title: Multisensor system for determination of polyoxometalates containing vanadium at its different oxidation states.
abstract: The electronic tongue (ET) multisensor system has been employed for the detection of metal-oxygen cluster anions (polyoxometalates) containing vanadium (IV/V) atoms. Sensitivity of a variety of potentiometric chemical sensors with plasticized polyvinyl chloride and chalcogenide glass membranes was evaluated with respect to vanadyl/vanadate ions, decavanadate and a series of Keggin-type polyoxometalates (POM) such as alpha-[SiW(11)V(IV)O(40)](6-), alpha-[SiW(11)V(V)O(40)](5-), alpha-[BW(11)V(IV)O(40)](7-), alpha-[BW(11)V(V)O(40)](6-), alpha-[PW(11)V(IV)O(40)](5-) and alpha-[PW(12-n)V(n)(V)O(40)]((3+n)-) (n=1, 2, 3). Sensor's responses to vanadium complexes were evaluated in the pH range of 2.4-6.5 and a set of sensors appropriate for detecting a variety of vanadium species was selected. Such sensor array was able to distinguish different vanadium complexes allowing their simultaneous quantification in binary (V(IV)/V(V)) mixtures. The vanillyl alcohol oxidation with alpha-[SiW(11)V(V)O(40)](5-) was monitored using ET to evaluate the capacity of proposed analytic system to detect simultaneously V(IV)/V(V) in POM under dynamic equilibrium. ET was demonstrated to be a promising tool for the discrimination and quantification of vanadium-containing POMs at different oxidation states. In particular, such a system could represent a significant interest for the mechanistic studies of redox reactions with POMs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, St. Petersburg University, Russia.
authors.forename: Alisa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rudnitskaya
authors.forename: Dmitry V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Evtuguin
authors.forename: Jose A F
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Gamelas
authors.forename: Andrey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Legin