New preparation of gold–silver complexes and optical fibre environmental sensors based on vapochromic [Au2Ag2(C6F5)4(phen)2]n

Complexes [Au2Ag2(C6F5)4L2]n, where L = 1,10-phenanthroline (phen), 2,2′-bipyridine (bipy) or tetrahydrothiophene (tht), have been synthesized by reaction of NBu4[Au(C6F5)2] with Ag(SO3CF3), and the addition of phen or bipy thereafter, or with [Ag(SO3CF3)(tht)]. The organometallic vapochromic material [Au2Ag2(C6F5)4(phen)2]n is isolated as a powder that is able to detect volatile organic compounds such as acetone even in an aqueous solution. The colour of this vapochromic material changes from bright yellow to white in the presence of different donor solvents such as acetone, methanol or ethanol. For the practical construction of an optical fibre sensor, a sol-gel doped with the vapochromic complex was deposited onto one end of a monomode fibre connected to a coupler. The behaviour of the material was studied at different wavelengths and concentrations of acetone vapours and acetone–water solutions. Changes were detected up to 4 dB in the reflected optical power. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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