33 research outputs found
Vapor-Phase Amine Intercalation for the Rational Design of Photonic Nanosheet Sensors
The
development of vapor sensors with tunable sensitivity and selectivity
is highly desirable because of the manifold applications ranging from
air quality monitoring to food control. The design of such sensors
remains, however, a great challenge. Here, we address this challenge
by intercalating primary and tertiary alkylamines with varying alkyl
chain lengths into H<sub>3</sub>Sb<sub>3</sub>P<sub>2</sub>O<sub>14</sub> nanosheet-based Fabry-PeĢrot interference sensors. As the
sensors are photonic in nature, the different amines can be distinguished
based on their intercalation time and optical shift. Since the amines
are protonated during intercalation and therefore trapped, this allows
us to use amine modification as the basis for creating optical sensors.
Intercalation of different amines gradually and widely tunes the sensorās
sensitivity and selectivity to various analytes. This adjustment of
sensing properties allows us to construct a sensor array on a single
chip, which can distinguish different volatile organic compounds.
The color change of this sensor array upon exposure to solvent vapors
can be tracked with the naked eye, making this system a promising
platform for the high-fidelity identification of volatile compounds.
The sensor design protocol presented herein is straightforward and
robust and can be transferred to other nanosheet-based devices for
the rational tuning of their vapor-sensing properties and beyond
Vapor-Phase Amine Intercalation for the Rational Design of Photonic Nanosheet Sensors
The
development of vapor sensors with tunable sensitivity and selectivity
is highly desirable because of the manifold applications ranging from
air quality monitoring to food control. The design of such sensors
remains, however, a great challenge. Here, we address this challenge
by intercalating primary and tertiary alkylamines with varying alkyl
chain lengths into H<sub>3</sub>Sb<sub>3</sub>P<sub>2</sub>O<sub>14</sub> nanosheet-based Fabry-PeĢrot interference sensors. As the
sensors are photonic in nature, the different amines can be distinguished
based on their intercalation time and optical shift. Since the amines
are protonated during intercalation and therefore trapped, this allows
us to use amine modification as the basis for creating optical sensors.
Intercalation of different amines gradually and widely tunes the sensorās
sensitivity and selectivity to various analytes. This adjustment of
sensing properties allows us to construct a sensor array on a single
chip, which can distinguish different volatile organic compounds.
The color change of this sensor array upon exposure to solvent vapors
can be tracked with the naked eye, making this system a promising
platform for the high-fidelity identification of volatile compounds.
The sensor design protocol presented herein is straightforward and
robust and can be transferred to other nanosheet-based devices for
the rational tuning of their vapor-sensing properties and beyond
Analyte Detection with Cu-BTC MetalāOrganic Framework Thin Films by Means of Mass-Sensitive and Work-Function-Based Readout
Metalāorganic
frameworks (MOFs) constitute a new generation
of porous crystalline materials, which have recently come into focus
as analyte-specific active elements in thin-film sensor devices. Cu-BTCīøalso
known as HKUST-1īøis one of the most theoretically and experimentally
investigated members of the MOF family. Its capability to selectively
adsorb different gas molecules renders this material a promising candidate
for applications in chemical gas and vapor sensing. Here, we explore
details of the hostāguest interactions between HKUST-1 and
various analytes under different environmental conditions and study
the vapor adsorption mechanism by mass-sensitive and work-function-based
readouts. These complementary transduction mechanisms were successfully
applied for the detection of low ppm (2 to 50 ppm) concentrations
of different alcohols (methanol, ethanol, 1-propanol, and 2-propanol)
adsorbed into Cu-BTC thin films. Evaluation of the results allows
for the comparison of the amounts of adsorbed vapors and the contribution
of each vapor to the changes of the electronic properties of Cu-BTC.
The influence of the length of the alcohol chain (C1āC3) and
geometry (1-propanol, 2-propanol) as well as their polarity on the
sensing performance was investigated, revealing that in dry air, short
chain alcohols are more likely adsorbed than long chain alcohols,
whereas in humid air, this preference is changed, and the sensitivity
toward alcohols is generally decreased. The adsorption mechanism is
revealed to differ for dry and humid atmospheres, changing from a
site-specific binding of alcohols to the open metal sites under dry
conditions to weak physisorption of the analytes dissolved in surface-adsorbed
water reservoirs in humid air, with the signal strength being governed
by their relative concentration
Vapor-Phase Amine Intercalation for the Rational Design of Photonic Nanosheet Sensors
The
development of vapor sensors with tunable sensitivity and selectivity
is highly desirable because of the manifold applications ranging from
air quality monitoring to food control. The design of such sensors
remains, however, a great challenge. Here, we address this challenge
by intercalating primary and tertiary alkylamines with varying alkyl
chain lengths into H<sub>3</sub>Sb<sub>3</sub>P<sub>2</sub>O<sub>14</sub> nanosheet-based Fabry-PeĢrot interference sensors. As the
sensors are photonic in nature, the different amines can be distinguished
based on their intercalation time and optical shift. Since the amines
are protonated during intercalation and therefore trapped, this allows
us to use amine modification as the basis for creating optical sensors.
