“…In particularly, ion-selective electrodes (ISEs) is the most important target in analytical applications due to their good properties such as high selectivity, good precision, low cost and simplicity. [4][5][6][7][8] Since dithiacrown ethers were employed in the first neutral carrier-type Ag + -ISEs, which showed high Ag + -selectivity against alkali metal ions, 9 thiaethers have been a very important class of ionophores for Ag + -ISEs. [6][7][8][10][11][12] However, the applications of crown ethers are often subject to the difficulties of synthesis technique.…”