Luminescent gold compounds in optical oxygen sensors
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Elizabeth Slade; Brian Theobald; Andrew Mills; Barry A. Murrer; Anne Lepre
- Source
- Gold Bulletin. 31:68-70
- Subject
- Materials science
Nanotechnology
Photochemistry
Fluorescence
Inorganic Chemistry
chemistry.chemical_compound
Materials Science(all)
Gold Compounds
chemistry
Metallic materials
General Materials Science
Phosphorescence
Luminescence
Oxygen sensor
Phosphine
- Language
- ISSN
- 2190-7579
0017-1557
The use of luminescent gold(I) phosphine complexes as oxygen sensors is reported. Room temperature phosphorescent-based sensors have advantages over those based on fluorescence, and they have significant potential for development in clinical applications.