In this article, the structure and electrochemical performance of sodiated iron phosphate (FePO4) synthesized by the micro-emulsion technique have been investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) and electrochemical measurement. The results reveal that amorphous FePO4 could be transformed into crystallite sodium iron phosphate (NaFePO4) duri...

This study demonstrates the advantages of the combination between atomic force microscopy and scanning electrochemical microscopy. The combined technique can perform nano-electrochemical measurements onto agarose surface and nano-electrografting of non-conducting polymers onto conducting surfaces. This work was achieved by manufacturing an original Atomic Force Microscopy-Scanning ElectroChemic...

In food sector, there is a huge demand for rapid, reliable, user & eco-friendly biosensors to analyse the quality and safety of food products. Biosensor based methodology depends upon the recognition of a specific antigens or receptors by corresponding antibodies, aptamers or high-affinity ligands. The first scientifically commercialised sensors were the electrochemical sensors used for the ana...

In this study, yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG) was prepared using a facile electrochemical technique. Four samples were synthesized in 0, 20, 40 and 60°C by electrochemical pulse deposition and were then calcined at 1200°C. The effect of synthesis temperature on morphology and structure of YAG was studied using X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and scanning electron micro...

Fabrication of metallic nanopillar array structures and their application as electrodes in electrochemical-based biosensors are discussed in this report. Vertically standing nanopillar array structures were fabricated using an electrodeposition technique and their electrochemical characteristics were evaluated. For possible use in biosensing applications, these standing nanopillars should have ...

A novel reagentless direct electrochemical DNA sensor has been developed using ultrathin films of the conducting polymer polypyrrole doped with an oligonucleotide probe. Our goal was to develop a prototype electrochemical DNA sensor for detection of a biowarfare pathogen, variola major virus. The sensor has been optimized for higher specificity and sensitivity. It was possible to detect 1.6 fmo...

In recent years, a great progress was achieved in the development of electrochemical sensors for DNA sequences, hybridization and damage. Nowadays, electrochemical methods are able to detect DNA at nanomolar concentration. In addition, these methods are suitable for studding both covalent and non-covalent binding interactions between DNA and different small molecules, e.g. drugs or potentially ...

polymer-clay nanocomposite coatings have attracted much attention because of impressive enhancements of coating properties. in this research, both commercially available and isophoronediamine-modified montmorillonite clays were used to obtain epoxy-clay nanocomposite coatings. these nanocomposite materials with different clay loadings in the form of coatings were applied to cold-rolled steel (c...

a sensitive procedure for determining total vitamin c (ascorbic acid + dehydrate ascorbic acid) in a blood drop from a finger prick, before and after the adminis- tration of a vitamin c tablet is described. analysis was carried out by high per- formance liquid  chromatography with  electrochemical detection (hplc/ec). measurements were taken one hour, two hours and six hours after the administr...

limn2o4 spinel cathode materials have been successfully synthesized by solid-state reaction. surface of these particles were modified by nanostructured lifepo4 via sol gel dip coating method. synthesized products were characterized by thermally analyzed by thermogravimetric and differential thermal analysis(tg/dta), x-ray diffraction (xrd), scanning electron microscopy (sem), and energy dispers...