We use ab initio density functional calculations to study the stability, elastic properties and electronic structure of sp(2) carbon minimal surfaces with negative Gaussian curvature, called schwarzites. We focus on two systems with cubic unit cells containing 152 and 200 carbon atoms, which are metallic and very rigid. The porous schwarzite structure allows for efficient and reversible doping ...

Printing techniques have been extensively used in the fabrication of organic electronic devices, such as light-emitting diodes and display backplanes. These techniques, in particular inkjet printing, are being employed for the localized dispensing of solutions containing biological molecules and cells, leading to the fabrication of bio-functional microarrays and biosensors. Here, we report the ...

The potential response of an ion-exchanger type PVC ion-selective electrode (ISE) for a drug ion, desipramine(+) (DES(+)), was analyzed by a mixed-potential (MP) theory proposed previously. The transfer of DES(+) and its analogous ions, imipramine(+) (IMP(+)) and neostigmine(+) (NEO(+)), at a micro Ο-nitrophenyl octyl ether/water interface was studied by ion-transfer voltammetry; also, the stan...

The potentiometric response of electrodes is described, including: (1) Nernstian response to activity change due to an altered concentration of the analyte ion, and (2) Nernstian response to activity change caused by different solvents. In order to ensure the reliability of the data obtained in this study, the following three steps were taken: (i) a comparison of electrode potentials between a ...

The work described here comprises the determination of Fe(III) by ion selective potentiometry using a coated-wire ion-selective electrode (CWISE) based on iron–cyclam complex. Linear Nernstian response for this electrode was obtained over the total Fe(III) concentration range of 1× 10−2 to 1× 10−6 M in 0.05 M HNO3, H2SO4, HClO4, HCl, KNO3 and KCl media, with a slope of 60± 5 mV per decade chang...

The defluoridation of ground water is regarded as one of the key areas of attention among the universal water community. The present investigation deals with fluoride removal from aqueous solution by thermally activated biosorbents prepared from banana (Musa paradisiaca) peel and coffee (Coffea arabica) husk. Fluoride ion selective electrode was used for the determination and monitoring of fluo...

The confinement of fast particles is of crucial importance for next step fusion devices like ITER. Since fast ion losses might reduce the core heating and, in addition, cause untolerable first wall load, it is important to understand and possibly avoid them. Here, an integrated approach is presented for the analysis of neutral beam injection related fast ion losses in ASDEX Upgrade. It consists...

Rapidly deployable sensor networks are portable, reusable, and can take advantage of a human user in the field attending to the deployment. Unfortunately, even small disruptions or problems in collected data must be addressed quickly, as the overall quantity of data gathered is small relative to longterm deployments. In this paper we describe a procedure for calibration and a system for online ...

We describe a pretreatment method before determining the total fluoride in solutions containing tetrafluoroborate ion (BF(4)(-)) with ion-selective electrodes (ISEs). BF(4)(-) was quantitatively converted to free fluoride by reacting with aluminum ions. The total fluoride concentration was then determined by ISE analysis without preliminary steam distillation using a tartrate- and tris(hydroxym...

The extraction of renewable energy resources particularly from earth abundant materials has always been a matter of significance in industrial products. Herein, we report a novel simultaneous extraction of nano-silicon with activated carbons (nano-Si@ACs) from rice husk (RH) by chemical activation method. As-extracted nano-Si@ACs is then used as an energy harvesting materials in counter electro...