“…Recently, a number of sensors for lanthanide group elements have been reported (Zamani, Ganjali, Norouzi, Tadjarodi, and Shahsavani 2008;Ganjali, Pourjavid, et al 2003;Chowdhury, Ogata, and Kamata 1996;Ogata et al 1995;Shamsipur et al 2003;Zamani, Ganjali, Norouzi, and Meghdadi 2008;Zamani, Rajabzadeh, Ganjali, and Nourozi 2007;Zamani, Rajabzadeh, and Ganjali 2006a;Zamani, Ganjali, Norouzi, Adib, and Aceedy 2006;Zamani, Ganjali, Nourozi, and Meghdadi 2007;Behmadi et al 2007;Zamani, Ganjali, and Seifi 2007;Zamani and Mohaddeszadeh 2008;Ganjali, Dodangeh et al 2006;1042 M. Ebrahimi and H. A. Zamani Ganjali, Norouzi et al 2007;Abedi, Zamani, Ganjali, and Norouzi 2008;Zamani, Ganjali, Norouzi, and Seifi 2006). In this research, the use of 2,5-bis(5-tert-butyl-benzoxazol-2-yl)-thiophene (BBT) as an excellent neutral carrier is introduced for the preparation of a highly Yb(III) ion-selective electrode, and its application for the measurement of the Yb(III) ion concentration is discussed.…”