Journal
SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
Volume 153, Issue 1, Pages 199-204Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2010.10.037
Keywords
Oxygen; Irreversible sensing; Sensor materials; Optical sensing; Indigo dyes; Leuco dyes
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Absorption-based opto-chemical sensors for oxygen are presented that consist of leuco dyes (leuco indigo and leuco thioindigo) incorporated into two kinds of polymer matrices. An irreversible and visible color change (to red or blue) is caused by a chromogenic chemistry involving the oxidation of the (virtually colorless) leuco dyes by molecular oxygen. The moderately gas permeable copolymer poly(styrene-co-acrylonitrile) and a highly oxygen-permeable polyurethane hydrogel. respectively, are used in order to increase the effective dynamic range for visualizing and detecting oxygen. We describe the preparation and properties of four different types of such oxygen sensors that are obtained by dip-coating a gas impermeable foil made from poly(ethylene terephthalate) with a sensor layer composed of leuco dye and polymer. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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