An optical pH sensitive membrane for optical pH sensors has been developed by covalently immobilizing phenol red on optical transparent cross-linked polyvinyl alcohol （PVA） membrane surfaces. The phenol red was firs...An optical pH sensitive membrane for optical pH sensors has been developed by covalently immobilizing phenol red on optical transparent cross-linked polyvinyl alcohol （PVA） membrane surfaces. The phenol red was first reacted with acrylamide to form a product of acrylamide grafted phenol red （AAGP）, then the AAGP was covalently immobilized to the PVA membrane via surface grafting-polymerization using Fe^2＋/H2O2 as initiator. The performance of the pH sensitive membrane was investigated and the results showed that the pH sensitive membrane has some features including a linear response scope from pH 6.5 to 8.5 closed with phenol solution, a rapid response time （〈：20 s）, good reproducibility, reversibility, excellent stability and easiness of fabrication. These show that the pH sensitive membrane can be used as a sensitive layer for optical pH sensor.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China （Nos. 50273037 and 20465001）.
文摘An optical pH sensitive membrane for optical pH sensors has been developed by covalently immobilizing phenol red on optical transparent cross-linked polyvinyl alcohol （PVA） membrane surfaces. The phenol red was first reacted with acrylamide to form a product of acrylamide grafted phenol red （AAGP）, then the AAGP was covalently immobilized to the PVA membrane via surface grafting-polymerization using Fe^2＋/H2O2 as initiator. The performance of the pH sensitive membrane was investigated and the results showed that the pH sensitive membrane has some features including a linear response scope from pH 6.5 to 8.5 closed with phenol solution, a rapid response time （〈：20 s）, good reproducibility, reversibility, excellent stability and easiness of fabrication. These show that the pH sensitive membrane can be used as a sensitive layer for optical pH sensor.
