Aquatic chemical sensors have experienced rapid development in recent years largely due
to advances in the fields of nanotechnology. Accurate in situ monitoring of nutrients is …

Environmental Sensor Networks (ESNs) facilitate the study of fundamental processes and
the development of hazard response systems. They have evolved from passive logging …

There is an unmet need for improved fertilizer management in agriculture. Continuous
monitoring of soil nitrate would address this need. This paper reports an all-solid-state …

Many research studies have been conducted on the use of conjugated polymers in the
construction of chemical sensors including potentiometric, conductometric and …

Plant-available nitrogen, often in the form of nitrate, is an essential nutrient for plant growth.
However, excessive nitrate in the environment and watershed has harmful impacts on …

Undoubtedly the applications of polymers are rapidly evolving. Technology is continually
changing and quickly advancing as polymers are needed to solve a variety of day-to-day …

The use of biological data to complement chemical analysis and the development of
biosensors and other biological approaches have grown steadily in recent years …

Traditional potentiometric NO 3−-selective electrodes suffer from a fundamental limitation of
the Nernst slope (59.1 mV/dec at 25° C) due to the relationship between the potential and …

Ionophore-incorporated PVC-membrane sensors are well-established analytical tools
routinely used for the selective and direct measurement of a wide variety of different ions in …

The inorganic nitrate (NO 3‾) anion is present under a variety of both natural and artificial
environmental conditions. Nitrate is ubiquitous within the environment, food, industrial and …