Application of gold complexes in the development of sensors for volatile organic compounds

作者:Luquin Asuncion; Elosua Cesar; Vergara Elena; Estella Juncal; Cerrada Elena; Bariain Candido; Matias Ignacio R; Garrido Julian; Laguna Mariano*
来源:Gold Bulletin, 2007, 40(3): 225-233.

摘要

Two different kinds of sensors have been developed by using the same kind of vapochromic complexes. The vapochromic materials [Au2Ag2(C6F5)(4)L-2](n) have different colours depending on the ligand L. These materials change, reversibly, their optical properties, colour and fluorescence, in the presence of the vapours of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). For practical applications, two different ways of fixing the vapochromic material to the optical fibre have been used: the sol-gel technique and the electrostatic self-assembly method (ESA). With the first technique the sensors can even be used to detect VOCs in aqueous solutions, and using the second method it has been possible to develop nanosensors.

  • 出版日期2007