The design and prototype implementation of a deduct ive processor f o r e f f i c i e n t ex t rac t ion of i m p l i c i t in format ion from e x p l i c i t data stored w i t h i n a r e l a t i o n a l data-base system is descr ibed. General statements (premises or inference ru les ) as wel l as queries are expressed in a canonical form as imp l i ca t i ons . From user quer ies , the system...

Microporous thin films (approximately equal to 50 to 400 nm) composed of discrete, cavity-containing molecular rectangles have been prepared. The films, which contain both amorphous and microcrystalline domains, display shape-selective transport behavior. They are permeable to small molecules and to molecules that are short or narrow in at least one dimension--for example, elongated planar mole...

A novel electrochemical technique for DNA detection has been developed by a simple combination cisplatin and a glassy carbon electrode. The complexation of cisplatin with DNA caused suppression of the electroreduction of cisplatin owing to the steric hindrance and, subsequently, the electrolytic current for reducing proton that is catalyzed by the platinum deposited on the glassy carbon electro...

We describe an alternative electrochemical technique to monitor covalent bond formation in real-time using nanoparticle-electrode collisions. The method is based on recognising the redox current when MP-11 functionalised chemical reduced graphene oxide (rGO) nanosheets collide with Lomant's reagent modified gold microelectrode. This facile and highly sensitive monitoring method can be useful fo...

This work presents a microfluidic device that can be used to detect the presence of viral pathogens in environmental water samples. The device integrates a membrane-based preconcentration unit with an electrochemical biosensor on the same platform. This integration has the potential to increase the sensitivity of detection thereby enabling detection of small concentrations of viruses at environ...

[1] The cloud‐air transition zone at stratiform cloud edges is an electrically active region where droplet charging has been predicted. Cloud edge droplet charging is expected from vertical flow of cosmic ray generated atmospheric ions in the globa l e lec t r i c c i rcu i t . Exper imenta l confirmation of stratiform cloud edge electrification is presented here, through charge and droplet mea...

The potential of ring-disk ultramicroelectrodes (RD UMEs) as probes for scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) was investigated both theoretically and experimentally. In particular, the disk-generation/ring-collection (DG/RC) mode of operation was considered. In this case, the interaction of two species with the substrate under investigation can be followed simultaneously from single tip cu...

Advances in vacuum-tight in situ liquid cell TEM systems have attracted significant attention because of the ability to directly interpret chemical and electrochemical reactions within their native liquid environments [1]. Conducting quantitative in situ electrochemistry experiments within the S/TEM is feasible using the relatively new platform of in situ electrochemical S/TEM (ec-S/TEM). In th...

Anodic particle coloumetry is used to size silver nanoparticles impacting a carbon microelectrode in a potassium chloride/citrate solution. Besides their size, their agglomeration state in solution is also investigated solely by electrochemical means and subsequent data analysis. Validation of this new approach to nanoparticle agglomeration studies is performed by comparison with the results of...

A new concept for the localized characterization of gas evolving electrodes based on scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) is suggested. It offers information about the spatial distribution of the predominant locations, which represent the most active catalytic sites, and dynamic characteristics of gas-bubble departure. The knowledge about gas-bubble departure is critical for the assessmen...