A highly selective nitric oxide（NO） sensor is fabricated and applied to devise an enhanced flow injection analysis（FIA） system for S-nitrosothiols（RSNOs） measurement in biological samples.The NO sensor is prepared using a polytetrafluoroethylene（PTFE） gas-permeable membrane loaded with Teflon AF？ solution,a copolymer of tetrafluoroethylene and 2,2-bis（trifluoroethylene）-4,5-difluoro -l,3-dioxole,to improve selectivity.This method is much simpler and possesses good performance over a wide range of RSNOs concentrations.Standard deviation for three parallel measurements of blood plasma is 4.0%.The use of the gas sensing configuration as the detector enhances selectivity of the FIA measurement vs.using less selective electrochemical detectors that do not use PTFE/Teflon type outer membranes.
Electrochemical cyclic voltammetric（CV） scan was applied to inducing the partial oxidation and defects of carbon nanotubes（CNTs）.The electrochemically induced functional groups and physical defects were demonstrated to show positive effects on the nanotube capacitance,as exemplified by super-long CNT arrays as model for the easy fabrication of CNT electrodes.Specifically,the initial hydrophobic nanotube surface becomes hydrophilic and a ten-time enhancement in capacitance is observed with respect to the pristine CNT sample.Thus,the electrochemical CV pretreatment can be used as an effective approach to activate the CNT surface for an enhanced electrochemical performance in capacitors,and many other advanced devices beyond capacitors,such as electrochemical sensors and batteries.
HU YueZHAO YangLI YanXIE Xue-junLI HuiDAI Li-mingQU Liang-ti
