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Increased Utility Of Ph Sensitive Indicators As High Concentration Co2 Detectors Through The Use Of Polyelectrolyte Complexes As Stabilizing Media, Camden James Johnson
Increased Utility Of Ph Sensitive Indicators As High Concentration Co2 Detectors Through The Use Of Polyelectrolyte Complexes As Stabilizing Media, Camden James Johnson
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Development of plastic materials which produce visible color change when exposed to different environments has recently attracted attention for many biomedical applications.1,2Many biomedical devices are packaged under high concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) which can lower the pH of the packaging environment. This is similar to the CO2 chemistry responsible for ocean acidification.3 Dye molecules that are sensitive to environmental changes in pH (known as pH indicators) can be encapsulated in plastics and produce a visible color change when a medical device is removed from the sterile CO2 environment. Plastics made from large …