“…They can be deployed as inexpensive single-use sensors, 2 can be read out remotely with optical fibers, they are not influenced by electromagnetic interferences and can be manufactured in a wide variety of formats. For instance, optical pH sensors are available as larger sensor films for imaging, [5][6][7] as small spots integrated in microfluidic devices [8][9][10][11][12] or in microtiter plates, 13 on tapered fibers with only 8-140 µm tip diameter 14,15 or in the form of nanoparticles. 16,17 Materials utilized for optical pH sensing include fluorescent indicators belonging to different chromophore classes (fluoresceins, 18 rhodamines, 19,20 perylenes, 21,22 1,4-diketopyrrolo-pyrroles, 23 HPTS, 24,25 BODIPYs [26][27][28][29][30] and aza-BODIPYs).…”