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Karapa A, Kokkinos C, Fielden PR, Baldock SJ, Goddard NJ, Economou A, Prodromidis MI. Eco-friendly voltammetric platform for trace metal determination using a conductive polymer sensor modified with bismuth nanoparticles generated by spark discharge. Mikrochim Acta 2023; 190:376. [PMID: 37659010 PMCID: PMC10474985 DOI: 10.1007/s00604-023-05929-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2023] [Accepted: 07/22/2023] [Indexed: 09/05/2023]
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The fabrication of a low-cost eco-friendly sensor platform for the voltammetric determination of trace metals by electrochemical stripping analysis is reported. Plastic conductive electrodes were manufactured via injection moulding from polysterene reinforced with carbon fibres. The platform comprises a carbon counter electrode, a working electrode modified with bismuth nanoparticles generated by spark discharge and a reference electrode coated with AgCl. The sensor fabrication and modification procedures are simple, cost-effective and fast while the materials used are environment-friendly. The utility of the voltammetric platform is demonstrated for stripping analysis of Cd(II) and Pb(II); the limits of detection are 0.7 μg L-1 and 0.6 μg L-1, respectively (with a deposition time of 240 s) which are comparable to conventional Bi-modified sensors and are sufficient to determine the target metals in water and food samples. The scope of the analytical platform for multi-element assays and for the determination of other trace metals is discussed with representative examples. Therefore, this sustainable and economical platform holds great potential for electrochemical sensing of trace metals.
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- Alexandra Karapa
- Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 157 71, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 157 71, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Chemistry, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YB, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YB, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 157 71, Athens, Greece.
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Papavasileiou AV, Hoder T, Medek T, Prodromidis MI, Hrbac J. Sensitive riboflavin sensing using silver nanoparticles deposited onto screen-printed electrodes via controlled-energy spark discharges. Talanta 2023; 258:124409. [PMID: 36871518 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2023.124409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2022] [Revised: 02/27/2023] [Accepted: 03/01/2023] [Indexed: 03/05/2023]
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In this work, we elaborated the graphite screen-printed electrodes (SPEs) modification with metal nanoparticles formed as a result of spark discharges produced between a metal wire electrode and SPE that are connected to an Arduino board-based DC high voltage power supply. This sparking device allows, on the one hand, the toposelective formation of NPs of controlled dimensions through a direct and liquid-free approach, and on the other hand, controls the number and energy of the discharges delivered to the electrode surface during a single spark event. This way, the potential damage to the SPE surface by the action of heat evolved during the sparking process is considerably minimized compared with the standard setup in which each spark event consists of multiple electrical discharges. Data demonstrated that the sensing properties of the resulting electrodes are significantly improved compared with those achieved when conventional spark generators are employed, as demonstrated for silver-sparked SPEs that exhibit enhanced sensitivity to riboflavin. Sparked AgNp-SPEs were characterized using scanning electron microscopy and voltammetric measurements in alkaline conditions. The analytical performance of sparked AgNP-SPEs was evaluated by various electrochemical techniques. Under optimum conditions, the detection range for DPV was from 1.9 (LOQ) to 100 nM riboflavin (R2 = 0.997), while a limit of detection (LOD, S/N 3) of 0.56 nM was achieved. The analytical utility is demonstrated for the determination of riboflavin in the real matrices of B-complex pharmaceutical preparation and an energy drink.
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- Anastasios V Papavasileiou
- Department of Chemistry, University of Ioannina, Ioannina 451 10, Greece; Institute of Chemistry, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Physical Electronics, Masaryk University, Kotlarska 2, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Physical Electronics, Masaryk University, Kotlarska 2, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Chemistry, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic.
