Evidence of a water layer in solid-contact polymeric ion sensors.
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SUBMITTER: De Marco R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2883726 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jan
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Evidence of a water layer in solid-contact polymeric ion sensors.
De Marco Roland R Veder Jean-Pierre JP Clarke Graeme G Nelson Andrew A Prince Kathryn K Pretsch Ernö E Bakker Eric E
Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP 20071019 1
This paper presents the very first direct structural evidence for the formation of a 100 +/- 10 A water layer in coated-wire polymeric-membrane ion-selective electrodes (ISEs). ...[more]
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