ELECTRON TRANSFER RATES OF ALKYL-FERROCENE MOLECULES FORMING INCOMPLETE MONOLAYER ON SILICON ELECTRODES

This study shows the results obtained when binding alkyl ferrocene molecules on silicon surface forming incomplete monolayers. The electrodic surface functionalization is carried out by a two step procedure: First, a hydrosilytation reaction between a Si-H surface and an alkenyl bromide active by wh...

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Autores principales: RIVEROS,G, MENESES,S, ESCOBAR,S, GARÍN,C, CHORNIK,B
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spelling oai:scielo:S0717-970720100001000152010-04-29ELECTRON TRANSFER RATES OF ALKYL-FERROCENE MOLECULES FORMING INCOMPLETE MONOLAYER ON SILICON ELECTRODESRIVEROS,GMENESES,SESCOBAR,SGARÍN,CCHORNIK,B Silicon electrode redox monolayers AC voltammetry eletron transfer This study shows the results obtained when binding alkyl ferrocene molecules on silicon surface forming incomplete monolayers. The electrodic surface functionalization is carried out by a two step procedure: First, a hydrosilytation reaction between a Si-H surface and an alkenyl bromide active by white light; and then, the reaction of this surface with a monolithio ferrocene solution. Alkenyl bromide with different numbers of carbon atoms (3, 5 and 10 carbon atoms) were employed in order to obtain propyl, pentyl and decyl ferrocene chains on the electrodic surface. The samples of modified silicon were analyzed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and electrochemical measurements confirmingthe presence of ferrocene molecules onthe electrode surface. The results obtained show that in each and every case, there were incomplete monolayers on the silicon surface, ranging from 16% to 42 %, depending on the alkenyl bromide employed in the synthesis. AC voltammetry was employed to determine the kinetic of the eletron transfer between ferrocene molecules and the silicon electrode. However, therate constant is not influenced by the lengthofthe alkyl chain, and is usually constant (2.01 s-1-3.66 s-1). The result above is due to the eletron transfer process which is determine by eletron hopping in a regime of bonded diffusion and not by a long-rate eletron transfer such as in a full compact monolayer.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Chilena de QuímicaJournal of the Chilean Chemical Society v.55 n.1 20102010-01-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-97072010000100015en10.4067/S0717-97072010000100015
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language English
topic Silicon electrode
redox monolayers
AC voltammetry
eletron transfer
spellingShingle Silicon electrode
redox monolayers
AC voltammetry
eletron transfer
RIVEROS,G
MENESES,S
ESCOBAR,S
GARÍN,C
CHORNIK,B
ELECTRON TRANSFER RATES OF ALKYL-FERROCENE MOLECULES FORMING INCOMPLETE MONOLAYER ON SILICON ELECTRODES
description This study shows the results obtained when binding alkyl ferrocene molecules on silicon surface forming incomplete monolayers. The electrodic surface functionalization is carried out by a two step procedure: First, a hydrosilytation reaction between a Si-H surface and an alkenyl bromide active by white light; and then, the reaction of this surface with a monolithio ferrocene solution. Alkenyl bromide with different numbers of carbon atoms (3, 5 and 10 carbon atoms) were employed in order to obtain propyl, pentyl and decyl ferrocene chains on the electrodic surface. The samples of modified silicon were analyzed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and electrochemical measurements confirmingthe presence of ferrocene molecules onthe electrode surface. The results obtained show that in each and every case, there were incomplete monolayers on the silicon surface, ranging from 16% to 42 %, depending on the alkenyl bromide employed in the synthesis. AC voltammetry was employed to determine the kinetic of the eletron transfer between ferrocene molecules and the silicon electrode. However, therate constant is not influenced by the lengthofthe alkyl chain, and is usually constant (2.01 s-1-3.66 s-1). The result above is due to the eletron transfer process which is determine by eletron hopping in a regime of bonded diffusion and not by a long-rate eletron transfer such as in a full compact monolayer.
author RIVEROS,G
MENESES,S
ESCOBAR,S
GARÍN,C
CHORNIK,B
author_facet RIVEROS,G
MENESES,S
ESCOBAR,S
GARÍN,C
CHORNIK,B
author_sort RIVEROS,G
title ELECTRON TRANSFER RATES OF ALKYL-FERROCENE MOLECULES FORMING INCOMPLETE MONOLAYER ON SILICON ELECTRODES
title_short ELECTRON TRANSFER RATES OF ALKYL-FERROCENE MOLECULES FORMING INCOMPLETE MONOLAYER ON SILICON ELECTRODES
title_full ELECTRON TRANSFER RATES OF ALKYL-FERROCENE MOLECULES FORMING INCOMPLETE MONOLAYER ON SILICON ELECTRODES
title_fullStr ELECTRON TRANSFER RATES OF ALKYL-FERROCENE MOLECULES FORMING INCOMPLETE MONOLAYER ON SILICON ELECTRODES
title_full_unstemmed ELECTRON TRANSFER RATES OF ALKYL-FERROCENE MOLECULES FORMING INCOMPLETE MONOLAYER ON SILICON ELECTRODES
title_sort electron transfer rates of alkyl-ferrocene molecules forming incomplete monolayer on silicon electrodes
publisher Sociedad Chilena de Química
publishDate 2010
url http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-97072010000100015
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