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Disposable receptor-based optical sensor for nitrate.

A new optical absorption-based disposable sensor for nitrate is described. The nitrate-sensitive element is a bicyclic cyclophane receptor next to a suitable pH-sensitive lipophilic dye immobilized in a plasticized polymeric membrane. The rigid amide-based receptor with C3 symmetry controls the anion selectivity pattern of the optical element. The optical selectivity coefficients obtained for nitrate over a variety of naturally occurring anions in natural waters meet the requirements for the determination of nitrate in waters. The disposable sensor responds to nitrate rapidly-the typical response time is 5 min-and reversibly over a wide dynamic range (26 microM-63 mM) with sensor-to-sensor reproducibility (relative standard deviation, RSD, 3.68%, as log aNO3-, at the medium level of the range and RSD 1.39% for repeated measurements with the same sensor). The performance of the optical disposable sensor was tested for the analysis of nitrate in different types of natural waters (river, well, spring), validating results against a reference procedure. The proposed method is quick, inexpensive, selective, and sensitive and uses only conventional instrumentation.[1]

References

  1. Disposable receptor-based optical sensor for nitrate. Capitán-Vallvey, L.F., Arroyo-Guerrero, E., Fernández-Ramos, M.D., Santoyo-Gonzalez, F. Anal. Chem. (2005) [Pubmed]
 
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