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Talanta. 2003 Jul 27;60(5):1071-8. doi: 10.1016/S0039-9140(03)00192-9.

Membrane electrodes sensitive to doubly charged surfactants. Application to a cationic gemini surfactant.

Talanta

Juliette Sirieix-Plénet, Mireille Turmine, Pierre Letellier

Affiliations

  1. Laboratoire d'Electrochimie et Chimie Analytique (UMR 7575), Energétique et Réactivité aux Interfaces, UPMC, case 39, 4 place Jussieu, Paris Cedex 05, France.

PMID: 18969132 DOI: 10.1016/S0039-9140(03)00192-9

Abstract

The response of a membrane electrode is not always identical to that of a redox electrode. Indeed, in the case of membrane electrode the response is not due to a redox equilibrium but to a cross-membrane potential. So, the membrane electrode's response depends mainly on the carrier system and the nature of the membrane. The properties of the membrane can favour several reactions giving rise to different ionic species diffusing in the membrane. The expression of the cross-membrane potential thus depends on the number and quantities of these ionic species. To illustrate this, we established the equations for the case of a two-charge cation detected by a univalent charged carrier. We show that the Nernstian response is not applicable to membrane electrodes. This approach allowed us to interpret results obtained with a cationic gemini surfactant-selective electrode prepared in the laboratory. To prove the well working of this electrode, we determined the critical micelle concentration in water and several NaBr solutions (0.004, 0.006, 0.01 and 0.02 M) from which the counterion binding has been determined.

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