In Place of a Conclusion: Carbon Paste Electrodes for Education and Practical Training of Young Scientists - Electroanalysis with Carbon Paste Electrodes - page 447

9 In Place of a Conclusion:

Carbon Paste Electrodes
for Education and Practical
Training of Young Scientists

Here,.the.authors'.team.ends.the.journey.across.the.world.of.carbon.paste-based.electrodes,.sen-
sors,.and.detectors..We.are.not.afraid.about.their.future..Instead.of.speculative.prospects.that.have.
been.outlined.recently,.for.example,.in.our.previous.review.articles.[7,83,84,111,112,161]),.it.is.suf-
icient.to.go.into.the.new.web.databases.as.all.the.major.topics.of.the.ield.have.spawned.a.long.line.
of.new.studies..Among.many.others.and.besides.two.brand.new.reviews.[2182,2185],.there.are.fresh.
contributions. within. the. methods. for. determination. of. inorganic. ions. (see,. e.g.,. [1314,2493]),. for.
analysis.of.organic.pollutants.[2437,2493].and.pharmaceuticals.[335,1692],.as.well.as.biologically.
active.compounds.[2992,3270]..New.publication.activities.can.also.be.found.within. in vivo .electro-
chemistry.[2154],.biosensing.[138,3270],.or.associated.with.the.continuing.boom.of.new.technolo-
gies.and.the.use.of.still.popular.nanomaterials.and.ionic.liquids.[331,3271-3275].
Thus,.we.would.like.to.conclude.our.topic.in.a.different.way,.showing.a.possibility.to.train.the.
new. generations. of. electrochemists. and. electroanalysts. in. measurements. with. carbon. paste. elec-
trodes.(CPEs)..At.irst,.imagine.that.there.are.the.following.attributes:.(i).easy-to-obtain.chemicals,.
(ii).inexpensive.and.common.laboratory.equipment,.(iii).simple.and.quick.preparation,.(iv).minimal.
toxicity—with. full. aspiration. to. join. the. concept. of. “green. analytical. chemistry”. in. the. form. of.
traditional,.as.well.as.new.carbon.pastes,.including.many.modiied.variants,.(v).massive.use.of.new.
attractive.materials,.(vi).compatibility.with.instrumentation.of.different.kind.and.quality,.and.(vii).
practically. unlimited. applicability. in. both. electrochemical. and. electroanalytical. measurements..
Second,.consider.that.all.these.aspects.are.typical.for.carbon.pastes.and.the.respective.CPEs.and.
that. these. features. are. always. welcome. in. laboratories. of. various. educational. institutions.. Then,.
it. appears. evident. that. experimentation. with. carbon. paste-based. electrodes. is. indeed. feasible. as.
real.laboratory.practice.of.students.and.young.scientists.almost.everywhere.regardless.whether.the.
respective.institutions.offer.luxury.instrumentation.or.are.equipped.with.basic.apparatus.only.
For.that,.there.is.one.requirement—whether.the.supervising.staff.is.willing.to.gain.the.elemen-
tary.knowledge.about.CPEs.gathered.in.each.good.review,.topic.chapter,.as.well.as.in.some.original.
papers..If.so,.the.skillfulness.in.working.with.carbon.pastes.and.experience.to.solve.problems.on.the.
way.then.come.by.learning.and.practicing..This.knowledge.obtained.mainly.empirically.can.be.con-
irmed.by.the.authors.of.this.topic.who.have.worked.with.CPEs.for.decades,.passing.initial.embar-
rassment.and.later.routine,.of.seeking.and.inding,.great.expectations.and.lesser.achievements,.as.
well.as.many.failures.compensated.by.heartwarming.successes..In.this.sense,.the.key.chapters.of.
this.monograph.can.be.used.as.the.starting.point.
The.rest.is.up.to.the.experimenter.who.intends.to.work.with.CPEs.apart.from.whether.he.or.she.
is.an.experienced.electrochemist.or.a.young.scientist.at.the.beginning.of.his.or.her.career..In.addi-
tion,.this.knowledge.has.been.gained.by.the.authors,.together.with.the.individual.members.of.their.
research. teams. and. other.collaborating. groups.worldwide.. Especially.delightful. is. then. a. inding.
that.the.experimental.work.with.carbon.paste-based.electrodes.has.become,.as.time.goes.by,.still.

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