Carbon nanotube microwell array for sensitive electrochemiluminescent detection of cancer biomarker proteins.

This paper describes fabrication of a novel electrochemiluminescence (ECL) immunosensor array featuring capture-antibody-decorated single-wall carbon nanotube (SWCNT) forests residing in the bottoms of 10-μL wells with hydrophobic polymer walls. Silica nanoparticles containing [Ru(bpy)(3)](2+) and secondary antibodies (RuBPY-silica-Ab(2)) are employed in this system for highly sensitive two-analyte detection. Antibodies to prostate specific antigen (PSA) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) were attached to the same RuBPY-silica-Ab(2) particle.

Double layer effects on metal nucleation in deep eutectic solvents.

The electrodeposition of zinc has been studied in two deep eutectic solvents. Unlike the metals studied to date in these liquids, zinc electrodeposition is not mass transport limited and the morphology of the deposit differs in the two liquids. This study shows that changing the concentration of solute affects the physical properties of the liquid to different extents although this is found to not effect the morphology of the metal deposited.

Time resolved in situ liquid atomic force microscopy and simultaneous acoustic impedance electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance measurements: a study of Zn deposition.

We have studied the deposition of Zn metal onto a polished gold-coated quartz crystal with in situ tapping-mode atomic force microscopy (AFM), while simultaneously recording chronoamperometric and acoustic impedance quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) measurements. We are able to demonstrate good correlation between the three techniques. Modeling of the chronoamperometric data recorded for the initial nucleation process of the same experiment suggests that nucleation initially occurred via a progressive mechanism.

Eutectic-based ionic liquids with metal-containing anions and cations.

Eutectic mixtures of zinc chloride and donor molecules such as urea and acetamide are described and it is proposed that these constitute a new class of ionic liquids. FAB-MS analysis shows that the liquids are made up of metal-containing anions and cations in which the donor is coordinated to the cation. Data on the viscosity, conductivity, density, phase behaviour and surface tension are presented and these are shown to be significantly different to other related ionic liquids that incorporate quaternary ammonium salts.