Intercalation of different amines gradually and widely tunes the sensorās
sensitivity and selectivity to various analytes. This adjustment of
sensing properties allows us to construct a sensor array on a single
chip, which can distinguish different volatile organic compounds.
The color change of this sensor array upon exposure to solvent vapors
can be tracked with the naked eye, making this system a promising
platform for the high-fidelity identification of volatile compounds.
The sensor design protocol presented herein is straightforward and
robust and can be transferred to other nanosheet-based devices for
the rational tuning of their vapor-sensing properties and beyond
Vapor-Phase Amine Intercalation for the Rational Design of Photonic Nanosheet Sensors
The
development of vapor sensors with tunable sensitivity and selectivity
is highly desirable because of the manifold applications ranging from
air quality monitoring to food control. The design of such sensors
remains, however, a great challenge. Here, we address this challenge
by intercalating primary and tertiary alkylamines with varying alkyl
chain lengths into H<sub>3</sub>Sb<sub>3</sub>P<sub>2</sub>O<sub>14</sub> nanosheet-based Fabry-PeĢrot interference sensors. As the
sensors are photonic in nature, the different amines can be distinguished
based on their intercalation time and optical shift. Since the amines
are protonated during intercalation and therefore trapped, this allows
us to use amine modification as the basis for creating optical sensors.
Intercalation of different amines gradually and widely tunes the sensorās
sensitivity and selectivity to various analytes. This adjustment of
sensing properties allows us to construct a sensor array on a single
chip, which can distinguish different volatile organic compounds.
The color change of this sensor array upon exposure to solvent vapors
can be tracked with the naked eye, making this system a promising
platform for the high-fidelity identification of volatile compounds.
The sensor design protocol presented herein is straightforward and
robust and can be transferred to other nanosheet-based devices for
the rational tuning of their vapor-sensing properties and beyond
Vapor-Phase Amine Intercalation for the Rational Design of Photonic Nanosheet Sensors
The
development of vapor sensors with tunable sensitivity and selectivity
is highly desirable because of the manifold applications ranging from
air quality monitoring to food control. The design of such sensors
remains, however, a great challenge. Here, we address this challenge
by intercalating primary and tertiary alkylamines with varying alkyl
chain lengths into H<sub>3</sub>Sb<sub>3</sub>P<sub>2</sub>O<sub>14</sub> nanosheet-based Fabry-PeĢrot interference sensors. As the
sensors are photonic in nature, the different amines can be distinguished
based on their intercalation time and optical shift. Since the amines
are protonated during intercalation and therefore trapped, this allows
us to use amine modification as the basis for creating optical sensors.
Intercalation of different amines gradually and widely tunes the sensorās
sensitivity and selectivity to various analytes. This adjustment of
sensing properties allows us to construct a sensor array on a single
chip, which can distinguish different volatile organic compounds.
The color change of this sensor array upon exposure to solvent vapors
can be tracked with the naked eye, making this system a promising
platform for the high-fidelity identification of volatile compounds.
The sensor design protocol presented herein is straightforward and
robust and can be transferred to other nanosheet-based devices for
the rational tuning of their vapor-sensing properties and beyond
Vapor-Phase Amine Intercalation for the Rational Design of Photonic Nanosheet Sensors
The
development of vapor sensors with tunable sensitivity and selectivity
is highly desirable because of the manifold applications ranging from
air quality monitoring to food control. The design of such sensors
remains, however, a great challenge. Here, we address this challenge
by intercalating primary and tertiary alkylamines with varying alkyl
chain lengths into H<sub>3</sub>Sb<sub>3</sub>P<sub>2</sub>O<sub>14</sub> nanosheet-based Fabry-PeĢrot interference sensors. As the
sensors are photonic in nature, the different amines can be distinguished
based on their intercalation time and optical shift. Since the amines
are protonated during intercalation and therefore trapped, this allows
us to use amine modification as the basis for creating optical sensors.
