Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 13, Issue 16, Pages 19148-19158Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c02499
Keywords
nanostructural anisotropy; form birefringence; nanoporous Bragg microcavity; optical adsorption isotherms; grafting functionalization; optical VOC monitoring; OAD
Funding
- EU Cohesion Fund program (FEDER)
- CSIC [2019AEP161, CSIC 201860E050]
- Junta de Andalucia (PAIDI-2020) [P18-RT-3480, 6079]
- AEI-MICINN [PID2019-110430GB-C21, TEC2017-84846-R]
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A new nanocolumnar birefringent Bragg microcavity (BBM) has been developed in this research, acting as a selective transducer of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) through tailored oblique angle deposition. The optical adsorption isotherms recorded upon exposure of these nanostructured systems to water vapor and VOCs have revealed a rich phenomenology linked to their optical activity, providing potential for vapor identification and partial pressure determination. These nanostructured photonic systems show promise for developing transducers that can specifically respond to VOCs under environmental conditions without being influenced by humidity levels.
In this work, we have developed a new kind of nanocolumnar birefringent Bragg microcavity (BBM) that, tailored by oblique angle deposition, behaves as a selective transducer of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Unlike the atomic lattice origin of birefringence in anisotropic single crystals, in the BBM, it stems from an anisotropic self-organization at the nanoscale of the voids and structural elements of the layers. The optical adsorption isotherms recorded upon exposure of these nanostructured systems to water vapor and VOCs have revealed a rich yet unexplored phenomenology linked to their optical activity that provides both capacity for vapor identification and partial pressure determination. This photonic response has been reproduced with a theoretical model accounting for the evolution of the form birefringence of the individual layers upon vapor condensation in nanopores and internanocolumnar voids. BBMs that repel water vapor but are accessible to VOCs have been also developed through grafting of their internal surfaces with perfluorooctyltriethoxysilane molecules. These nanostructured photonic systems are proposed for the development of transducers that, operating under environmental conditions, may respond specifically to VOCs without any influence by the degree of humidity of the medium.
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