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Title: Method of evaluating pH using a metallic nanoparticle incorporated nanocomposite-based optical pH sensor

Abstract

A method for evaluating the pH of an aqueous solution by utilizing the optical properties of a pH sensing material comprised of plurality of optically active nanoparticles dispersed in matrix material. The optically active nanoparticles have an electronic conductivity greater than about 10−1 S/cm and generally have an average nanoparticle diameter of less that about 500 nanometers, and the matrix material is a material which experiences a change in surface charge density over a pH range from 2.0 to 12.0 of at least 1%. The method comprises contacting the pH sensing material and the aqueous solution, illuminating the pH sensing material, and monitoring an optical signal generated through comparison of incident light and exiting light to determine the optical transmission, absorption, reflection, and/or scattering of the pH sensitive material. The optical signal of the pH sensitive material varies in response to the pH of the aqueous solution.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
US Dept. of Energy (USDOE), Washington, DC (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1924967
Patent Number(s):
11408827
Application Number:
14/695,078
Assignee:
U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, DC)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 04/24/2015
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Ohodnicki, Jr., Paul R., Wang, Congjun, Brown, Thomas D., and Kutchko, Barbara. Method of evaluating pH using a metallic nanoparticle incorporated nanocomposite-based optical pH sensor. United States: N. p., 2022. Web.
Ohodnicki, Jr., Paul R., Wang, Congjun, Brown, Thomas D., & Kutchko, Barbara. Method of evaluating pH using a metallic nanoparticle incorporated nanocomposite-based optical pH sensor. United States.
Ohodnicki, Jr., Paul R., Wang, Congjun, Brown, Thomas D., and Kutchko, Barbara. Tue . "Method of evaluating pH using a metallic nanoparticle incorporated nanocomposite-based optical pH sensor". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1924967.
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