A novel covalently modified glassy carbon electrode with glutamic acid has been fabricated via an electrochemical oxidation procedure and was applied to the catalytic oxidation of uric acid (UA) and ascorbic acid (AA), reducing the overpotentials by about 0.2 V and 0.3 V, respectively. Based on its strong catalytic function toward the oxidation of UA and AA, the modified electrode resolved the ...

In this work, we study electrochemical behavior of p-chloranil as a suitable mediator for voltammetric determination of dopamine (DA) using voltammetric method. Using the modified electrode, the kinetics of DA electrooxidation was considerably enhanced by lowering the anodic over potential through a catalytic fashion. The differential voltammetric peak currents of the electrode increased linear...

Determination of metal oxidation state under relevant working conditions is crucial to understand catalytic behaviour. The reduction behaviour of Pt and Re was evaluated simultaneously as a function of support and solvent in a pressurized reactor (autoclave). The bimetallic catalysts are used in selective hydrogenation of carboxylic acids and amides. Gas phase reduction reduced the metals more ...

Nanosilver was modified by aptamer (ssDNA) to obtain a resonance scattering (RS) probe (AgssDNA) for melamine (MA). Based on the catalytic effect of the probe on the Fehling particle reaction, a nanocatalytic RS assay is proposed for the determination of 0.02-1.06 μg L(-1) MA.

Squaric acid, a 2-dimensional planar structure of squarate C4O4 units linked by protons in a layered sheet, was utilized for the first time as a catalytic substrate for ultrasensitive electronic determination of low-abundance proteins by coupling a target-induced electrocatalytic reaction with the in situ cycling signal amplification strategy.

A simple and reliable electrochemical sensor based on cobalt oxide nanoparticles modified glassy carbon electrode (GCE/CoOxNPs) for determination of butylated hydroxyanisole is presented here. The nanoparticles were fabricated by electrodepositing method. The modified electrode shows excellent catalytic activity toward butylated hydroxyanisole oxidation in pH 12.0 phosphate buffer solution (PBS...

The 3' --> 5'-exonucleases process DNA ends in many DNA repair pathways of human cells. Determination of the human TREX2 structure is the first of a dimeric 3'-deoxyribonuclease and indicates how this highly efficient nonprocessive enzyme removes nucleotides at DNA 3' termini. Symmetry in the TREX2 dimer positions the active sites at opposite outer edges providing open access for the DNA. Adjac...

Sulphide was determined spectrophotometrically at 628 nm and pH 6.7 based on its catalytic reduction of toluidine blue in the presence of Se(IV) using a flow injection system. After optimization of the measuring conditions the calibration curve was found linear up to 25 mg/mL and the detection limit was 0.3 mg/mL (30 mL injections). The ...

We compared three current methods (immunoinhibition, "Isomune-CK" immunoprecipitation, and the Tandem-E CKMB II immunoenzymometric assay) for determination of creatine kinase (CK; EC 2.7.3.2) isoenzyme MB in serum. Although results inter-correlated well, the immunoinhibition assay gave higher activity values. Atypical CK forms did not interfere with the immunoprecipitation and immunoenzymometri...

The emphasis of this review is atomically monodisperse Aun nanoclusters catalysts (n = number of metal atom in cluster) that are ideally composed of an exact number of metal atoms. Aun which range in size from a dozen to a few hundred atoms are particularly promising for nanocatalysis due to their unique core-shell structure and non-metallic electronic properties. Aun nanoclusters catalysts hav...