title: A fiber-optic redox sensor for the iron(III)-iron(II) transition.
abstract: A phenosafranine-containing Nafion film attached to the distal end of a fiber-optic probe forms a functional redox-sensitive optical sensor. The synthetic cationic photoactive dye phenosafranine, 3,7-diamino-5-phenylphenazinium chloride, responds with changes in light absorbance between its oxidized and reduced forms. This optical property persists when phenosafranine is sorbed into Nafion, a perfluorosulfonate anionic film. Optical properties of the sensor are similar to those seen by others in solution. At high redox conditions, such as an open nitrogen-purged aqueous pH 6.5 solution, optical absorbance of phenosafranine is high, while at low redox conditions, such as an aqueous pH 6.5 iron(II) solution, optical absorbance of phenosafranine is low. Titration of a closed pH 6.5 aqueous solution with a standard iron(II) solution lowers redox potential in a predictable manner and can be followed by the optical redox sensor in parallel with a commercial redox potential electrode.
authors: Civil & Environmental Engineering Department, Tufts University, Medford, MA, 02155, USA, wchudyk@tufts.edu.
authors: Wayne
authors: W
authors: Chudyk
authors: Christine
authors: C
authors: Sotolongo
authors: Eric
authors: E
authors: Mueller
mesh_terms: D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D007501:Iron / Q000737:chemistry*; D008956:Models, Chemical; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction
chemical_list: D007501:Iron
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