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    Highly transparent low-symmetry zinc phthalocyanine-based monolayers for NO2 gas detection

    Year: 2017

    Journal: Thin Solid Films, Volume 642, NOV 30, page 295–302

    Authors: Krichevsky, Denis M.; Zasedatelev, Anton V.; Tolbin, Alexander Yu.; Luchkin, Sergey Yu.; Karpo, Alexey B.; Krasovskii, Vitally I.; Tomilova, Larisa G.

    Organizations: Russian Foundation for Basic Research [16-32-80032, 16-33-60031, 16-02-0694]

    We demonstrate the NO2 sensing properties of transparent two-dimensional organic films based on a low-symmetry zinc phthalocyanine (Pc) complexes. The amphiphilic nature of the Pc results in oriented monolayers on substrates, which provide an excellent conformation for Zn-NO2 interactions without strong Pc intermolecular aggregation. Using the Langmuir-Blodgett technique, we form single monolayer films on glass and show their potential for NO2 gas detection. We succeed in detecting 100 ppm NO2, 20 s after gas exposure. We also demonstrate total recovery of the sensing effect by simply heating up to 60 degrees C. By exhibiting high transparency (similar to 97%) and thermal stability, together with low costs and simplicity in scaling the technology for large-area structures, the low-symmetry zinc Pc complexes appear to be highly promising materials for gas sensing applications.
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