Friday, 10 February, 2017

Toward Tunable Photonic Nanosheet Sensors: Strong Influence of the Interlayer Cation on the Sensing Characteristics

P. Ganter, L. M. Schoop and B. V. Lotsch: -
Advanced Materials, 10.1002/adma.201604884 (2017)

An approach toward intercalant tunable nanosheet-based Fabry-Pérot sensors is presented. The intercalant tetrabutylammonium significantly increases the sensitivity of the photonic nose sensor to volatile organic compounds with increasing polarity, enabling polarity-driven color-coded vapor differentiation. Paired with the improved millisecond response times for polar vapors, vapor imaging with spatio-temporal resolution is within reach.

Article on journal´s webpage