The use of a polymer inclusion membrane in a paper-based sensor for the selective determination of Cu(II)

BM Jayawardane; LDLC Coo; RW Cattrall; SD Kolev

Journal article

The use of a polymer inclusion membrane in a paper-based sensor for the selective determination of Cu(II)

BM Jayawardane, LDLC Coo, RW Cattrall, SD Kolev

Analytica Chimica Acta | Published : 2013

DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2013.07.029

Abstract

A disposable paper-based sensor (PBS) is described for the determination of Cu(II) in natural and waste waters at approximately 2 cents per measurement. The device makes use of a polymer inclusion membrane (PIM) to provide the selectivity for Cu(II). The PIM consists of 40wt% di(2-ethlyhexyl) phosphoric acid (D2EHPA) as the carrier, 10wt% dioctyl phthalate (DOP) as a plasticizer, 49.5wt% poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) as the base polymer and 0.5wt% (mm-1) 1-(2'-pyridylazo)-2-naphthol (PAN) as the colourimetric reagent. High selectivity under mildly acidic conditions (HCl, pH 2.0) is achieved for Cu(II) in the presence of frequently encountered metal ions in natural and waste waters such as Fe(II..

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Awarded by Australian Research Council

Funding Acknowledgements

We are grateful to the Australian Research Council (ARC Discovery Project DP1094179) for financial support. B. Manori Jayawardane is grateful to the University of Melbourne for the award of a postgraduate scholarship.