Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Heinrich Kimmel

Walter Gumbrecht

Bernhard Montag

The present invention is directed to a chemically sensitive component including an optical filter that reversibly changes color or transparency in response to a gas or vapor to be determined or detected. The optical filter comprises a mixture of a basic or acid color former or dye of the triphenyl methane system and a complementary acid or basic compound which may be embedded in a matrix and/or applied as a coating to a carrier. The optical filter's change in color or transparency can be measured photoelectronically, e.g., with a luminescent diode as a light source and a photodiode or a phototransistor as a light detector.

Chemically sensitive component

The present invention is directed to an optical filter that includes a mixture of at least one basic or acid color former or dye, preferably being a triphenyl methane system and at least one complementary acid or basic compound. The mixture reversibly changes color in response to a gas or vapor. The mixture may be embedded in a matrix substance and/or may be applied to a carrier. The color change may be measured photo-electrically.

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Buckenhof, Germany

Heinrich Kimmel