Self-assembly of 4-ferrocene thiophenol capped electroactive gold nanoparticles onto gold electrode

  • Di Li
  • , Jinghong Li*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Gold nanoparticles capped by 4-ferrocene thiophenol with an average core size of 2.5 nm and surface plasmon absorbance at 522 nm were place-exchanged with 1,8-octanedithiol, and then self-assembled onto the gold electrode via tail SH group. The self-assembly was characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Cyclic voltammograms examined the coverage fraction of the self-assembled monolayers of the electroactive gold nanoparticles and the formal potential of the indicated SAMs. Further experiments exhibited that the electrode process was controlled by surface confined faradic reactions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)105-111
Number of pages7
JournalSurface Science
Volume522
Issue number1-3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2003
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Gold
  • Self-assembly
  • X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

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