Preliminary Study of Poly(Tetrahydrofurfuryl Acrylate) Thin Film as a Potential Material of Ion Selective Electrodes: The Case of Nitrate Ion-Selective Electrode

Sagir Alva; Robi Suherman; Vivi Friliandita; Deni Shidqi Khaerudini; Edy Herianto Majlan; Aiman Sajidah Abd Aziz

doi:10.22146/ijc.44478

Preliminary Study of Poly(Tetrahydrofurfuryl Acrylate) Thin Film as a Potential Material of Ion Selective Electrodes: The Case of Nitrate Ion-Selective Electrode

https://doi.org/10.22146/ijc.44478

Sagir Alva^(1*), Robi Suherman⁽²⁾, Vivi Friliandita⁽³⁾, Deni Shidqi Khaerudini⁽⁴⁾, Edy Herianto Majlan⁽⁵⁾, Aiman Sajidah Abd Aziz⁽⁶⁾

(1) Mechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Mercu Buana, Jl. Meruya Selatan No. 01, Kembangan, Jakarta-11650, Indonesia
(2) Mechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Mercu Buana, Jl. Meruya Selatan No. 01, Kembangan, Jakarta-11650, Indonesia
(3) Mechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Mercu Buana, Jl. Meruya Selatan No. 01, Kembangan, Jakarta-11650, Indonesia
(4) Mechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Mercu Buana, Jl. Meruya Selatan No. 01, Kembangan, Jakarta-11650, Indonesia Research Center for Physics, Indonesian Institute of Science (LIPI), Kawasan Puspiptek, Serpong, Tangerang Selatan 15314, Indonesia
(5) Fuel Cell Institute, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, UKM, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
(6) Nanoelectronics Lab, MIMOS Semiconductor Sdn. Bhd., Technology Park Malaysia, 57000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
(*) Corresponding Author

Abstract

A preliminary study on the use of a photocurable poly-tetrahydrofurfuryl acrylate (pTHFA) has been successfully performed as an alternative membrane for application in the Ion-Selective Electrode (ISE) sensors such as Nitrate-ISE. The pTHFA membrane was synthesized using photopolymerization technique and further optimized by varying the concentration of the photo-initiator. The pTHFA photopolymer was characterized by C-NMR, H-NMR, FTIR, and DSC. The best sensing formulation comprising pTHFA photopolymer was obtained from composition II with T_g of -17.3 °C. In the Nitrate-ISE fabrication process, initially, the tetraoctylammonium nitrate (TOAN) ionophore was optimized. The optimum TOAN concentration of 4.2 mg was then immobilized onto composition II as a sensing matrix. Results showed that the pTHFA based ISE sensor exhibited a slope near the Nernstian number with a good linear response for detecting nitrate ion concentration between 10^–1 to 10^–4 M (r² = 0.9994) and limit of detection as low as 3.47 × 10^–5 M. Furthermore, the selectivity behavior of pTHFA based nitrate-ISE sensor was determined in various types of interfering ions such as SO₄^2–, H₂PO₄^–, HPO₄^2–, Cl^– and I^–. The sensor has demonstrated selectivity coefficient of -2.27 ± 0.2, -2.49 ± 0.6, -2.18 ± 0.8, -1.31 ± 0.1 and 0.41 ± 0.2, respectively. The fabricated pTHFA ISE-Nitrate sensor was further tested in the fish ponds, soils, and also rivers. The sensors have shown excellent performance and is comparable to the standard method.

Keywords

pTHFA; Nitrate- ISE; photo-polymer; Tg

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.22146/ijc.44478