C. Sanchez-pedreno et al., A new procedure for the construction of flow-through optodes. Application to determination of copper (II), FRESEN J AN, 366(8), 2000, pp. 811-815
A new procedure for constructing an optical fibre reflectance, bulk optode
membrane type, sensor is presented. The optode membrane consists of a plast
icized poly (vinyl chloride) membrane in which the ionophore is dissolved,
entrapped in a cellulose support. The new optode with the dye indicator 1-(
2-pyridylazo)-2-naphthol (PAN) was incorporated in a new flow-through cell
and the injection system was optimized to determine Cu (II) at 567 nm in th
e range 5 x 10(-5)-10(-3) M. The response was reproducible and the optode c
an be regenerated using 10(-2) M EDTA followed by water. The method was app
lied to the determination of copper in real samples.