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. 2020 Nov 4;120(22):12357–12489. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00451

Table 2. Selected Papers on Early Work on Optical Sensors for pH Values.

authors year remarks ref
N.N. <1970 cellulose-immobilized pH indicators (azo dyes); work performed in industry  
Harper 1975 reusable glass-bound indicators (15)
Lübbers et al. 1977 nanoencapsulated fluorescent pH indicators (31)
Peterson et al. 1980 first fiber optic pH sensor (32)
Goldstein et al. 1980 miniature fiber optic reflectometric pH sensor for blood (33)
Tait et al. 1982 fiber optic in vivo pH sensor (34)
Saari and Seitz 1982 pH sensor based on immobilized fluorescein (24)
Opitz and Lübbers 1983 fluorometric planar sensor for pH and ionic strength (28)
Suidan et al. 1983 fiber optic reflectometric pH sensor for blood (35)
Wolfbeis et al. 1983 evaluation of fluorescent pH indicator probes for use in optical sensors (36)
Kirkbright et al. 1984 immobilization of reflectometric pH indicators on ion exchange polymers (19)
Zhujun and Seitz 1984 fluorometric pH sensor using HPTS as an indicator (37)
Goldfinch and Lowe 1984 solid-phase optoelectronic pH sensor (38)
Offenbacher et al. 1986 fluorometric sensors for near-neutral pH values (25)
Wolfbeis et al. 1986 fluorometric sensor for simultaneous monitoring of ionic strength and physiological pH values (29)
Scheggi and Baldini 1986 comparison of pH sensing by absorption, reflection, and fluorescence (39)
Woods et al. 1986 optical pH sensing at low buffering capacity (40)
Gehrich et al. 1986 intravascular blood pH monitoring system (fluorescence based) (41)
Janata 1987 assessment of the accuracy and precision of optical pH sensors (27)
Grattan et al. 1987 2-wavelength fiber optic pH sensor (21)
Kawabata et al. 1987 fiber optic pH sensor with monolayer indicator (42)
Boisdé and Pérez 1987 miniature pH sensor (1 mm) (43)
Jordan et al. 1987 pH sensor exploiting FRET (44)
Monici et al. 1987 pH sensor for seawater monitoring (45)
Wolfbeis and Marhold 1987 pH indicators for an extended range (46)
Attridge et al. 1987 pH sensing via refractive index (47)
Jones and Porter 1988 immobilization of pH indicators on cellulose acetate (23)
Knobbe et al. 1988 immobilization of pH probes in sol–gels (48)
Posch et al. 1989 gastric pH sensor (pH 0–7) (49)
Carey et al. 1989 sensor for high acidities (50)
Carey and Jorgensen 1991 sensor for high acidities based on fluorescent polymers (51)
Gabor and Walt 1991 pH sensing via inner filter effects (52)
Tan et al. 1992 submicrometer intracellular pH sensor (53)
Werner et al. 1993 optical sensor for pH 10–13; hydrolyzed cellulose acetate (54)
Ge et al. 1993 fiber optic evanescent wave pH sensor (55)
Werner et al. 1993 first use of a partially hydrolyzed thin cellulose triacetate film on a polyester support; now widely used in optical pH sensors (54)
Parker et al. 1993 pH sensor using the self-referencing dye SNARF (56)
Mohr et al. 1994 azo indicators immobilized via vinylsulfonyl groups on cellulose films (on polyester support) (16, 17)
McCurley 1994 optical sensing of pH values based on the use of swelling hydrophilic polymers (57)
Bronk and Walt 1994 pH sensor array using fiber bundles (58)
Michie et al. 1995 distributed pH sensor using fiber optics and swellable polymers (59)
Koncki et al. 1995 pH sensor using near-infrared dye in PVC (60)
Schulman et al. 1995 wide-range pH sensor based on photodissociation (61)
Zhang et al. 1995 pH sensor based on reflectance of swelling polymers (62)
Taib et al. 1996 pH sensor range extended via artificial neural network (63)
de Marcos et al. 1996 polypyrrole films as a pH sensor material (64)
Draxler and Lippitsch, Werner et al. 1996 first PET-based pH sensing schemes (6567)
Pringsheim et al. 1997 various polyanilines as a sensor material for absorptiometric sensing of pH (68)
Papkovsky et al. 1997 PVC sensor membranes containing porphyrins (69)
Safavi and Abdollahi 1998 first optical sensor for very high pH values (70)