Surface-confined redox-active monolayers of a multifunctional anthraquinone derivative on nanoporous and single-crystal gold electrodes
Autor: | Charlotte Uldahl Jansen, Xinxin Xiao, Fangyuan Diao, David Tanner, Jens Ulstrup, Katrine Qvortrup, Xiaomei Yan |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Self-assembled monolayers
02 engineering and technology Anthraquinone derivatives 010402 general chemistry 01 natural sciences Redox Anthraquinone lcsh:Chemistry chemistry.chemical_compound Electron transfer X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy Electrochemistry Nanoporous Proton-coupled electron transfer 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology 0104 chemical sciences Dielectric spectroscopy Crystallography Isoelectric point lcsh:Industrial electrochemistry lcsh:QD1-999 chemistry Nanoporous gold Cyclic voltammetry 0210 nano-technology lcsh:TP250-261 |
Zdroj: | Yan, X, Jansen, C U, Diao, F, Qvortrup, K, Tanner, D A, Ulstrup, J & Xiao, X 2021, ' Surface-confined redox-active monolayers of a multifunctional anthraquinone derivative on nanoporous and single-crystal gold electrodes ', Electrochemistry Communications, vol. 124, 106962 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elecom.2021.106962 Electrochemistry Communications, Vol 124, Iss, Pp 106962-(2021) |
Popis: | We have investigated self-assembled molecular monolayers (SAMs) of a novel thiol-bearing anthraquinone derivative AQ(OMe) (1-amino-4-((3-mercapto-5-(methoxycarbonyl)phenyl)amino)-9,10-dioxo-9,10-dihydroanthracene-2-sulfonic acid) with multifarious protonation sites, on nanoporous gold (NPG) electrode surfaces. We employ cyclic voltammetry, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Single-crystal Au(1 1 1)-electrode surfaces area used as a reference. XPS exhibits S2p3/2 peaks at 161.1 and 162.1 eV, verifying well-defined AQ(OMe) Au-S bound SAMs. The mid-point potential (E1/2) of the SAMs shifts negatively with increasing pH with a slope of −55 mV pH−1, indicative of a 2e2H redox reaction. The anthraquinone group exhibits quasi-reversible behavior over a wide range of pH values (from 2.8 to 9.0) and a sigmoidal electron transfer (ET) rate constant (kapp) with a maximum value at pH 5.5, which is likely to be close to the isoelectric point. The electrochemically addressable surface coverage, determined from the voltammetric peak areas, decreases with increasing pH. The apparent surface coverage on NPG is more than 13 times higher than that on Au(1 1 1), attributed mainly to the larger surface area and different structural packing modes, and possibly also to favorable terrace edges on NPG, but – somewhat unexpectedly – with little effect on kapp. The new anthraquinone derivative offers perspectives for gentle immobilization and efficient mediated interfacial electrochemical ET of redox proteins and other complex biomolecules. |
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