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New Ion Selective Liquid Membrane Microelectrodes

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Ion-Selective Microelectrodes and Their Use in Excitable Tissues

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Certain natural (Stefanac and Simon, 1967) and synthetic (Morf et al., 1979) lipophilic ligands for cations(ion carriers, ionophores) made a wide range of microelectrodes with different selectivities available. Especially the development of electrically neutral ionophores led to clear improvements in selectivities and detection limits. Here we report on the present possibilities in the use of ion-selective liquid membrane microelectrodes.

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    D. Ammann, F. Lanter, R. Steiner, D. Erne & W. Simon

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Ammann, D., Lanter, F., Steiner, R., Erne, D., Simon, W. (1981). New Ion Selective Liquid Membrane Microelectrodes. In: Syková, E., Hník, P., Vyklický, L. (eds) Ion-Selective Microelectrodes and Their Use in Excitable Tissues. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9224-2_2

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