Surface Potential Switching by Metal Ion Complexation/Decomplexation Using Bipyridinethiolate Monolayers on Gold

Autor: Toshiaki Ohta, Shuji Abe, Wataru Mizutani, Ikuyo Nakai, Tohru Nakamura, Yukihiro Shimoi, Masatoshi Kanesato, Hiroshi Kondoh, Kiyomi Tsukagoshi, Hideo Tokuhisa, Takao Ishida, Emiko Koyama
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 110:9195-9203
ISSN: 1520-5207
1520-6106
DOI: 10.1021/jp056821d
Popis: Surface potential switching on gold(111) surfaces is induced by complexation/decomplexation reactions of a bipyridine (BP) derivative and palladium(II) chloride, as observed by Kelvin probe force microscopy (KFM). On the basis of the theoretical predictions, a 4-(5-phenylethynyl-2,2'-bipyridine-5'-yl-ethynyl)benzenethiol (PhBP) derivative was synthesized and used as an active monolayer to catch transition metal ions. By using the microcontact printing (CP) technique, micron-size patterned PhBP monolayers, which act as effective hosts to coordinate palladium(II) chloride, were prepared on gold(111) surfaces. The KFM signal decreases by complexation of the Pd(II) chloride in PhBP monolayers and is recovered by removal of Pd ions using an ethylenediamine solution, as confirmed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. This process is reversible, indicating that the surface potential switching is realized by complexation/decomplexation of Pd(II). A CP PhBP monolayer, when it detects the target palladium ion, shows sensitivity for the picomolar level detection judged from surface potential changes in KFM measurements. The dipole moment estimated by the surface potentials is much smaller than the calculated value, indicating that mechanisms for the reduction of the surface dipole moment exist in real monolayers prepared by the CP method.
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