A Journey from the Drops of Mercury to the Mysterious Shores of the Brain: The 100-Year Adventure of Voltammetry

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CRITICAL REVIEWS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, 2022 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Derleme
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/10408347.2022.2113760
  • Dergi Adı: CRITICAL REVIEWS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Aerospace Database, Aqualine, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), Biotechnology Research Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts Core, Chimica, Communication Abstracts, Compendex, EMBASE, Environment Index, Geobase, MEDLINE, Metadex, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Application in brain research, history, polarography, voltammetry, SCAN CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY, CARBON-FIBER MICROELECTRODES, DOPED DIAMOND ELECTRODE, ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSORS, ELECTROANALYTICAL APPLICATION, DOPAMINE DETECTION, SQUARE-WAVE, HUMAN URINE, PHARMACEUTICALS, BEHAVIOR
  • Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Voltammetry, which is at the core of electroanalytical chemistry, is an analytical method that investigates and evaluates the current-potential relationship obtained at a given working electrode. If it is used dropping mercury as working electrode, the method is called as polarography. The current year 2022 marks the 100th anniversary of the discovery of polarography by Czech Jaroslav HeyrovskATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH ACUTE. He received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1959 for this discovery and his contribution to the scientific world. A hundred years, within the endless existence of the universe is maybe nothing. A hundred years, in the history of mankind is a line, maybe a short paragraph. But, in science, a hundred years can lead to very significant advances in a field and often to the birth and establishment of an entirely new scientific discipline. Indeed, in the last hundred years, the design and use of new electrochemical devices, depending on the progress in microelectronics and computer technologies, has almost revolutionized voltammetry. Besides these developments, due to the fact that the redox (oxidation/reduction) process is very basic for living organisms; the voltammetry, especially with the beginning of the 21st century, has started to be used as a very powerful tool in neuroscience to solve the mystery of the brain (the basic problems of biomolecules with physiological and genetic importance in brain tissue). This review article is an overview of the 100-year history and fascinating development of voltammetry from HeyrovskATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH ACUTE to the present.