Author:Somerset, VSDate:May 2010Organophosphate and carbamate pesticides are powerful neurotoxins that impede the activity of cholinesterase enzyme leading to severe health effects. This study firstly reports the development, characterisation, and application of thick-film ...Read more
Author:Van der Horst, C; Silwana, B; Iwuoha, E; Somerset, VDate:Aug 2012Stripping voltammetry as technique has proved to be very useful in the analysis of heavy and other metal ions due to its excellent detection limits and its sensitivity in the presence of different metal species or interfering ions. Recent ...Read more
Author:Agboola, BO; Ozoemena, KI; Nyokong, T; Fukuda, T; Kobayashi, NDate:Mar 2010The integration of phenylamine-functionalised SWCNTs (SWCNT-phenylamine) with a novel cobalt (II) octa[(3,5-biscarboxylate)-phenoxy] phthalocyanine (CoOBPPc) complex has been described. The physical and electrochemical properties of the ...Read more
Author:Adekunle, AS; Ozoemena, KIDate:Dec 2010The electron transfer and electrocatalytic proiperties of iron oxide nanoparticle (g-Fe2O3) catalysts supported on MWCNTs are described. The MWCNT-Fe2O3 and its electrodes were successfully characterised with FESEM, HRTEM, XRD, EDX, cyclic ...Read more