Issue 11, 2010
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Chemical Communications

The power of the weak: recognition of ion pairs in water using a simple array sensor†

Yuan-li Liu,a   Manuel A. Palaciosa  and  Pavel Anzenbacher*a  

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a Department of Chemistry and Center for Photochemical Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio 43403, USA
E-mail: pavel@bgsu.edu
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Abstract

An array sensor comprising six off-the-shelf indicators doped in a poly(ether–urethane) recognizes five cations, seven anions and thirty-five ion pairs at pH 5–9 in water. Such a discrimination capacity and recognition efficiency (6 : 35) with ≥93% accuracy is rare. Low cost and wide availability of various polymers and indicators could make this approach useful in numerous applications.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B925506K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
03 Dec 2009
Accepted
21 Dec 2009
First published
13 Feb 2010

Chem. Commun., 2010,46, 1860-1862

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Y. Liu, M. A. Palacios and P. Anzenbacher, Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1860 DOI: 10.1039/B925506K

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