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Oxygen Indicator Composed of an Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Compound of Methylene Blue, Reductant, Surfactant and Saponite

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An organic/inorganic hybrid compound consisting of methylene blue, a cationic surfactant and a reductant intercalated into saponite was found to serve as an oxygen indicator that changes color in the presence of oxygen. A mixture of a blue colored dye, methylene blue, a reductant in the form of ascorbic acid or reducing sugar, and cetyltrimethylammonium ion intercalated into synthetic saponite became colorless in an atmosphere having an oxygen concentration of less than 0. 1 vol%, and then returned to its blue color as a result of subsequent exposure to air. An oxygen indicator, in the form of a thin film coated on paper prepared by adding a pigment, phloxine B, to the above organic/inorganic hybrid compound, exhibited a pink color at oxygen concentrations of less than 0.1 vol%, and a blue color at oxygen concentrations of higher than 0.5 vol%. In addition, this oxygen indicator exhibited superior photo-fading resistance and storage stability compared with indicators using only methylene blue as the functional dye.

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  1. Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate Course of Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1 Minami-ohsawa, Hachiohji, Tokyo, 192-0397, Japan

    Makoto Sumitani, Shinsuke Takagi, Yoshihiko Tanamura & Haruo Inoue

  2. CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8, Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama, 332-0012, Japan

    Shinsuke Takagi, Yoshihiko Tanamura & Haruo Inoue

  3. Tokyo Research Laboratory, Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc., 1-1 Niijuku 6-chome, Katsushika, Tokyo, 125-0051, Japan

    Makoto Sumitani

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Sumitani, M., Takagi, S., Tanamura, Y. et al. Oxygen Indicator Composed of an Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Compound of Methylene Blue, Reductant, Surfactant and Saponite. ANAL. SCI. 20, 1153–1157 (2004). https://doi.org/10.2116/analsci.20.1153

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