Electrofunctional polymers: their role in the development of new analytical systems

The overall analytical process involves a number of steps: sample collection, transportation and storage, analysis, data collection, processing and evaluation. Most of these essential steps commonly involve the use of polymeric materials in one form or another. Inert polymers are the usual materials of choice for sample collection, transportation and storage, and are indirectly involved in the form of engineering polymers in the other steps.