title: Covalent modification of iron surfaces by electrochemical reduction of aryldiazonium salts.
abstract: Electrochemical reduction of aryldiazonium salts (in acetonitrile or acidic aqueous medium) on an iron or mild steel surface permits the strong bonding (which resists an ultrasonic cleaning) of aryl groups on these surfaces. Attachment of aryl groups was demonstrated by the combined used of electrochemistry, infrared spectroscopy and polarization modulation infrared reflection spectroscopy (PMIRRAS), Rutherford backscattering, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and capacity measurements. The substituents of aryl groups, which can be widely varied, include NO2, I, COOH, and long alkyl chains. It is shown that the attachment of the aryl groups is to an iron and not to an oxygen atom and that the bond is covalent.
authors.affiliation: ITODYS, Université Paris 7-Denis Diderot, associé au CNRS (UPRESA 7086), 1 rue Guy de la Brosse, F-75005, Paris, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Adenier
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Bernard
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Chehimi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cabet-Deliry
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Desbat
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Fagebaume
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pinson
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Podvorica