Existing electrochemical methods for the determination of iron require long deposition times to determine low iron levels. Here a new method, based on catalytic cathodic stripping voltammetry, is described to determine subnanomolar levels of iron in seawater. The new method has a better baseline and is generally simplified, leading to a lower reagent blank and minimized sample handling compared...

Due to fascinating electronic properties and great potential in various applications, graphene has attracted great interest. Recently, much work have focused on the synthesis of different sizes and properties of graphene or graphene oxides (GOs), for example, graphene nanoribbons, nanosized graphene pieces, and nanosized triangular and hexagonal graphene sheets terminated by zigzag edges. Herei...

A new technique for microscopic imaging of electrochemically active surfaces is introduced. The technique combines concepts of probe microscopy and advances in mass spectrometry. The technique is based on a miniature electrochemical flow cell scanner. A liquid feed stream containing a redox component is introduced to the vicinity of the examined location through the annulus of a coaxial capilla...

Both mammalian and bacterial ferritin undergo rapid reaction with small-molecule reductants, in the absence of Fe2+ chelators, to form ferritins with reduced (Fe2+) mineral cores. Large, low-potential reductants (flavoproteins and ferredoxins) similarly react anaerobically with both ferritin types to quantitatively produce Fe2+ in the ferritin cores. The oxidation of Fe2+ ferritin by large prot...

The uranyl(vi) complex UO2Cl(L) of the redox-active, acyclic diimino-dipyrrin anion, L- is reported and its reaction with inner- and outer-sphere reductants studied. Voltammetric, EPR-spectroscopic and X-ray crystallographic studies show that chemical reduction by the outer-sphere reagent CoCp2 initially reduces the ligand to a dipyrrin radical, and imply that a second equivalent of CoCp2 reduc...

Development of sensitive and selective methods to detect proteins at trace levels is of great biological importance. Via derivatization with a bifunctional cross-linker 4-maleimidobutyric acid N-hydroxysuccinimide ester (GMBS) and an electrochemical marker 11-ferrocenyl-1-undecanethiol (Fc-SH), voltammetric determination of surface-confined proteins electrostatically adsorbed onto the polyelect...

Lescuraea morrisonensis (Takaki) Nog. fo. sichuanensis Wang, Hu & Redfearn reported from mainland China is synonymized to Actinothuidium hookeri (Mitt.) Broth. Filiform branched paraphyllia and triangular stemleaves which characterize A. hookeri are distinguishable from unbranched foliose paraphyllia and ovate-lanceolate stem-leaves of Lescuraea morrisonensis.

Eu(II) -based contrast agents offer physiologically relevant, metal-based redox sensing that is unachievable with Gd(III) -based contrast agents. To evaluate the in vivo contrast enhancement of Eu(II) as a function of injection type, we performed intravenous, intraperitoneal, and subcutaneous injections in mice. Our data reveal a correlation between reported oxygen content and expected rates of...