title: Selective detection of vapor phase hydrogen peroxide with phthalocyanine chemiresistors.
abstract: The use of hydrogen peroxide as a precursor to improvised explosives has made its detection a topic of critical importance. Chemiresistor arrays comprised of 50 nm thick films of metallophthalocyanines (MPcs) are redox selective vapor sensors of hydrogen peroxide. Hydrogen peroxide is shown to decrease currents in cobalt phthalocyanine sensors while it increases currents in nickel, copper, and metal-free phthalocyanine sensors; oxidation and reduction of hydrogen peroxide via catalysis at the phthalocyanine surface are consistent with the pattern of sensor responses. This represents the first example of MPc vapor sensors being oxidized and reduced by the same analyte by varying the metal center. Consequently, differential analysis by redox contrast with catalytic amplification using a small array of sensors may be used to uniquely identify peroxide vapors. Metallophthalocyanine chemiresistors represent an improvement over existing peroxide vapor detection technologies in durability and selectivity in a greatly decreased package size.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093, USA.
authors.forename: Forest I
authors.initials: FI
authors.lastname: Bohrer
authors.forename: Corneliu N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Colesniuc
authors.forename: Jeongwon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Ivan K
authors.initials: IK
authors.lastname: Schuller
authors.forename: Andrew C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Kummel
authors.forename: William C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Trogler
mesh_terms: D003035:Cobalt / Q000737:chemistry; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry; D017097:Electric Impedance; D004563:Electrochemistry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004566:Electrodes; D005740:Gases / Q000737:chemistry; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000737:chemistry; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000032:analysis*; D007211:Indoles / Q000737:chemistry*; D054833:Isoindoles; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D009532:Nickel / Q000737:chemistry; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013499:Surface Properties; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D005740:Gases; D007211:Indoles; D054833:Isoindoles; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D003035:Cobalt; D003300:Copper; D009532:Nickel; D006859:Hydrogen; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; C013647:phthalocyanine