Title
Surface-confined monomers on electrode surfaces Part 3. Electrochemical reactions and scanning probe microscopy investigations of ω-(N-pyrrolyl) alkanethiol self-assembled monolayers on gold
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-30-1995
Abstract
The formation and subsequent polymerization of ω-(N-pyrrolyl)alkanethiol monolayers on polycrystalline gold under various conditions was performed. Polymer formation in the monolayer is suppressed by addition of H2O or pyridine to the Bu4NClO4-CH3CN or Bu4-propylene carbonate (PC) electrolyte. Exposure of gold electrodes to ethanol solutions of n-hexanethiol and N-(6-mercaptohexyl)pyrrole results in monolayers which do not reflect the composition of the dosing solution. The presence of 75% n-hexanethiol in the assembly solution results in mixed monolayers which still display surface-confined pyrrole oxidation, but no voltammetric evidence for polymer formation. Scanning tunneling microscopy of the oxidized monolayers on Au(111)/mica yields images which are not substantially different from those of the unoxidized monolayers on Au(111)/mica. © 1995 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Analytica Chimica Acta
First Page
269
Last Page
276
Recommended Citation
Willicut, R., & McCarley, R. (1995). Surface-confined monomers on electrode surfaces Part 3. Electrochemical reactions and scanning probe microscopy investigations of ω-(N-pyrrolyl) alkanethiol self-assembled monolayers on gold. Analytica Chimica Acta, 307 (2-3), 269-276. https://doi.org/10.1016/0003-2670(94)00596-E