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Papavasileiou AV, Trachioti MG, Hrbac J, Prodromidis MI. Simultaneous determination of guanine and adenine in human saliva with graphite sparked screen-printed electrodes. Talanta 2021; 239:123119. [PMID: 34864536 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2021.123119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2021] [Revised: 11/24/2021] [Accepted: 11/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Saliva represents one of the most useful biological samples for non-invasive testing of health status and diseases prognosis and therefore, the development of advanced sensors enabling the determination of biomarkers in unspiked human whole saliva is of immense importance. Herein, we report on the development of a screen-printed graphite sensor modified with carbon nanomaterials generated by spark discharge for the determination of guanine and adenine in unspiked human whole saliva. The designed sensor was developed with a "green", extremely simple, fast (16 s), fully automated "linear mode" sparking process implemented with a 2D positioning device. Carbon nanomaterial-modified surfaces exhibit outstanding electrocatalytic properties enabling the determination of guanine and adenine over the concentration range 5 - 1000 nM and 25 - 1000 nM, while achieving limits of detection (S/N 3) as low as 2 nM and 8 nM, respectively. The sensor was successfully applied to the determination of purine bases in unspiked human whole saliva following a simple assay protocol based on ultrafiltration that effectively alleviates biofouling issues. Recovery was 96-108%.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, 45110, Greece
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- Department of Chemistry, Masaryk University, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, 45110, Greece; Institute of Materials Science and Computing, University Research Center of Ioannina (URCI), Ioannina, Greece.
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Gautam M, Kim JO, Yong CS. Fabrication of aerosol-based nanoparticles and their applications in biomedical fields. J Pharm Investig 2021; 51:361-375. [PMID: 33996174 PMCID: PMC8113021 DOI: 10.1007/s40005-021-00523-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2021] [Accepted: 03/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Traditionally, nanoparticles for biomedical applications have been produced via the classical wet chemistry method, with size control remaining a major problem in drug delivery. In recent years, advances in aerosol-based technologies have led to the development of methods that enable the production of nanosized particles and have opened up new opportunities in the field of nano-drug delivery and biomedicine. Aerosol-based technologies have been constantly used to synthesize multifunctional nanoparticles with different properties, which extends their possible biological and medicinal applications. Moreover, aerosol technologies are often more beneficial than other existing approaches because of the major disadvantages of these other techniques. AREA COVERED This review provides a brief discussion of the existing aerosol-based nanotechnologies and applications of nanoparticles in a variety of diseases. Various types of nanoparticles, such as graphene oxide, Prussian blue, black phosphorous, gold, copper, silver, tellurium, iron oxide, titania, magnesium oxide, and zinc oxide nanoparticles, prepared using aerosol technologies are discussed in this review. The different tactics used for surface modifications are also outlined. The biomedical applications of nanoparticles in chemotherapy, bacterial/fungal/viral treatment, disease diagnosis, and biological assays are also presented in this review. EXPERT OPINION Aerosol-based technologies can be used to design nanoparticles with the desired functionality. This significantly benefits the nanomedicine field, particularly as product parameters are becoming more encompassing and exacting. One of the biggest issues with conventional methods is their scale-up/scale-down and clinical translation. Aerosol-based nanoparticle synthesis helps enhance control over the product properties and facilitate their use for clinical applications.
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- Milan Gautam
- College of Pharmacy, Yeungnam University, 214-1 Dae-Dong, Gyeongsan, 712-749 Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Yeungnam University, 214-1 Dae-Dong, Gyeongsan, 712-749 Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Yeungnam University, 214-1 Dae-Dong, Gyeongsan, 712-749 Republic of Korea
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Ng SW, Lu P, Rulikowska A, Boehm D, O'Neill G, Bourke P. The effect of atmospheric cold plasma treatment on the antigenic properties of bovine milk casein and whey proteins. Food Chem 2020; 342:128283. [PMID: 33067041 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.128283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2020] [Revised: 09/29/2020] [Accepted: 09/29/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Casein, β-lactoglobulin and α-lactalbumin are major milk protein allergens. In the present study, the structural modifications and antigenic response of these bovine milk allergens as induced by non-thermal treatment by atmospheric cold plasma were investigated. Spark discharge (SD) and glow discharge (GD), as previously characterized cold plasma systems, were used for protein treatments. Casein, β-lactoglobulin and α-lactalbumin were analyzed before and after plasma treatment using SDS-PAGE, FTIR, UPLC-MS/MS and ELISA. SDS-PAGE results revealed a reduction in the casein and α-lactalbumin intensity bands after SD or GD treatments; however, the β-lactoglobulin intensity band remained unchanged. FTIR studies revealed alterations in protein secondary structure induced by plasma, particularly contents of β-sheet and β-turn. The UPLC-MS/MS results showed that the amino acid compositions decreased after plasma treatments. ELISA of casein and α-lactalbumin showed a decrease in antigenicity post plasma treatment, whereas ELISA of β-lactoglobulin showed an increase in antigenicity. The study indicates that atmospheric cold plasma can be tailored to mitigate the risk of bovine milk allergens in the dairy processing and ingredients sectors.
