half-wave potentials differing by as little as 0.04 to 0.05 V in contrast, classical and normal-pulse voltammetry require a potential difference of about 0.2 V for resolving waves. More important, however, differential-pulse voltammetry increases the sensitivity of voltammetry. Typically, differential-pulse voltammetry provides well-defined peaks at a concentration level that is 2 X 10 that for the classical voltammetric wave. Note also that the current scale for A/ is in nanoamperes. Generally, detection limits with... 

From the difficulties encountered with interpretation of CVs which the discussions above amply show, it would appear that other voltammetric methods, especially differential methods, would have found wider application to CPs. This has unfortunately not been the case. The results in Figs. 4-17-a.b.c and 4-18 represent some of the few studies of this nature. In Fig. 4-17. the results of CV and of Differential Pulse Voltammetry (DPV) are compared. The latter is a technique in which a small potential pulse is superimposed on a staircase potential function with the difference between the post-pulse and pre-pulse current measured (inset in Fig. 4-171. The differential method yields peak-shaped curves unencumbered by residual current tails, as in CVs, and thus a clearer identification of peaks and their widths. Fig. 4-19 then shows DPV of Poly(phenylene vinylene) used to compute the bandgap, as described earlier. Normal Pulse Voltammetry (NPV), in which a sort of digital pulse-ramp is applied in place of the analog ramp of CV and the current sampled at the end of the pulse [50], has been applied to poly(l-amino pyrene) [48], yielding redox potentials as well as diffusion coefficients (Fig. 4-181. Other differential methods such as Square Wave Voltammetry have been applied to poly(aromatic amines) in the author s laboratories. There is however little other extant work with pulse voltammetry of CPs, although the very brief results above clearly provide a strong indication for it. 

Differential pulse (DP) voltammetry, a voltammetric technique with high sensitivity, is normally performed and the equipment as well as the electrochemical procedures used for the voltammetric studies of DNA-drug interaction are described (see Procedure 29 in CD accompanying this book). 

NPV), differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) and SWV, and polarography methods (use of a mercury drop electrode) like normal (normal and pulse polarography (NPP)) and DPP, although sometimes these polarographic versus voltammetric terms are used interchangeably. These step methods do not typically use return scans and therefore often do not provide information about reversibility of the redox process and can sometimes give data that, unknown to the researcher, are characteristic of decomposition products. 

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