📢 Our latest, now out in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering -- "Tetrazolium Blue-Based Colorimetric Sensor for Hydrogen Gas" ACS Publications | University of Windsor | Western University Work done by graduate students, Deanna Fisher & Mark Potter in collaboration with/ PDF, Dr. Pavan Mandapati. This work was performed in collaboration w/ Simon Rondeau-Gagné & Bulent Mutus from UWindsor! 💪 💵 Thanks to the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Alliance Missions Program for support! 🔗Read the article here: https://lnkd.in/gfuYCiVH 🎯 tldr: We disclose a gasochromic H2(g) sensor based on the unique combination of a common dye, NTB making use of a vivid color change upon chemical reduction that is mediated by an H2(g) activator under ambient conditions. This system allows for specific detection of H2(g) amid varying potential contaminant gases. This sensor gives a response in as little as 10 s and can detect H2(g) concentrations as low as 100 ppm. This gasochromic tape can be easily tuned in terms of size, flexibility, and makes for practical sensing of H2(g) under various circumstances.
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