Fabrication and performance evaluation of highly sensitive hybrid sol-gel-derived oxygen sensor films based on a fluorinated precursor.

This paper describes the fabrication and performance of a range of highly sensitive luminescence-based oxygen sensor films based on the fluorinated sol-gel precursor 3,3,3-trifluoropropyltrimethoxysilane (TFP-TMOS). The oxygen-sensitive ruthenium complex [Ruthenium(II)-tris(4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline)] dichloride, [Ru(dpp)(3)](2+) was entrapped in a wide range of ORMOSILs (organically modified silicates) matrices composed of alkyl and TFP-TMOS sol-gel precursors in different relative ratios. The influence of TFP-TMOS on sensor sensitivity, humidity-sensitivity and long-term stability was investigated and performance was compared to that of similar but non-fluorinated films. The optimum limit of detection was found to be 0.002% of oxygen for the propyltriethoxysilane (PTEOS)/TFP-TMOS-derived film compared to 0.09% for PTEOS-derived films reported previously. Photobleaching of the luminescent complex in fluorinated and non-fluorinated matrices was also investigated. It was established that photobleaching was reduced but not eliminated in fluorinated films. All films produced in this study exhibit very good reproducibility, reversibility, enhanced sensitivity, humidity-insensitivity and long-term stability.

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