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","Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (M.S.M.E.)","College of Engineering and Computer Science","Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering","Mechanical Engineering"]},{"key":"dc:description.abstract","label":"Abstract","values":["Hydrogen peroxide and chlorine detection is critical for many biological and environmental applications. Hydrogen peroxide plays important roles in a variety of fields including plant physiology, medical, environmental and biochemical applications. Its role in plant defense and signal transduction, diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzhemier's, industrial processes such as disinfection and wastewater treatment and biochemical enzymatic reactions is critical. Given the gamut of areas that hydrogen peroxide is a key component of; its detection assumes great importance. Similarly chlorine has long been used as a disinfectant for making drinking water safe, but excessive chlorination is an environmental and health hazard in itself. In this work, micromachining techniques have been used to design, fabricate and test electrochemical sensors and microneedle structure that can be integrated for detection of hydrogen peroxide and free chlorine. A novel nanomaterial has been integrated with the hydrogen peroxide microsensor, which greatly increases the sensor lifetime and robustness. Miniaturization, low detection limits, high sensitivity and selectivity, as well as ease of fabrication are some of the other advantages of this work."]},{"key":"dc:format","label":"Dc Format","values":["application/pdf"]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["Micromachined Electrochemical Sensors For Hydrogen Peroxide And Chlorine Detection"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor":["Cho, Hyoung Jin"],"dc:creator":["Mehta, Anjum"],"dc:description":["If this is your thesis or dissertation, and want to learn how to access it or for more information about readership statistics, contact us at STARS@ucf.edu
","Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (M.S.M.E.)","College of Engineering and Computer Science","Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering","Mechanical Engineering"],"dc:description.abstract":["Hydrogen peroxide and chlorine detection is critical for many biological and environmental applications. Hydrogen peroxide plays important roles in a variety of fields including plant physiology, medical, environmental and biochemical applications. Its role in plant defense and signal transduction, diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzhemier's, industrial processes such as disinfection and wastewater treatment and biochemical enzymatic reactions is critical. Given the gamut of areas that hydrogen peroxide is a key component of; its detection assumes great importance. Similarly chlorine has long been used as a disinfectant for making drinking water safe, but excessive chlorination is an environmental and health hazard in itself. In this work, micromachining techniques have been used to design, fabricate and test electrochemical sensors and microneedle structure that can be integrated for detection of hydrogen peroxide and free chlorine. A novel nanomaterial has been integrated with the hydrogen peroxide microsensor, which greatly increases the sensor lifetime and robustness. Miniaturization, low detection limits, high sensitivity and selectivity, as well as ease of fabrication are some of the other advantages of this work."],"dc:format":["application/pdf"],"dc:identifier":["CFE0000895"],"dc:identifier.uri":["https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/591"],"dc:language":["English"],"dc:subject":["Electrochemical","Amperometric","Hydrogen Peroxide","Free Chlorine","Microsensors","Microneedle","Engineering","Mechanical Engineering"],"dc:title":["Micromachined Electrochemical Sensors For Hydrogen Peroxide And Chlorine Detection"],"dc:type":["Masters Thesis (Open Access)"]},"updated_at":"2026-07-24T05:09:09Z"}