"Word is oh such a twich-tickling problem" : anomalous features in Roald Dahl's The BFG and its Finnish translation

Silver Ion-Selective Electrodes Based on π-Coordinating Ionophores Without Heteroatoms

Ion-selective electrodes (ISEs) were constructed by using spherical hydrocarbons (cyclophanes) as π-coordinating ionophores in solvent polymeric membranes. Four structurally similar cyclophanes, i. e., [2.2.2]p,p,p-cyclophane, [2.2.2]m,p,p-cyclophane, [2.2.1]p,p,p-cyclophane and [2.2.1]m,p,p-cyclophane were studied as ionophores for Ag+. The ion-selective membranes were composed of the corresponding ionophore (1%), potassium tetrakis(4-chlorophenyl)borate (0.5%), 2-nitrophenyl octyl ether (65–66%) and PVC (32–33%). The ion-selective membrane was placed on top of a layer of the conducting polymer, poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT), working as ion-to-electron transducer. The selectivit…