Microfluidic Dual -Solar Cell Optical Analyzer with Octa - Orthogonal Blue-Light Illumination for Nanogram-Level Copper Ion Determination in Environmental and Alloy Samples
摘要
This study presents a novel spectrophotometric continuous flow injection analysis (CFIA) system for the quantification of copper (II) ions (Cu²⁺) via the Cu2+–thiocyanate (Cu (SCN)2) precipitate. A homemade photometric instrument was designed and constructed to serve as the detection unit. The analytical cell was engineered in a brass incubator that contained a central flow tube positioned longitudinally through the incubator. Two orthogonal arrays of eight apertures were machined: the 0–180° and 0–90° axes aligned to the flow tube to contain the accommodated high-intensity blue LEDs arranged to surround the flow cell at each side with a twin solar cell photonic detector. This configuration guaranteed accurate optical alignment between radiation sources and the detector. The Cu (SCN)2 precipitate was analyzed for its scattering and absorbance properties. A strict optimization of chemical and physical parameters was conducted to maximize signal intensity and reproducibility. Calibration with 20 experimental points demonstrated excellent linearity in the range 0.05–15 mmol/L, with a correlation coefficient