International Journal of Electrochemistry
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 276896, 8 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/276896
Research Article
Potentiometric Response Characteristics of Membrane-Based Cs + -Selective Electrodes Containing Ionophore-Functionalized Polymeric Microspheres
1Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
2Radiochemical Analysis Group, Chemical & Physical Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99354, USA
Received 22 October 2010; Accepted 6 December 2010
Academic Editor: Miloslav Pravda
Copyright © 2011 Shane Peper and Chad Gonczy. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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