A sensor element includes: a main pump cell constituted by an inner pump electrode facing a first inner space into which a measurement gas is introduced, an external pump electrode provided on an element surface, and a solid electrolyte located therebetween; and a measurement pump cell constituted by the measurement electrode facing a second inner space which is communicated with the first inner space and functioning as a reduction catalyst for NOx, and a solid electrolyte located therebetween. The inner pump electrode has a planar shape in which two parts of a front end part relatively having a large area and a rear end part relatively having a small area are sequentially connected in this order from an upstream side in a longitudinal direction of the sensor element while satisfying requirements of a predetermined size and area.

ISEs comprising a substrate layer; a carbon nanotube layer disposed on the substrate layer; a conductive metal layer on a portion of the carbon nanotube layer; a conductive polymer disposed on the portion; and an ion-selective membrane disposed on the conductive polymer and methods of making them are provided. A system is also provided for detecting a plurality of analyte ions in a sample comprising a housing; a plurality of ISEs associated with the housing, each electrode comprising an ion-selective membrane to a different analyte ion; a reference electrode associated with the housing; a fluid sample receptacle associated with the housing and in fluid communication with the plurality of ion-selective electrodes and reference electrode.

The present invention relates to an electrochemical sensor for determining the presence or quantity (eg concentration) of an oxidant of interest in an aqueous solution.

A mixed-potential type gas sensor includes: a first sensing electrode containing a PtAu alloy and a second sensing electrode containing Pt, both sensing electrodes being provided on the surface of a sensor element made of an oxygen-ion conductive solid electrolyte; a reference electrode provided inside the sensor element to be made contact with air; a first protective layer group covering the first sensing electrode; a second protective layer group covering the second sensing electrode; and concentration identification element configured to identify the concentration of a sensing target gas component based on potential differences between both of the first sensing electrode and the second sensing electrode and the reference electrode. The response times of the first and second sensing electrodes are both equal to or shorter than 10 seconds, and the response time difference therebetween is 2 seconds or shorter.

The present invention relates to planar electrochemical sensors with membrane coatings used to perform chemical analyses. The object of this invention is to provide unit-use disposable sensors of very simple and inexpensive construction, preferably with only a single membrane coating on an electrode. The invented devices are potentiometric salt-bridge reference electrodes and dissolved gas sensors constructed with a heterogeneous membrane coating of a conductor. The heterogeneous membrane, which is an intimate admixture of a hydrophobic and a hydrophilic compartment, concurrently supports constrained transport of non-volatile species through its hydrophilic compartment and rapid gas and water vapor transport through its hydrophobic compartment.

ABA type block copolymers as a new class of temperature sensing polymers with tunable, high temperature coefficient of resistance (TCR). A sensor includes a heater, a thermal insulator between two thermometer layers, the heater generating a thermal gradient within the thermal insulator. The thermometers give an indirect measurement of fluid flow around the sensor, based on their temperature readings. The thermometers are flexible layers including ABA block polymers.

The presence of oxygen or red blood cells in a sample applied to an electrochemical test strip that makes use of a reduced mediator is corrected for by an additive correction factor that is determined as a function of the temperature of the sample and a measurement that reflects the oxygen carrying capacity of the sample. The measured oxygen carrying capacity can also be used to determine hematocrit and to distinguish between blood samples and control solutions applied to a test strip.

Apparatus and associated fabrication methods related to a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) based electrochemical sensor include an electrolyte contacting two or more electrode(s) arranged on a substrate, and a high surface area electrode disposed on top of at least a sensing electrode of the sensor. Various embodiments of the high surface area electrode may increase a current or potential produced by the MEMS-based electrochemical sensor in response to one or more targeted chemical species or gases, and allow fabrication and operation of smaller electrochemical sensors. The electrodes may be electrically coupled to control and measurement circuitry. In some examples, the control and measurement circuitry may be formed on the same substrate.

Long-term electrocardiographic and physiological monitoring over a period lasting up to several years in duration can be provided through a continuously-recording insertable cardiac monitor. The sensing circuitry and the physical layout of the electrodes are specifically optimized to capture electrical signals from the propagation of low amplitude, relatively low frequency content cardiac action potentials, particularly the P-waves that are generated during atrial activation and storing samples of captured signals. In general, the ICM is intended to be implanted centrally and positioned axially and either over the sternum or slightly to either the left or right of the sternal midline in the parasternal region of the chest.

Methods, electrodes, and electrochemical devices using surface-modified pseudo-graphite are disclosed. In one illustrative embodiment, a method may include depositing a pseudo-graphite material onto a surface of an electrode substrate to produce a pseudo-graphite material surface. The method may also include modifying the pseudo-graphite material surface to alter electrochemical characteristics of the electrode.