Organic liquids, sensors

A major breakthrough in the development and routine application of PVC type ISEs was the discovery by Simon and co-workers that the neutral antibiotic valinomycin could be incorporated into organic liquid membranes (and later plasticized PVC membranes), resulting in a sensor with high selectivity for K over Na (Kk/ns = 2.5 X 10 ), The ISE based on valinomycin was the first example of a neutral carrier ISE and is extensively used today for the routine measurement of in blood. Figure 4-2 shows the response of the... 

Abstract In sensor and microfluidic applications, the need is to have an adequate solvent resistance of polymers to prevent degradation of the substrate surface upon deposition of sensor formilations, to prevent contamination of the solvent-containing sensor formulations or contamination of organic liquid reactions in microfluidic channels. Unfortunately, no comprehensive quantitative reference solubility data of unstressed copolymers is available to date. In this study, we evaluate solvent-resistance of several polycarbonate copolymers prepared from the reaction of hydroqui-none (HQ), resorcinol (RS), and bisphenol A (BPA). Our high-throughput polymer evaluation approach permitted the construction of detailed solvent-resistance maps, the development of quantitative structure-property relationships for BPA-HQ-RS copolymers and provided new knowledge for the further development of the polymeric sensor and microfluidic components. 

Ordered (and partially ordered) arrays of metal sites and complexes enable the cooperation of their special electronic, magnetic and optical properties. Such materials have long been sought for their expected physical properties and applications in optics, electrooptics, superconductivity and sensors. The ordering can be by various mechanisms, such as adsorption on surfaces, intercalation into layered structures, formation of mesomorphic structures and liquid crystals, and adoption of specific crystal-packing motifs, all of which are supramolecular phenomena. Organic liquid crystals and their applications are now commonplace, and in recent years the incorporation of metal atoms into mesogenic molecules has demonstrated the occurrence of similar metallo-mesophases [20]. 

Harbeck M, Erbahar DD, Gurol I, Musluoglu E, Ahsen V, Ozturk ZZ (2010) Phthaloeyanines as sensitive coatings for QCM sensors operating in liquids for the detection of organic compounds. Sensor Actuator B 150 346-354... 

Nowadays all over the world considerable attention is focused on development of chemical sensors for the detection of various organic compounds in solutions and gas phase. One of the possible sensor types for organic compounds in solutions detection is optochemotronic sensor - device of liquid-phase optoelectronics that utilize effect of electrogenerated chemiluminescence. In order to enhance selectivity and broaden the range of detected substances the modification of working electrode of optochemotronic cell with organic films is used. Composition and deposition technique of modifying films considerably influence on electrochemical and physical processes in the sensor. 

The transport of information from sensors to the central nervous system and of instructions from the central nervous system to the various organs occurs through electric impulses transported by nerve cells (see Fig. 6.17). These cells consist of a body with star-like projections and a long fibrous tail called an axon. While in some molluscs the whole membrane is in contact with the intercellular liquid, in other animals it is covered with a multiple myeline layer which is interrupted in definite segments (nodes of Ranvier). The Na+,K+-ATPase located in the membrane maintains marked ionic concentration differences in the nerve cell and in the intercellular liquid. For example, the squid axon contains 0.05 MNa+, 0.4 mK+, 0.04-0.1 m Cl-, 0.27 m isethionate anion and 0.075 m aspartic acid anion, while the intercellular liquid contains 0.46 m Na+, 0.01 m K+ and 0.054 m Cl-. 

Guizard, C., Bac, A., Barboiu, M. and Hovnanaian, N. (2000) Organic-inorganic hybrid materials with specific solute and gas transport properties for membrane and sensors applications. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 354, 91-106. 

As a class of n-type organic semiconductors, PBI derivatives have received considerable attention for a variety of applications [312, 313], for example, for organic or polymer light-emitting diodes (OLEDs and PLEDs) [314, 315], thin-film organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) [316, 317], solar cells [318, 319], and liquid crystals [320]. They are also interesting candidates for single-molecule device applications, such as sensors [321], molecular wires [322], or transistors [141]. 

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