Evaluation of Copper(ii) Eriochrome Cyanine R (ECR) Complex Immobilized in Anion Exchange Membrane as a Potential Nitric Oxide Optical Sensor

Helen Dacres; Ramaier Narayanaswamy

doi:10.1071/CH07281

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Evaluation of Copper(ii) Eriochrome Cyanine R (ECR) Complex Immobilized in Anion Exchange Membrane as a Potential Nitric Oxide Optical Sensor

Helen Dacres ^A ^C and Ramaier Narayanaswamy ^B

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^A CSIRO Entomology, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia.

^B School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, University of Manchester, Institute of Science and Technology, PO Box 88, Manchester M60 1QD, UK.

^C Corresponding author. Email: helen.dacres@csiro.au

Australian Journal of Chemistry 61(3) 189-196 https://doi.org/10.1071/CH07281
Submitted: 6 August 2007 Accepted: 9 February 2008 Published: 26 March 2008

Abstract

The immobilization of the copper(ii) complex of Eriochrome cyanine R (Cu(ECR)₂) in anion exchange membranes was investigated in the development of an optical sensor for nitric oxide (NO) gas. The change in the absorbance spectrum of Cu(ECR)₂ membranes was monitored at 445 nm on exposure to NO gas and a steady-state response was obtained following a 400 s exposure time. This response was highly linear (r² = 0.996) up to 6 ppm NO and the detection limit was calculated to be 0.848 ppm (~28.28 μM in solution). This response was 4.7 times more sensitive to changing NO gas concentrations (0–6 ppm) compared with that of Cu(ECR)₂ immobilized in silicone rubber films. This response was fully reversible by resubmersion of the membranes in copper(ii) solution following NO exposure and this reversibility was extremely reproducible (0.81%, relative standard deviation, n = 3). These anion exchange membranes were more selective to NO gas rather than O₂ (80:1), NO₂ (3:1), and CO (7:1) and these gases were shown not to interfere with the reaction of Cu-ECR membranes with NO itself.

Acknowledgements

Authors wish to thank the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) for financial support provided to carry out the present work in the Optical Sensor laboratory in the University of Manchester (formerly UMIST).

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Evaluation of Copper(ii) Eriochrome Cyanine R (ECR) Complex Immobilized in Anion Exchange Membrane as a Potential Nitric Oxide Optical Sensor

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