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Table 2 Pyoverdin-doped sol-gel glass pellets after drying

From: Iron specificity of a biosensor based on fluorescent pyoverdin immobilized in sol-gel glass

Sol-Gel formulation

A

B

C

pellet dimensions1

   

height (mm)

3.45 ± 0.48

3.73 ± 0.41

3.65 ± 0.21

diameter (mm)

3.56 ± 0.19

3.27 ± 0.08

3.28 ± 0.17

volume (μl)

33.99 ± 1.57

31.26 ± 3.30

30.87 ± 1.74

pyoverdin solution

   

   per pellet (μl)

0.50

0.43

0.40

pyoverdin per pellet2

   

   (μ moles)

0.003

0.00258

0.00240

  1. 1 average ± standard deviation;
  2. pellets were short circular cylinders
  3. 2 calculated as:
  4. (pyoverdin solution per pellet) × [P],
  5. where [P] = 6.0 × 10-3 μmoles pyoverdin/μl pyoverdin solution