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Ion selective electrodes in environmental analysis

Radu Aleksandar (Keele University, Birchall Centre and Environment, Physical Sciences and Mathematics (EPSAM) Research Institute, Lennard-Jones Labs, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom)
Radu Tanja (Loughborough University, School of Civil and Building Engineering, Loughborough, United Kingdom)
Mcgraw Christina (Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia)
Dillingham Peter (University of New England, School of Science and Technology, Armidale, Australia)
Anastasova-Ivanova Salzitsa (Queen Mary University London, School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, London, United Kingdom)
Diamond Dermot (National Centre for Sensor Research, CLARITY Centre for Sensors Web Technologies, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland)

An overview is given dealing with application of ion-selective electrodes (ISEs) in environmental analysis. ISEs are placed into the context of the trend of development of sensors for extensive and frequent monitoring. Discussed are the issues such as sensing platforms and their mass-production, improvement of precision, diagnostic of sensor’s functionality, and development of reference electrodes and several examples of real-life application of ISEs in environmental analysis are given. The main emphasis of this article is directed towards summarizing recent of authors’ results during the past several years.

Keywords: potentiometric sensors, wireless sensing networks, reference electrode, sensor precision