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An electrochemical study of 4-aminothiophenol/pt nanoparticle multilayers on gold electrodes

Jiang, C.J., Elliott, J.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7469-4154, Cardin, D.J. and Tsang, S.C. (2009) An electrochemical study of 4-aminothiophenol/pt nanoparticle multilayers on gold electrodes. Langmuir, 25 (1). pp. 534-541. ISSN 0743-7463

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Abstract/Summary

Quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) measurements of the formation of a 4-aminothiophenol (4-ATP)self-assembled monolayer (SAM) at a gold electrode showed that a surface coverage of 118 ng cm(-2) was obtained after a 3 h exposure period, indicating that good surface coverage was achieved. Cyclic voltammetry of the ferricyanide redox couple across this SAM modified surface produced similar results to those of a bare electrode; however, the electroreduction of oxygen was found to be impaired. The 4-ATP SAM layer was not stable to repeated electrochemical oxidation and reduction; it is believed that the 4-ATP SAM layer was first converted to a 4'-mercapto-N-phenylquinone diimine (NPQD) layer followed by subsequent formation of a 4'-mercapto-N-phenylquinone monoimine (NPQM) layer. We also report a quartz crystal microbalance study of the attachment of platinum nanoparticles to such SAM modified electrodes. We show that five times the amount of platinum nanoparticles can be attached to a 4-ATP modified electrode surface (observed frequency change - 187 Hz) compared with an NPQD modified electrode surface (observed frequency change -35 Hz). The presence of the platinum particles was confirmed electrochemically by their surface electrochemical properties, which were different from those of the underlying gold electrode. It is believed that this is the first time that such direct evidence of electrochemical communication between platinum nanoparticles and a SAM modified electrode surface has been obtained. It was also shown to be possible to build up multilayer SAM/nanoparticle modified surfaces while maintaining efficient electrochemical communication. Up to three SAM/nanoparticle sandwich layers were constructed.

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Life Sciences > School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy > Department of Chemistry
ID Code:11366
Uncontrolled Keywords:SELF-ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS, SCANNING-TUNNELING-MICROSCOPY, IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY, AU NANOPARTICLES, THIOL MONOLAYERS, SURFACE, ADSORPTION, IMMOBILIZATION, TRANSFORMATION, PARTICLES

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