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Thesis (Ph. D.)--State University of New York at Binghamton, Dept. of Chemistry, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.E.E.)--University of Delaware, 2006. / Principal faculty advisor: Balaji Panchapakesan, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Includes bibliographical references.

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This thesis is concerned with the development and laboratory assessment of an electrochemical sensor for the detection and measurement of the volatile inhalation anaesthetic, forane. Investigations were therefore based on the heterogeneous and homogeneous reduction of this agent in non-aqueous electrolyte. Preliminary experiments at a mercury and other rotating disc electrodes (RDEs) revealed that the direct reduction of forane was not possible and therefore the use of an electron transfer mediator was examined. To this end, the radical anion of the polyaromatic compound, fluoranthene, (F), was investigated as a possible electro-reduction catalyst and the mediated reduction of the anaesthetic, via a catalytic process, demonstrated. Theory was presented for the calculation of chronoamperometric and steady state responses at the RDE resulting from one electron transfer and coupled (catalytic) homogeneous kinetic processes. The latter enabled a precise mechanism to be assigned to the F + forane process, while a comparison of the former theory with experimental chronoamperometric results was used, in conjunction with AC impedance studies, to investigate the adsorption of F at the mercury/acetonitrile interface. A polymer modified electrode, based on the polymer poly-(11-vinylfluoranthene) was demonstrated to be effective in the heterogeneous reduction of forane but displayed only a limited lifetime. Therefore, a Clark-type membrane electrode was constructed and the detection and measurement of forane, in the absence of oxygen, demonstrated using this device. However, the sluggish response of this sensor, together with interference problems from oxygen encouraged the development of a device which utilised a channel electrode (ChE) sensing approach. Theory was presented for the deduction of steady state currents at the ChE resulting from coupled catalytic kinetics and this was used to demonstrate that the same mechanism for the F + forane system operated at the ChE as the RDE. The conventional ChE was then modified by the incorporation of a membrane and this sensor, which was shown to operate successfully in the presence of high concentrations of oxygen and nitrous oxide, responded linearly to forane, while displaying an excellent response time of under ten seconds. The device should find application in clinical monitoring.

Thesis (M.S.)--Oregon State University, 2010. / Printout. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 95-97). Also available on the World Wide Web.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Michigan State University. Dept. of Electrical Engineering, 2008. / Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on July 2, 2009) Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-155). Also issued in print.

Redox films are a broad class of electrochemically active films with many potential uses. In the present work, Prussian Blue and carbon coated electrodes have been investigated as possible electrochemical sensors for ascorbic acid and pH, respectively. The potential of Prussian Blue as an optical sensor has also been investigated. In the case of Prussian Blue, it has been discovered that up to 100 monolayers can be systematically deposited on gold electrodes by a new technique that we have called "directed assembly". This provides control of layer thickness with nanometer precision. In the case of carbon coated electrodes, we have developed a mechanical coating technique for quartz crystals, which allows them to be used in electrochemical cells, simultaneously as working electrodes and as mass sensors in a quartz crystal microbalance. This opens up the possibility of developing a variety of new sensor technologies, including pH-sensitive microelectrodes.

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