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  • Electrochemistry
  • Host-Guest Chemistry
  • Chemical Sensing

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  • Real-time ion monitoring is vital for medical and environmental applications.
  • Sensitive and continuous ion sensing in aqueous media presents significant challenges.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a versatile electrochemical sensing methodology for continuous, real-time ion detection.
  • To demonstrate the method's efficacy using a benzo-15-crown-5 molecular film for cation sensing.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized non-faradaic capacitance electrochemical sensing.
  • Integrated custom-designed microfluidics for high temporal resolution (≈1.4 s).
  • Employed a benzo-15-crown-5-based self-assembled monolayer (B15C5SAM) as a receptive interface.

Main Results:

  • Achieved detection limits as low as 4 μM for Na+.
  • Demonstrated exceptional baseline stability for multi-day continuous sensing.
  • Validated performance in artificial sweat and freshwater samples, showing dose-dependent responses.

Conclusions:

  • The developed electrochemical platform enables sensitive, continuous, and reagentless ion sensing.
  • High temporal resolution allows for resolving binding kinetics and differentiating alkali metals.
  • This method holds promise for diverse applications in host-guest chemistry and environmental monitoring.