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Cathodic synthesized Ru-MOFs show good conductivity and are suitable to be used as the electrode surface material directly. The synergy of the pre-deposition process and the adsorption process of Ru-MOFs can effectively improves the performance of the sensor. The results show good linearity (R2 = 0.996) from 0.1 ppb to 5 ppb, with a high sensitivity of 0.583 \u03bcA ppb\u22121 mm\u22122. The limit of detection is found to be 0.08 ppb and the test process is within 6 min. Most importantly, the senor has a good anti-interference ability and the recoveries are satisfactory. This miniature electrochemical sensor has the potential for on-site detection of trace mercury in the field.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s20226686","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,11,23]],"date-time":"2020-11-23T08:18:23Z","timestamp":1606119503000},"page":"6686","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Synthesis and Characterization of Ru-MOFs on Microelectrode for Trace Mercury Detection"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"20","author":[{"given":"Chenyu","family":"Xiong","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Transducer Technology, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China"},{"name":"School of Electronic, Electrical and Communication Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yuhao","family":"Xu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Transducer Technology, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China"},{"name":"School of Electronic, Electrical and Communication Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Chao","family":"Bian","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Transducer Technology, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China"},{"name":"School of Electronic, Electrical and Communication Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ri","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Transducer Technology, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China"},{"name":"School of Electronic, Electrical and Communication Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yong","family":"Xie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Transducer Technology, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China"},{"name":"School of Electronic, Electrical and Communication Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1752-4209","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mingjie","family":"Han","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Transducer Technology, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China"},{"name":"School of Electronic, Electrical and Communication Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Shanhong","family":"Xia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Transducer Technology, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China"},{"name":"School of Electronic, Electrical and Communication Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,11,23]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"127","DOI":"10.1016\/j.aca.2010.01.048","article-title":"Methods for the determination and speciation of mercury in natural waters\u2014A review","volume":"663","author":"Leopold","year":"2010","journal-title":"Anal. 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