Abstract: A gas permeable membrane for the optical measurement of the partial pressure and/or the concentration of a gas species, the membrane comprises a porous light-transmissible membrane matrix containing a metal oxide, wherein the membrane matrix is at least partially charged with at least one gas-selective compound whose optical characteristics change upon an interaction with a corresponding gas species.

Abstract: The invention relates to a gas permeable membrane for the optical measurement of the partial pressure and/or the concentration of a gas species, the membrane comprises a porous light-transmissible membrane matrix containing a metal oxide wherein the membrane matrix is at least partially charged with at least one gas-selective compound whose optical characteristics change upon an interaction with a corresponding gas species. The average pore diameter of the pores of the membrane matrix ranges from 1 to 50 nanometers, the total pore volume from 1 to 30 mL/m2 and the metal oxide is pseudo-boehmite with the general formula AI2O3·n*H2O, wherein n ranges from 1 to 1.5, or an alumina oligomer. Further, the invention relates to the use of the membrane for the measurement of the presence, the partial pressure and/or the concentration of a gas, for example in cultivation flasks and bags, in gas atmospheres, incubators, medical devices, solutions, vapors and exhaust gases.