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Ibrahim H A Badr1, Mark E Meyerhoff
1Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 North University, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, USA.
Abstract:
A highly selective, sensitive, and reversible fluoride optical sensing film based on aluminum(III)octaethylporphyrin as a fluoride ionophore and a lipophilic pH indicator as the optical transducer is described. The fluoride optical sensing films exhibit a submicromolar detection limit and high discrimination for fluoride over several lipophilic anions such as nitrate, perchlorate, and thiocyanate.
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