The study of porphyrins allows for the advancement of optical sensors due to a large variety of optical properties found within porphyrins. The entrapment of porphyrins within an inorganic network allows for these photochemical properties to be examined. Characteristics of sol-gels are investigated using the starting material of tetraethyloxysilane (TEOS). The effect of acid versus base catalysis is investigated while observing the importance of drying rate. The presentation highlights the results of a variety of sol-gel synthesis recipes as well as investigating porphyrin integrity within the sol-gel matrix.

Porphyrin doped sol-gels: Comparative analysis of acid vs. base catalysis

245th National Meeting (2013)

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