Issue 10, 2016

Measuring the oxygen content of a single oil droplet

Abstract

Using toluene droplets as a model for artificial oxygen carriers, the real-time measurement of attomole oxygen contents at the individual droplet level is reported for the first time. Oxygen reduction is observed within single individual toluene droplets when they impact with an electrode held at a suitable potential. The oxygen content within single toluene droplets is quantified by referencing the reductive charge from oxygen reduction to the charge from oxidation of a ferrocene filled toluene droplet of known concentration.

Graphical abstract: Measuring the oxygen content of a single oil droplet

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Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
27 মে 2016
Accepted
26 জুন 2016
First published
27 জুন 2016
This article is Open Access

All publication charges for this article have been paid for by the Royal Society of Chemistry
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Chem. Sci., 2016,7, 6458-6462

Measuring the oxygen content of a single oil droplet

A. Feng, W. Cheng and R. G. Compton, Chem. Sci., 2016, 7, 6458 DOI: 10.1039/C6SC02357F

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