“…In recent years, we have prepared a number of fluorimetric bulk optode membranes based on novel fluoroionophores for elective determination of traces of Ag + [12], Ni 2+ [14], Cu 2+ [15] and Hg 2+ [20] ions. In this work, we found that the strong fluorescence of 7-[(5-chloro-8-hydroxy-7-quinolinyl)methyl]-5,6,7,8,9,10-hexahydro-2H-1,13,4,7,10-benzodioxatriazacyclopentadecine-3,11(4H,12H)-dione (L) in a PVC membrane ( ex = 345 nm and em = 516 nm) quenched considerably, and in a selective manner, upon complexation with Co 2+ ion.…”