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Nanosized Materials in Amperometric Sensors

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The use of nanosized materials nowadays constitutes one of the most diffused approaches to modify electrode surface when aiming at obtaining efficient amperometric sensors; quite spontaneously, this trend has also involved the field of environmental monitoring. The chapter aims at discussing the properties of nanosized materials, the most widespread strategies for their deposition on the electrode surface as well as the main advantages and limitations of their use in electroanalysis. Metal and carbon nanostructures, and the relevant composite materials, are particularly discussed.

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  1. Department of Molecular Sciences and Nanosystems, University Ca' Foscari of Venice, Venice, Italy

    Ligia Maria Moretto

  2. Institute of Chemistry, Universitat Graz, Graz, Austria

    Kurt Kalcher

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Terzi, F., Zanardi, C. (2014). Nanosized Materials in Amperometric Sensors. In: Moretto, L., Kalcher, K. (eds) Environmental Analysis by Electrochemical Sensors and Biosensors. Nanostructure Science and Technology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0676-5_17

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