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In addition to this, the NiO nanostructures were used in the development of a zinc ion sensor electrode by functionalization with the highly selective zinc ion ionophore 12-crown-4. The developed zinc ion sensor electrode has shown a good linear potentiometric response for a wide range of zinc ion concentrations, ranging from 0.001 mM to 100 mM, with sensitivity of 36 mV\/decade. The detection limit of the present zinc ion sensor was found to be 0.0005 mM and it also displays a fast response time of less than 10 s. The proposed zinc ion sensor electrode has also shown good reproducibility, repeatability, storage stability and selectivity. The zinc ion sensor based on the functionalized NiO nanostructures was also used as indicator electrode in potentiometric titrations and it has demonstrated an acceptable stoichiometric relationship for the determination of zinc ion in unknown samples. The NiO nanostructures-based zinc ion sensor has potential for analysing zinc ion in various industrial, clinical and other real samples.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s121115424","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2012,11,9]],"date-time":"2012-11-09T11:18:29Z","timestamp":1352459909000},"page":"15424-15437","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":34,"title":["Potentiometric Zinc Ion Sensor Based on Honeycomb-Like NiO Nanostructures"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Mazhar","family":"Abbasi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Physical Electronic and Nanotechnology Division, Department of Science and Technology, Campus Norrk\u00f6ping, Link\u00f6ping University, SE-60174 Norrk\u00f6ping, Sweden"}]},{"given":"Zafar","family":"Ibupoto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Physical Electronic and Nanotechnology Division, Department of Science and Technology, Campus Norrk\u00f6ping, Link\u00f6ping University, SE-60174 Norrk\u00f6ping, Sweden"}]},{"given":"Mushtaque","family":"Hussain","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Physical Electronic and Nanotechnology Division, Department of Science and Technology, Campus Norrk\u00f6ping, Link\u00f6ping University, SE-60174 Norrk\u00f6ping, Sweden"}]},{"given":"Yaqoob","family":"Khan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Nanosciences and Catalysis Division, National Centre for Physics, Quaid-e-Azam University Campus, 45320 Islamabad, Pakistan"}]},{"given":"Azam","family":"Khan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Physical Electronic and Nanotechnology Division, Department of Science and Technology, Campus Norrk\u00f6ping, Link\u00f6ping University, SE-60174 Norrk\u00f6ping, Sweden"}]},{"given":"Omer","family":"Nur","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Physical Electronic and Nanotechnology Division, Department of Science and Technology, Campus Norrk\u00f6ping, Link\u00f6ping University, SE-60174 Norrk\u00f6ping, Sweden"}]},{"given":"Magnus","family":"Willander","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Physical Electronic and Nanotechnology Division, Department of Science and Technology, Campus Norrk\u00f6ping, Link\u00f6ping University, SE-60174 Norrk\u00f6ping, Sweden"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2012,11,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1081","DOI":"10.1126\/science.271.5252.1081","article-title":"The galvanization of biology: A growing appreciation for the roles of zinc","volume":"271","author":"Berg","year":"1996","journal-title":"Science"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"40","DOI":"10.1093\/clinchem\/13.1.40","article-title":"Determination of copper and zinc in biological material","volume":"13","author":"Paker","year":"1967","journal-title":"Clin. 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