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Electrochemical Sensors Based on Nanostructured Materials

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Nanostructured materials became in the past years the materials of choice for the design of new electrochemical sensors. Enhanced electrocatalytic properties obtained due to the increase of active surface and the electrocatalytic activity of the nanostructured material were recorded for the amperometric sensors. Stochastic sensors based on channel conductivity improved the quality and reliability of measurements especially when used in biomedical analysis. Design of sensors based on graphene, carbon nanotube, and carbon nanopowder will be discussed. Surface analysis is essential in the evaluation of the active area of the sensors. The most important applications of the sensors based on nanostructured materials will be shown.

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The authors want to thank UEFISCDI, PN-II-CT-ERC-2012-1, contract number 3ERC/02.07.2012, for the financial support.

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  1. Laboratory of Electrochemistry and PATLAB Bucharest, National Institute of Research for Electrochemistry and Condensed Matter, Bucharest, Romania

    Iuliana Moldoveanu, Raluca-Ioana Stefan-van Staden & Jacobus Frederick van Staden

  2. Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

    Iuliana Moldoveanu & Raluca-Ioana Stefan-van Staden

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Moldoveanu, I., Staden, RI.Sv., van Staden, J.F. (2016). Electrochemical Sensors Based on Nanostructured Materials. In: Aliofkhazraei, M., Makhlouf, A. (eds) Handbook of Nanoelectrochemistry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15266-0_47

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