It turns out there is nothing special about potassium after all: Sodium and lithium metal reduce AlIII iodide precursors to the M2[Al(NONDipp)]2 aluminyls (M=Li, Na). Addition of Et2O afforded monomeric ion pairs (NONDipp)Al-M(Et2O)2 containing unsupported Al−Li Al−Na bonds. All species activate dihydrogen, albeit at significantly different rates reaction.

Poly(vinylchloride) (PVC) is the most common polymer matrix used in the fabrication of ion-selective electrodes (ISEs). However, the surfaces of PVC-based sensors have been reported to show membrane instability. In an attempt to overcome this limitation, here we developed two alternative methods for the preparation of highly stable and robust ion-selective sensors. These platforms are based on ...

We report here the selective determination of dopamine (DA) using quantum-sized gold nanoparticles coated with charge selective ligands. Glutathione protected gold nanoparticles (GS-Au(25)) were synthesized and immobilized into a sol-gel matrix via thiol linkers. The GS-Au(25) modified sol-gel electrode was found to show excellent electrocatalytic activity towards the oxidation of DA but no act...

A highly selective PVC membrane electrode based on a cerium-salen complex was prepared. The sensor displays an anti-Hofmeister selectivity sequence with a preference for iodide ion over many common organic and inorganic anions. The proposed electrode exhibits a near-Nernstian behavior over a wide concentration range (5.0 x 10(-2) - 8.0 x 10(-6) M) with a slope of 57.5 mV per decade, and a detec...

A highly selective poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) membrane electrode based on an N,N'-ethylene-bis(4-methyl-salicylidineiminato) nickel(II) [Ni(EBMSI)] complex as a carrier for a thiocyanate-selective electrode is reported. The influences of the membrane composition, pH and possible interfering anions were investigated based on the response properties of the electrode. The electrode exhibited a goo...

Ž . Ž . An ion-selective field effect transistor ISFET was applied as a potentiometric detector in liquid chromatography LC for the Ž determination of organic acids. The ISFET was prepared by coating the gate insulator of the encapsulated transistor with a poly vinyl . Ž . chloride PVC matrix membrane containing methyltridodecylammoniumchloride, which enables the detection of organic anions. Th...

The direct reagentless electrochemical detection of recombinant firefly luciferase binding with gold electrode modified with nickel ions has been carried out. Self-assembly of molecules of functional disulfide containing chelating moieties on the gold electrode was monitored by contact angle measurements and confirmed by electrochemical data as three times decrease of electric double layer capa...