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Laser method of microscopic sensor synthesis for liquid and gas analysis using glucose and H2S as an example

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Laser-induced deposition of metals from a solution has been used as a new method for the synthesis of microcomposite materials in the copper-silver system. It was shown that the obtained materials have good sensory properties with respect to the determination of d-glucose in aqueous solutions. It is also shown that it can be used for gas sensors. Control of sensory properties can be done by changing the method of deposition. X-ray diffraction, EDX, and impedance spectroscopy were used to characterize the materials obtained and it was shown that laser sequential deposition and coprecipitation of two metals give different results. An explanation of the results was proposed. It explains them by the eutectic nature of the interaction in the copper-silver system.

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All authors are grateful to Professor S.S. Ermakov (St. Petersburg University) for their invaluable assistance in processing and interpreting the data of electrochemical analysis and PhD Navolotskaya D. for their help in writing the article.

All the authors acknowledge Russian Fund for Basic Research (grants 17-03-01266) and express their gratitude to the SPbSU Nanotechnology Interdisciplinary Centre, Centre for Optical and Laser Materials Research, Centre for Physical Methods of Surface Investigation, Centre for Geo-Environmental Research and Modelling (GEOMODEL), Centre for X-ray Diffraction Studies, and Chemistry Educational Centre.

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The reported study was funded by RFBR according to the research project no. 17-03-01266.

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    A. V. Smikhovskaia, M. O. Novomlinsky, A. A. Fogel, S. V. Kochemirovskaia, D. V. Lebedev & V. A. Kochemirovsky

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Smikhovskaia, A.V., Novomlinsky, M.O., Fogel, A.A. et al. Laser method of microscopic sensor synthesis for liquid and gas analysis using glucose and H2S as an example. J Solid State Electrochem 23, 3173–3185 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-019-04389-0

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