A rapidly-reversible absorptive and emissive vapochromic Pt(II) pincer based chemical sensor

Mathew Bryant; Jonathan Skelton; Lauren Hatcher; Clare Stubbs; Elena Madrid; Anuradha R. Pallipurath; Lynne Thomas; Christopher Woodall; Jeppe Christensen; Sara Fuertes; Thomas Robinson; Christine M. Beavers; Simon J Teat; Mark R Warren; Fabienne Pradaux-Caggiano; Aron Walsh; Frank Marken; David Carbery; Stephen Parker; Neil B. Mckeown; Richard Malpass-evans; Mariolino Carta; Paul Raithby

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-01941-2

A rapidly-reversible absorptive and emissive vapochromic Pt(II) pincer based chemical sensor

Mathew Bryant, Jonathan Skelton, Lauren Hatcher, Clare Stubbs, Elena Madrid, Anuradha R. Pallipurath, Lynne Thomas, Christopher Woodall, Jeppe Christensen, Sara Fuertes, Thomas Robinson, Christine M. Beavers, Simon J Teat, Mark R Warren, Fabienne Pradaux-Caggiano, Aron Walsh, Frank Marken, David Carbery, Stephen Parker, Neil B. MckeownRichard Malpass-evans, Mariolino Carta, Paul Raithby

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Selective, robust and cost-effective chemical sensors for detecting small volatile-organic compounds (VOCs) have widespread applications in industry, healthcare and environmental monitoring. Here we design a Pt(II) pincer-type material with selective absorptive and emissive responses to methanol and water. The yellow anhydrous form converts reversibly on a subsecond timescale to a red hydrate in the presence of parts-per-thousand levels of atmospheric water vapour. Exposure to methanol induces a similarly-rapid and reversible colour change to a blue methanol solvate. Stable smart coatings on glass demonstrate robust switching over 10⁴ cycles, and flexible microporous polymer membranes incorporating microcrystals of the complex show identical vapochromic behaviour. The rapid vapochromic response can be rationalized from the crystal structure, and in combination with quantum-chemical modelling we provide a complete microscopic picture of the switching mechanism. We discuss how this multiscale design approach can be used to obtain new compounds with tailored VOC selectivity and spectral responses.

Original language	English
Article number	1800
Pages (from-to)	1-9
Number of pages	9
Journal	Nature Communications
Volume	8
Early online date	27 Nov 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01941-2
Publication status	Published - 27 Nov 2017

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Inorganic Chemistry
General Materials Science

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Applying Long-Lived Metastable States in Switchable Functionality via Kinetic Control of Molecular Assembly
Raithby, P. (PI), Burrows, A. (CoI), Lewis, D. (CoI), Marken, F. (CoI), Parker, S. (CoI), Walsh, A. (CoI) & Wilson, C. (CoI)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
1/11/12 → 30/04/18
Project: Research council
Dynamic Structural Science at the RC@H
Raithby, P. (PI)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
1/03/11 → 31/08/16
Project: Research council
Marie Curie Fellowship - New Switchable Organometallic Oligomers and Polymers
Raithby, P. (PI) & Fuertes Lorda, S. (CoI)
European Commission
1/03/10 → 28/02/12
Project: EU Commission

Paul Raithby
- Centre for Sustainable and Circular Technologies (CSCT)
- Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
- Department of Chemistry - Professor Emeritus
Person: Research & Teaching, Honorary / Visiting Staff

Data for "A rapidly-reversible absorptive and emissive vapochromic Pt(II) pincer-based chemical sensor"
Skelton, J. (Creator), Bryant, M. (Data Collector), Hatcher, L. (Project Member), Stubbs, C. (Project Member), Madrid, E. (Project Member), R. Pallipurath, A. (Project Member), Thomas, L. (Project Member), Woodall, C. (Project Member), Christensen, J. (Project Member), Fuertes, S. (Project Member), Robinson, T. (Project Member), Beavers, C. (Project Member), Teat, S. J. (Project Member), Warren, M. (Project Member), Pradaux-Caggiano, F. (Project Member), Walsh, A. (Project Member), Marken, F. (Project Member), Carbery, D. (Project Member), Parker, S. (Project Member), Mckeown, N. B. (Project Member), Malpass-Evans, R. (Project Member), Carta, M. (Project Member) & Raithby, P. (Project Leader), University of Bath, 27 Nov 2017
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00440
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Bryant, M., Skelton, J., Hatcher, L., Stubbs, C., Madrid, E., R. Pallipurath, A., Thomas, L., Woodall, C., Christensen, J., Fuertes, S., Robinson, T., Beavers, C. M., Teat, S. J., Warren, M. R., Pradaux-Caggiano, F., Walsh, A., Marken, F., Carbery, D., Parker, S., ... Raithby, P. (2017). A rapidly-reversible absorptive and emissive vapochromic Pt(II) pincer based chemical sensor. Nature Communications, 8, 1-9. Article 1800. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01941-2

Bryant, M, Skelton, J, Hatcher, L, Stubbs, C, Madrid, E, R. Pallipurath, A, Thomas, L, Woodall, C, Christensen, J, Fuertes, S, Robinson, T, Beavers, CM, Teat, SJ, Warren, MR, Pradaux-Caggiano, F, Walsh, A, Marken, F, Carbery, D, Parker, S, Mckeown, NB, Malpass-evans, R, Carta, M & Raithby, P 2017, 'A rapidly-reversible absorptive and emissive vapochromic Pt(II) pincer based chemical sensor', Nature Communications, vol. 8, 1800, pp. 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01941-2

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