Organic salt, hydroxy-radical sensor including same, and detection medium
AssigneePanasonic Holdings Corporation
InventorsTeppei Hosokawa, Norimitsu Tohnai
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Abstract
An organic salt of the present disclosure contains terephthalic acid and at least one kind of primary alkylamine. An alkyl group constituting the primary alkylamine has 6 or more and 17 or less carbon atoms. The organic salt of the present disclosure can be used to detect a hydroxy radical contained in a gas, for example. The present disclosure provides: an organic salt that makes it possible to detect a hydroxy radical more easily as well as to detect a hydroxy radical generated in a living body; and a hydroxy-radical sensor adopting the organic salt.
Claims10
An organic salt comprising terephthalic acid and at least one kind primary alkylamine, wherein
- an alkyl group constituting the primary alkylamine has 6 or more and 9 or less carbon atoms.
A hydroxy-radical sensor configured to detect a hydroxy radical contained in a gas, comprising:
- an exposure unit that includes an organic salt and has a structure in which the organic salt can be in contact with the gas;
- a light source configured to irradiate the organic salt of the exposure unit with ultraviolet light;
- and
- a light detector configured to detect fluorescence generated from the organic salt by the irradiation with the ultraviolet light, wherein
- the hydroxy-radical sensor detects the hydroxy radical contained in the gas based on the fluorescence detected by the light detector,
- the organic salt comprises terephthalic acid and at least one primary alkylamine, and an alkyl group constituting the primary alkylamine has 6 or more and 17 or less carbon atoms.
A method comprising:
- exposing an organic salt to a gas to be tested for presence of hydroxy radical, the organic salt including terephthalic acid and at least one primary alkylamine;
- irradiating the organic salt with light from a light source;
- detecting with a light detector fluorescence generated from the organic salt by the irradiating of the organic salt;
- and
- determining the presence of hydroxy radical in the tested gas based on the detected fluorescence,
- wherein an alkyl group constituting the primary alkylamine has 6 or more and 17 or less carbon atoms.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.