BARC/PUB/10//0183

 
 

Bis-porphyrin films as ppb level chemiresistive sensors

 
     
 
Author(s)

Garg, K.; Singh, A.; Debnath, A. K.; Nayak, S. K.; Chattopadhyay, S.; Aswal, D. K.; Hayakawa, Y.; Gupta, S. K.; Yakhmi, J. V.

ABSTRACT

We present chemiresistive sensing characteristics of spin-coated thin films of newly synthesized bis-porphyrin molecules that involves anchoring of two porphyrins to a benzene ring at meta positions through ester-linkages. The bis-porphyrin films are very smooth (rms roughness < 2 nm) and exhibit high charge mobility (1.8 cm2/Vs). These films are found to be highly selective to Cl2 with fast response (3 s) and recovery (~8 min) times, and sensitivity in the 10-500 ppb range varies linearly between 278% and 1370%. However, for concentrations ³1000 ppb, the response becomes irreversible, which is attributed to the chemical reaction between Cl2 and bis-porphyrin films.

 
 
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