Search results for "pH sensor"

Sensors for the monitoring of analytes in the sweat

In the last decade, can be found an exceptional growth in research activity relating to the development of wearable devices, capable of continuously monitoring the health conditions of the wearer by analyzing body fluids such as blood, urine, saliva, tears and sweat. Among the body fluids available, sweat is a biofluid of particular interest, as it allows a non-invasive, continuous and comfortable collection. Human sweat contains useful information on the health of an individual and therefore is an excellent biofluid for the detection of specific analytes. The most abundant ions in the sweat are Na+ and Cl- (10 - 100 mM), and their monitoring is useful in patients with cystic fibrosis. Othe…

PANI-Based Wearable Electrochemical Sensor for pH Sweat Monitoring

2021

Nowadays, we are assisting in the exceptional growth in research relating to the development of wearable devices for sweat analysis. Sweat is a biofluid that contains useful health information and allows a non-invasive, continuous and comfortable collection. For this reason, it is an excellent biofluid for the detection of different analytes. In this work, electrochemical sensors based on polyaniline thin films deposited on the flexible substrate polyethylene terephthalate coated with indium tin oxide were studied. Polyaniline thin films were abstained by the potentiostatic deposition technique, applying a potential of +2 V vs. SCE for 90 s. To improve the sensor performance, the electronic…

FRET fluorescento proteīnu balstītu pH sensoru izveide

2018

Iekššūnas vides pH ir būtisks parametrs, kas raksturo šūnā notiekošos procesus, kā arī šūnas vitalitāti. Fluorescento proteīnu pielietošana pH noteikšanai ir daudzsološa metode. Pieejami atšķirīgas pH jutības fluorescentie proteīni, tie neuzrāda augstu toksicitāti un invazivitāti, padarot tos piemērotus dzīvu šūnu pētījumiem. Maģistra darba mērķis bija izveidot fluorescento proteīnu saturošus konstruktus ar atšķirīgu pH jutības slieksni, izmantojot Aquamarine, ECFP, EYFP un Citrine fluorescentos proteīnus, kas darbosies kā pH sensoru sistēma dzīvās šūnās, izmantojot FRET metodi. Trīs konstrukciju izveide (pAqua-HL3-Citrine, pAqua-HL3-EYFP, pECFP-HL3-EYFP) veikta ar dažādām metodiskajām piee…

Preparation of pH sensitive poly(vinilydenefluoride) porous membranes by grafting of acrylic acid assisted by supercritical carbon dioxide

2012

Free radical grafting of acrylic acid (AA) on poly(vinilydenefluoride) (PVDF) porous membranes was studied at 65°C using supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO 2) as a solvent and delivery agent. The process was initiated by the thermal decomposition of benzoylperoxide (BPO). Spectroscopic analyses confirmed the presence of poly(AA) chains linked to treated membranes. The mass fraction of grafted AA increased with grafting time and BPO concentration while it decreased when the density of the fluid phase was enhanced. A not-monotonic trend was obtained when the effect of the initial AA concentration was studied. The grafting process was accompanied by a reduction of the crystallinity of the PVDF…