Abstract
Recent work has indicated that Ormosil films, fabricated from organically modified precursors, produce better sensor performance for some specific applications, compared to films fabricated from conventional sol-gel precursors such as TEOS or TMOS. This paper aims to compare film properties and sensor behavior for films fabricated from tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) and tetramethoxysilane (TMOS) silica precursors and both methyltrimethoxysilane (MTMS) and methyltriethoxysilane (MTES) organically modified precursors. Microstructural differences, for example, porosity changes due to the different precursor backbone structures, are interrogated by monitoring oxygen gas and aqueous-phase sensor response. Oxygen sensing using these films is enabled by incorporating in the films an oxygen-sensitive ruthenium dye whose fluorescence is quenched in the presence of oxygen. Film properties such as thickness, thickness stabilization time, as well as sensor response, are discussed in terms of relative hydrolysis and condensation behavior for the different precursors. Film hydrophobicity, an issue which has been identified as being of crucial importance for optimum dissolved oxygen sensor response, is discussed and contact angle measurements are used to investigate the degree of hydrophobicity for different film types. The main motivation for this work is film optimization for optical gas-phase and dissolved oxygen sensors.
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