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Spontaneous attachment of lithium-activated ferrocenylalkynes to carbon and gold

Spontaneous attachment of lithium-activated ferrocenylalkynes to carbon and gold

Sheridan, Matthew V., Lam, Kevin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1481-9212 and Geiger, William E. (2015) Spontaneous attachment of lithium-activated ferrocenylalkynes to carbon and gold. Electrochemistry Communications, 52. pp. 63-66. ISSN 1388-2481 (doi:10.1016/j.elecom.2015.01.024)

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Abstract

Ferrocenes derivatized with a terminal lithioacetylide group react rapidly with unconnected glassy carbon and gold electrodes, giving up to monolayer-level surface coverage. The molecule-to-surface bonding is sufficiently robust to resist sonication, extended storage under dinitrogen, and thousands of repetitive voltammetric scans through the ferrocenyl oxidation wave. This "spontaneous" modification method provides a non-electrochemical pathway to the strong, apparently covalent, attachment of alkynyl-linked molecular tags to carbon and metal surfaces.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Chemically modified electrodes, Covalent attachment, Ferrocenyl acetylide monolayers, Glassy carbon electrodes, Lithioacetylide, Spontaneous attachment
Subjects: Q Science > QC Physics
Q Science > QD Chemistry
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group: Faculty of Engineering & Science
Faculty of Engineering & Science > School of Science (SCI)
Last Modified: 10 Oct 2017 15:41
URI: http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/17718

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