Effect of plasticizer-polymer compatibility on the response characteristics of optical thin CO2 and O-2 sensing films
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1998
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A homologous family of dialkyl phthalates has been used to investigate the effect of plasticizer/polymer compatibility on the response characteristics of transparent, plastic, thin optical gas sensing films for CO2 and oxygen. Plasticizer/polymer compatibilities were determined through the value of the difference in solubility parameter, i.e. Delta delta, for the plasticizer and polymer with a Delta delta value of zero indicating high compatibility. A strong correlation was found between plasticizer/polymer compatibility and sensitivity in phenol red/ethyl cellulose CO2-sensitive films and this relationship extended to CO2-sensitive films based on other polymers such as polystyrene and poly(methyl methacrylate). It extended also to optical O-2-sensitive films implying that the relationship is general for thin-film optical sensors. Other results from the CO2-sensitive films in different polymers indicated that the film sensitivity is largely independent of the polymer matrix regardless of its inherent gas permeability, when a sufficient quantity of compatible plasticizer is present. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. |
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eng |
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info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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Mills , A , Lepre , A & Wild , L 1998 , ' Effect of plasticizer-polymer compatibility on the response characteristics of optical thin CO2 and O-2 sensing films ' Analytica Chimica Acta , vol 362 , pp. 193-202 . |
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