Mesoporous Materials-Based Electrochemical Sensors.

A review (350 references) is given to the interest of mesoporous materials for designing electrochemical sensors. After a brief summary of the implication of template-based ordered mesoporous materials in electrochemical science, the various types of inorganic and organic-inorganic hybrid mesostructures used to date in electroanalysis and the corresponding electrode configurations are described. The various sensor applications are then discussed on the basis of comprehensive tables and some representative illustrations. The main detection schemes developed in the field are (volt)amperometric sensing subsequent to preconcentration and electrocatalytic detection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]