Quartz Crystal Microbalance and Electrochemical Studies on a Viologen Thiol Incorporated in Phospholipid Self-Assembled Monolayers

Noriyuki Nakamura, Hong-Xiang Huang, Dong Qian, Jun Miyake

Langmuir · 2002 · 29 citations · 37 references

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Abstract

Binary self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) were prepared on gold surfaces by use of a viologen, N -methyl- N ‘-(10-mercaptodecyl)-4,4‘-bipyridinium bishexafluorophosphate (V 10 SH) and a phospholipid, dipalmitoylphosphatidylthioethanol (DPPTE). Quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) measurements indicated a similar adsorption trend for the V 10 SH and DPPTE assembling on the gold surface. Well reversible redox waves of V 10 SH and Fe(CN) 6 3-/4- were recorded for the electrodes modified by either pure V 10 SH SAM or binary SAMs prepared in mixed solutions of V 10 SH and DPPTE with molar ratios below 1:5. Chronocoulomograms of the SAM-modified electrodes indicated that V 10 SH acted as an electron-transfer mediator for the Fe(CN) 6 3-/4- ions in the electrolyte solution to “gated” access to the electrode surface across the DPPTE monolayer.

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