Intercalation of different amines gradually and widely tunes the sensorās
sensitivity and selectivity to various analytes. This adjustment of
sensing properties allows us to construct a sensor array on a single
chip, which can distinguish different volatile organic compounds.
The color change of this sensor array upon exposure to solvent vapors
can be tracked with the naked eye, making this system a promising
platform for the high-fidelity identification of volatile compounds.
The sensor design protocol presented herein is straightforward and
robust and can be transferred to other nanosheet-based devices for
the rational tuning of their vapor-sensing properties and beyond
Vapor-Phase Amine Intercalation for the Rational Design of Photonic Nanosheet Sensors
The
development of vapor sensors with tunable sensitivity and selectivity
is highly desirable because of the manifold applications ranging from
air quality monitoring to food control. The design of such sensors
remains, however, a great challenge. Here, we address this challenge
by intercalating primary and tertiary alkylamines with varying alkyl
chain lengths into H<sub>3</sub>Sb<sub>3</sub>P<sub>2</sub>O<sub>14</sub> nanosheet-based Fabry-PeĢrot interference sensors. As the
sensors are photonic in nature, the different amines can be distinguished
based on their intercalation time and optical shift. Since the amines
are protonated during intercalation and therefore trapped, this allows
us to use amine modification as the basis for creating optical sensors.
Intercalation of different amines gradually and widely tunes the sensorās
sensitivity and selectivity to various analytes. This adjustment of
sensing properties allows us to construct a sensor array on a single
chip, which can distinguish different volatile organic compounds.
The color change of this sensor array upon exposure to solvent vapors
can be tracked with the naked eye, making this system a promising
platform for the high-fidelity identification of volatile compounds.
The sensor design protocol presented herein is straightforward and
robust and can be transferred to other nanosheet-based devices for
the rational tuning of their vapor-sensing properties and beyond
Tandem MOF-Based Photonic Crystals for Enhanced Analyte-Specific Optical Detection
Owing to their structural variability,
metalāorganic frameworks
(MOFs) lend themselves well as chemical sensing materials by providing
both high sensitivity and selectivity. Here, we integrate different
types of MOFs (ZIF-8, HKUST-1, CAU-1-NH<sub>2</sub>) into photonic
multilayers referred to as Bragg stacks (BSs), which report on adsorption
events through changes in their effective refractive index (RI). The
fabrication of photonic multilayers is accomplished by spin-coating
colloidal suspensions of MOF nanoparticles and/or the high RI-material
TiO<sub>2</sub>. While their incorporation in BSs allows for the label-free
readout of hostāguest interactions, the choice of particular
types of MOFs determines the sensing properties of the BS. Here, we
present MOF-based BSs with enhanced specificity toward molecular analytes
by combining two different MOFs in a single platform. The sensing
performance of our BSs is demonstrated by a combined spectroscopic
and principal component analysis of their vapor response. Time-dependent
measurements reveal fast response times and good recoverability of
the multilayers. Moreover, we demonstrate that combinatorial sensing
is feasible by arranging different MOF BSs in a basic color pattern,
which highlights the potential of MOF-based multilayers in arrayed
sensor devices
Facile Fabrication of Ultrathin MetalāOrganic Framework-Coated Monolayer Colloidal Crystals for Highly Efficient Vapor Sensing
The
sorption properties and structural versatility of metalāorganic
frameworks (MOFs) make them superior chemical sensing materials with
both high sensitivity and selectivity, but the fabrication of MOF
sensors with optimized performances still remains a major challenge.
Herein, we propose a simple yet powerful optical sensing motif based
on ultrathin MOF-coated monolayer colloidal crystals (MCCs), which
allows for high efficiency in vapor sensing through changes in their
effective refractive index (RI). Two optical modes exist in this sensor,
namely, photonic eigenmodes and FabryāPeĢrot oscillations,
both of which can be used as the signal transducer. Selective response
to a series of alcohols, water, and acetonitrile was exhibited, reflecting
well the characteristic sorption properties of the integrated MOF,
with which colorimetric reporting was readily achieved. Linear response
to a broad dynamic range of vapor concentration was realized. The
sensitivity was found to depend closely on the thickness of the MOF
coating and can be further enhanced accordingly. Ultrafast response
time (<5 s) and excellent recyclability were also demonstrated.
These substantial improvements in performance are attributed to the
efficacy of signal transduction and the enhanced pore accessibility
and diffusion efficiency, which are intrinsically endowed by the optical
motif design. Our findings should provide new insights into the design
and fabrication of MOF sensors toward real-world applications