Use of Selective Redox Cross-Inhibitors for the Control of Organic Layer Formation Obtained via Diazonium Salt Reduction

Autor: Tony Breton, Isidoro López, Sylvie Dabos-Seignon
Přispěvatelé: MOLTECH-Anjou, Université d'Angers (UA)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Langmuir
Langmuir, American Chemical Society, 2019, 35 (34), pp.11048-11055. ⟨10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b01397⟩
ISSN: 1520-5827
0743-7463
Popis: International audience; The controlled electrochemical deposition of a series of four diazonium salts (4-bromobenzene, 4-iodobenzene, 4-methoxybenzene, and 4-diethylaminobenzene diazonium) on carbon surfaces has been achieved by exploiting the use of three redox mediators: 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl, chloranil, and dichlone. The efficiency of the method rests on a fast redox cross-reaction in the diffusion layer between the diazonium compound and the reduced form of the selected inhibitor, characterized by an outer-sphere electron transfer. The effect of the inhibitor addition in the deposition solution was characterized using electrochemical techniques, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and atomic force microscopy. Near-monolayers are obtained when the potential of the redox mediator is at least 100 mV lower than the reduction potential of the diazonium salt concerned. A judicious choice of the redox entity can allow, via a fine control of the experimental conditions, to modulate the thickness of organic layers by varying the grafting potential.
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