Week 01

6/16
- Lab meeting, organized calendar, sleuthed articles for electrochemical cell production

6/17
- Settled on paper: An improved biosensor for acetaldehyde detection using a bienzymic strategy at poly(neutral red) modified carbon film electrodes by Ghica et Al.
- Emailed professors at UCD as well as paper authors for advice/consulting regarding electrochemical cell production. Dr. Land for his experience with surface chemistry, Dr. Revzin for his experience with biomaterials and biosensors, Dr. Stroeve for his experience in colloids, surfaces, and biosensors, Dr. Berben for her experience with electrochemistry, and Dr. Brett, Dr. Pauliukaite, and Dr. Ghica (PI’s involved in the paper mentioned previously) for their work in constructing electrochemical cells.

6/18
- Wrote up protocol for production from carbon film electrode synthesis to implementation of biosensor in a device. Based on paper mentioned above (An improved biosens…) as well as several papers by the same authors describing synthesis methods for the carbon electrodes. Carbon film electrode papers: Carbon Film Resistors as Electrodes: Voltammetric Properties and Applications in Electrolysis, Characterization of Carbon Film Electrodes for Electroanalysis by Electrochemical Impedance.
- Confirmed meetings with several professors (Land, Revzin, Berben)
- Met with Dr. Wang, Olive Oil Expert. She provided several aldehyde samples as well as discussed olive oil progress.
- Wrote back to paper authors, looking to get in touch with Dr. Leiss at the department of physics at the university of Munich. He provided Ghica et Al. with the carbon film electrodes necessary for biosensor construciton.
- Underwent general lab safety training with Diane Hoffman (2 hrs)

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