Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, 2006
A simple, but important three-atom model was proposed at the solid/liquid interface, leading to a... more A simple, but important three-atom model was proposed at the solid/liquid interface, leading to a new criterion number, λ, governing the boundary conditions (BCs) in nanoscale. The solid wall is considered as the face-centered-cubic (fcc) structure. The fluid is the liquid argon with the well-known LJ potential. Based on the concept, the two micro-systems have the same BCs if they have the same criterion number. The degree of the locking BCs is enhanced when λ equals to 0.757. Such critical criterion number results in the substantial epitaxial ordering and one, two, or even three liquid layers are locked by the solid wall, depending on the coupling energy scale ratio of the solid and liquid atoms. With deviation from the critical criterion number, the flow approaches the slip BCs and there are little ordering structures within the liquid. Always at the same criterion number, the degree of the slip is decreased or the locking is enhanced with increasing the coupling energy scale ratio of the solid and liquid atoms. The above analysis is well confirmed by the molecular dynamics (MD) simulation. The slip length is well correlated in terms of the new criterion number. The future work is suggested to extend the present theory for other microstructures of the solid wall atoms and quasi-LJ potentials. The authors thank the National Natural Science Foundation of China with the contract number of 10272102 for the financial support.
It is widely thought in electro-biochemical analysis that the sensing interfaces play a key role ... more It is widely thought in electro-biochemical analysis that the sensing interfaces play a key role in the enzymeless detection of biomolecules like glucose, ascorbic acid, dopamine and uric acid. On the way to maximize the anti-poisoning sensitivity of nonenzymatic electrochemical glucose sensors as well as achieve favorable selectivity, we propose here a porous interface fabricated by a facile but effective approach for glucose monitoring in alkaline media containing dissolved oxygen. The sensing interface based on porous Cu foams is directly formed on a homemade disposable screen-printed carbon electrode (SPCE) substrate by electrodeposition assisted with hydrogen evolution simultaneously, and its porosity can be easily tailored through adjusting deposition conditions for the optimal electrocatalytic oxidation of glucose molecules. SEM and BET studies show that the generated Cu foam possesses robust hierarchical porous architectures with greatly enhanced surface area and pore volume, beneficial for the unimpeded mobility of glucose and reaction products. Cyclic voltammetric tests indicate that a diffusion-controlled glucose electro-oxidation reaction occurs at the Cu foam electrode at around +0.35 V vs. Ag/AgCl in 0.1 M NaOH. Chronoamperometric results obtained under optimized conditions reveal that the proposed sensor exhibits desired poison resistance ability in the presence of chloride ions and significant selectivity to glucose, providing fascinating sensitivities of 2.57 and 1.81 mA cm(-2) mM(-1) for glucose in the linear concentration ranges of 2-80 μM and 0.1-5 mM, respectively. The limit of detection is calculated to be as low as 0.98 μM according to the signal-to-noise ratio of three. In addition, the fabricated sensing interface shows attractive reproducibility (RSD of 5.1% and 7.0% for 15 repeated measurements on a sensor and for measurements on 15 prepared sensors, respectively) and outstanding long-term stability (less than 5% loss in sensitivity over 1 month) for glucose detection. The application of the Cu foam based sensor for monitoring glucose in practical samples is also successfully demonstrated.
Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, 2006
A simple, but important three-atom model was proposed at the solid/liquid interface, leading to a... more A simple, but important three-atom model was proposed at the solid/liquid interface, leading to a new criterion number, λ, governing the boundary conditions (BCs) in nanoscale. The solid wall is considered as the face-centered-cubic (fcc) structure. The fluid is the liquid argon with the well-known LJ potential. Based on the concept, the two micro-systems have the same BCs if they have the same criterion number. The degree of the locking BCs is enhanced when λ equals to 0.757. Such critical criterion number results in the substantial epitaxial ordering and one, two, or even three liquid layers are locked by the solid wall, depending on the coupling energy scale ratio of the solid and liquid atoms. With deviation from the critical criterion number, the flow approaches the slip BCs and there are little ordering structures within the liquid. Always at the same criterion number, the degree of the slip is decreased or the locking is enhanced with increasing the coupling energy scale ratio of the solid and liquid atoms. The above analysis is well confirmed by the molecular dynamics (MD) simulation. The slip length is well correlated in terms of the new criterion number. The future work is suggested to extend the present theory for other microstructures of the solid wall atoms and quasi-LJ potentials. The authors thank the National Natural Science Foundation of China with the contract number of 10272102 for the financial support.
It is widely thought in electro-biochemical analysis that the sensing interfaces play a key role ... more It is widely thought in electro-biochemical analysis that the sensing interfaces play a key role in the enzymeless detection of biomolecules like glucose, ascorbic acid, dopamine and uric acid. On the way to maximize the anti-poisoning sensitivity of nonenzymatic electrochemical glucose sensors as well as achieve favorable selectivity, we propose here a porous interface fabricated by a facile but effective approach for glucose monitoring in alkaline media containing dissolved oxygen. The sensing interface based on porous Cu foams is directly formed on a homemade disposable screen-printed carbon electrode (SPCE) substrate by electrodeposition assisted with hydrogen evolution simultaneously, and its porosity can be easily tailored through adjusting deposition conditions for the optimal electrocatalytic oxidation of glucose molecules. SEM and BET studies show that the generated Cu foam possesses robust hierarchical porous architectures with greatly enhanced surface area and pore volume, beneficial for the unimpeded mobility of glucose and reaction products. Cyclic voltammetric tests indicate that a diffusion-controlled glucose electro-oxidation reaction occurs at the Cu foam electrode at around +0.35 V vs. Ag/AgCl in 0.1 M NaOH. Chronoamperometric results obtained under optimized conditions reveal that the proposed sensor exhibits desired poison resistance ability in the presence of chloride ions and significant selectivity to glucose, providing fascinating sensitivities of 2.57 and 1.81 mA cm(-2) mM(-1) for glucose in the linear concentration ranges of 2-80 μM and 0.1-5 mM, respectively. The limit of detection is calculated to be as low as 0.98 μM according to the signal-to-noise ratio of three. In addition, the fabricated sensing interface shows attractive reproducibility (RSD of 5.1% and 7.0% for 15 repeated measurements on a sensor and for measurements on 15 prepared sensors, respectively) and outstanding long-term stability (less than 5% loss in sensitivity over 1 month) for glucose detection. The application of the Cu foam based sensor for monitoring glucose in practical samples is also successfully demonstrated.
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