Low-melting ionic solids: versatile materials for ion-sensing devices

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2009 Sep;1(9):2055-9. doi: 10.1021/am9004072.

Abstract

Ionic liquids that melt slightly above room temperature (and may be called low-melting ionic solids, LMISs) were used as sensing materials for the detection of ions in aqueous solutions. A simple procedure based on the consecutive melting and further solidification of the LMISs was applied to prepare solid-contact ion-sensitive electrodes. A potentiometric response toward a number of anions was observed, and the possibility of altering the selectivity by incorporating additional ionophores into the LMIS matrix was demonstrated.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aluminum / chemistry
  • Anions
  • Calorimetry, Differential Scanning / methods
  • Electrochemistry / methods*
  • Electrodes
  • Ion-Selective Electrodes*
  • Ions*
  • Models, Chemical
  • Potentiometry / methods
  • Sodium Salicylate / chemistry
  • Solutions
  • Temperature
  • Thermogravimetry / methods
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Anions
  • Ions
  • Solutions
  • Aluminum
  • Sodium Salicylate