Electrochemical artifacts originating from nanoparticle contamination by Ag/AgCl quasi-reference electrodes.

Yakushenko, Alexey; Mayer, Dirk; Buitenhuis, Johan; Offenhäusser, Andreas; Wolfrum, Bernhard · Lab Chip · 2014

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Electrochemical techniques rely on the stability of a defined reference potential. Due to the need for miniaturization, electrochemical lab-on-a-chip platforms often employ Ag/AgCl quasi-reference electrodes for this purpose. Here, we report on electrochemical artifacts resulting from nanoparticle-electrode collisions originating from standard chlorinated silver wires.

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