A. Ishida et al., Highly sensitive visual fluorometry of aluminium at ppb level with ring-like solid phase of poly(vinyl alcohol), CHEM LETT, (3), 1999, pp. 217-218
By constructing a self-ordered nearly perfect ring system, a new type of vi
sual test method has been developed. Poly(vinyl alcohol) forms a sharp ring
-like solid phase (10.6 mm diameter) when a 100-mu l drop of its aqueous so
lution was evaporated on a poly(vinyl chloride) plate. Aluminium ion of 1-3
0 ppb has been determined visually as a fluorescent 1:1 chelate of 2,2'-dih
ydroxyazobenzene concentrated into the ring.