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- Sing Wei Ng
- Plasma Research Group, School of Biosystems and Food Engineering, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland; Environmental Sustainability and Health Institute, Technological University Dublin, Dublin 7, Ireland
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- Plasma Research Group, School of Biosystems and Food Engineering, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Environmental Sustainability and Health Institute, Technological University Dublin, Dublin 7, Ireland
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- Environmental Sustainability and Health Institute, Technological University Dublin, Dublin 7, Ireland
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- Environmental Sustainability and Health Institute, Technological University Dublin, Dublin 7, Ireland
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- Plasma Research Group, School of Biosystems and Food Engineering, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland; Environmental Sustainability and Health Institute, Technological University Dublin, Dublin 7, Ireland; Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, Queens University Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
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Illera A, Chaple S, Sanz M, Ng S, Lu P, Jones J, Carey E, Bourke P. Effect of cold plasma on polyphenol oxidase inactivation in cloudy apple juice and on the quality parameters of the juice during storage. Food Chem X 2019; 3:100049. [PMID: 31517296 PMCID: PMC6731333 DOI: 10.1016/j.fochx.2019.100049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2019] [Revised: 07/24/2019] [Accepted: 07/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Direct cold plasma treatment has been investigated as an alternative non-thermal technology as a means of maintaining and improving quality of fresh cloudy apple juice. Process variables studied included type of plasma discharge, input voltage and treatment time on polyphenol oxidase (PPO) inactivation. Spark discharge plasma at 10.5 kV for 5 min was the best treatment, with near total inactivation of PPO achieved, although good PPO inactivation was also recorded using shorter treatment times. Residual activity (RA) of PPO was 16 and 27.6% after 5 and 4 min of treatment respectively. This PPO inactivation was maintained throughout the storage trials, but decreased with samples treated for a shorter time. Plasma treatment improved key quality parameters of Golden delicious cloudy apple juice, with retention of critical quality parameters during extended storage trials. Color was the most noticeable change, which was enhanced with retention of a greener color. An increase of 69 and 64% was obtained in the total phenolic content after 4 and 5 min of treatment, respectively. Therefore, cold plasma was demonstrated to be a good alternative to traditional heat treatments for enhanced quality retention of fresh cloudy apple juice and over its storage.
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- A.E. Illera
- Department of Biotechnology and Food Science (Chemical Engineering Section), University of Burgos, 09001 Burgos, Spain
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- School of Food Science and Environmental Health, Technological University Dublin, Dublin 1, Ireland
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- Department of Biotechnology and Food Science (Chemical Engineering Section), University of Burgos, 09001 Burgos, Spain
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- School of Food Science and Environmental Health, Technological University Dublin, Dublin 1, Ireland
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- School of Food Science and Environmental Health, Technological University Dublin, Dublin 1, Ireland
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- School of Science and Computing, Technological University Dublin, Dublin 24, Ireland
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- School of Science and Computing, Technological University Dublin, Dublin 24, Ireland
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- School of Food Science and Environmental Health, Technological University Dublin, Dublin 1, Ireland
- School of Biological Sciences, Institute for Global Food Security, Queens University Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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Dubinov AE, Kozhayeva JP, Lyubimtseva VA, Selemir VD. Hydrodynamic and physicochemical phenomena in liquid droplets under the action of nanosecond spark discharges: A review. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2019; 271:101986. [PMID: 31325652 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2019.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2019] [Revised: 07/02/2019] [Accepted: 07/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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This review presents experimental studies of phenomena occurring in droplets of various liquids under the effect of nanosecond spark discharges. Inorganic liquids and liquids of biological origin are considered here. Attention is payed to hydrodynamic and physico-chemical phenomena in droplets, including a movement of sessile droplets on a substrate under the effect of the discharges, internal flows in droplets (excited by the discharges), plasma capillary phenomena, features of the droplets drying under the effect of the discharges, traces (patterns) left by the droplets, exposed to the discharges, on the substrates etc.
