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International Journal of Electrochemistry
Volume 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

Shane Peper1,2 and Chad Gonczy1

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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