Selective Ion Recognition with Durable Sensors

Lugtenberg, Ronny J.W., Selective Ion Recognition with Durable Sensors,... 

Selective Ion Recognition with Durable Sensors (Lugtenberg and Reinhoudf) Self-Assembling Systems on Scales from Nanometers to Millimeters Design and Discovery (Issues, Chin, Bowden, Xia and Whitesides)... 

Lugtenberg, Ronny J.W., Selective Ion Recognition with Durable Sensors, 4, 193. Luisi, Pier Luigi, Why Giant Vesicles , 6, 3 ... 

Conducting polymers have already been well documented in conjunction with the classical ionophore-based solvent polymeric ion-selective membrane as an ion-to-electron transducer. This approach has been applied to both macro- and microelectrodes. However, with careful control of the optimisation process (i.e. ionic/electronic transport properties of the polymer), the doping of the polymer matrix with anion-recognition sites will ultimately allow selective anion recognition and ion-to-electron transduction to occur within the same molecule. This is obviously ideal and would allow for the production of durable microsensors, as conducting polymer-based electrodes, and due to the nature of their manufacture these are suited to miniaturisation. There are various examples of anion-selective sensors formed using this technique reported in the literature, some of which are listed below. 

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