Abstract
4-Aminophenylmethylphosphonic acid was grafted on ITO surfaces by 1) electrochemical reductive adsorption of the corresponding aryl diazonium salt and 2) by self-assembly via the phosphonic acid moiety. The aryl diazonium salt derived surfaces are reasonably stable within a wide potential range from -600mV to 600mV compared to a very narrow stable range between -40mV and 40mV for the self-assembled layers. The different surface stabilities were assessed with a view to forming ITO-organic layer-gold nanoparticle (AuNPs) constructs. As expected the ITO-organic layer-AuNPs construct formed by electrochemical adsorption (ITO-Ph-AuNP) was significantly more stable than the construct formed by self-assembly of phosphonates (ITO-PO3Ph-AuNPs).
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2633-2642 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Electroanalysis |
Volume | 23 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Nov 2011 |
Externally published | Yes |