Hydrophobic ionic liquids in plasticized membranes of ion-selective eletctrodes

Ionic liquids with substituted imidazole, pyridine, and pyrrolidine cations and hydrophobic anions are studied as ionophores of PVC membranes of ion-selective electrodes plasticized with 2-nitrophenyloctyl ether. These membranes show a response to hydrophobic organic cations. In solutions of cationic surfactants, the slope of the electrode function is close to the theoretical one and the limit of detection does not exceed n × 10−6 M. Ion-selective electrodes for anions are developed using a trioctylmethylammonium salicylate ionic liquid. The electrode on its basis shows a stable potentiometric response to the salicylate anion in a wide range of concentrations and is characterized by good selectivity in the presence of foreign anions.