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Fang Y, Hariu D, Yamamoto T, Komarov S. Acoustic cavitation assisted plasma for wastewater treatment: Degradation of Rhodamine B in aqueous solution. Ultrason Sonochem 2019; 52:318-325. [PMID: 30559079 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2018.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2018] [Revised: 11/16/2018] [Accepted: 12/03/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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A novel wastewater treatment process, acoustic cavitation assisted plasma (ACAP) is proposed in this study aiming at expanding the treatable range of water pollutants due to a synergetic effect of ultrasound irradiation and high voltage plasma discharge. In this process, the role of acoustic cavitation is not only to provide generation of chemically active OH radicals, as for example in conventional ultrasonic wastewater treatment techniques, but also to ensure conditions for stable plasma generation in wastewater and, thus, to extend the treatable range of water pollutants. Rhodamine B (RhB) was used as a model pollutant in experiments examining effects of ultrasound amplitude, RhB initial concentration, output voltage, solution pH and electrical conductivity on the RhB degradation efficiency. The results revealed that the ultrasound-assisted plasma generation requires lower output voltages and allows to increase the acceptable range of electrical conductivity of treatable solutions up to 1000 μS/cm, that is about 24 times higher than in the case of conventional plasma discharge treatment. The alkaline and acid medium were found to be favorable for higher degradation efficiency. Additional measurements and results of recent investigations concerning underwater plasma showed that microbubbles presented in cavitation zone could serve as "bridges" making the pulse discharge propagation between the electrodes easier than in the conventional case. Besides, acoustic cavitation assists a faster transition of plasma discharge from ineffective streamer type to more effective spark type that further contributes to the improvement of the treatment performance.
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- Yu Fang
- Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, 6-6-02 Aza Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-Ku, Sendai 980-8579, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, 6-6-02 Aza Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-Ku, Sendai 980-8579, Japan
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- Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, 6-6-02 Aza Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-Ku, Sendai 980-8579, Japan
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- Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, 6-6-02 Aza Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-Ku, Sendai 980-8579, Japan
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Bartosova Z, Riman D, Halouzka V, Vostalova J, Simanek V, Hrbac J, Jirovsky D. A comparison of electrochemically pre-treated and spark-platinized carbon fiber microelectrode. Measurement of 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2'-deoxyguanosine in human urine and plasma. Anal Chim Acta 2016; 935:82-9. [PMID: 27543016 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2016.06.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2016] [Revised: 06/24/2016] [Accepted: 06/27/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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A novel method of carbon fiber microelectrode activation using spark discharge was demonstrated and compared to conventional electrochemical pretreatment by potential cycling. The spark discharge was performed at 800 V between the microelectrode connected to positive pole of the power supply and platinum counter electrode. Spark discharge led both to trimming of the fiber tip into conical shape and to the modification of carbon fiber microelectrode with platinum, as proven by scanning electron microscopy and electron dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. After the characterization of electrochemical properties using ferricyanide voltammetry, the activated electrodes were used for electrochemical analysis of 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2'-deoxyguanosine, an oxidative stress marker. Subnanomolar detection limits (0.55 nmol L(-1)) in high-performance liquid chromatography were achieved for spark platinized electrodes incorporated into the flow detection cell.
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- Z Bartosova
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Palacky University, Faculty of Science, 17.listopadu 12, CZ-771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Palacky University, Faculty of Science, 17.listopadu 12, CZ-771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Palacky University, Faculty of Science, 17.listopadu 12, CZ-771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic; Department of Physics and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Technology, Tomas Bata University in Zlin, nam. T.G. Masaryka 275, CZ-76001 Zlin, Czech Republic
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- Department of Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University, Hnevotinska 3, CZ-775 15 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University, Hnevotinska 3, CZ-775 15 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, CZ-625 00 Brno, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Palacky University, Faculty of Science, 17.listopadu 12, CZ-771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic.
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