H. Lindauer et al., NEW NEAR-INFRARED ABSORBING ACIDOCHROMIC DYES AND THEIR APPLICATION IN SENSOR TECHNIQUES, Dyes and pigments, 26(3), 1994, pp. 229-235
Two new acidochromic styrylcyanines 1 and 2 and one new benzopyrylotri
methinium dye 3 have been synthesized. Their VIS and NIR absorption sp
ectra have been recorded as a function of pH in fluid solution and emb
edded in polymer layers. The layers proved to be useful as pH sensors.