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Luminescence quenching of Ru(II) complexes by oxygen has proved a powerful method of quantitative oxygen analysis. It has become clear that the polymer support for the sensor molecule plays a pivotal role in the sensor performance. The current work is devoted to understanding how the physical and photophysical properties of a sensor respond to changes in polymer composition. An oxygen quenching study was conducted on [Ru(Ph2phen)3]Cl2(Ph2phen=4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline), in copolymer supports consisting of GP-163 (a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) with varying amounts of pendant acrylate groups) combined with a number of alkyl methacrylates with long chain alkyl or fluorinated alkyl esters. Increasing the chain length or the degree of fluorination on the hydrocarbon chains enhances performance. However, there is an optimal chain length for the fluorinated hydrocarbons for sensitivity, linearity, and physical properties. Too long a chain yields reduced quenching sensitivity and yields cloudy polymers. All systems showed some degree of heterogeneity as indicated by nonlinear Stern-Volmer quenching plots, but their intensity quenching data could be successfully fit with a two-site model.
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Morin, A.M., Xu, W., Demas, J.N. et al. Oxygen Sensors Based on a Quenching of Tris-(4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline)ruthenium(II) in Fluorinated Polymers. Journal of Fluorescence 10, 7–12 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009475210933
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