title: Adsorption of 1,10-phenanthroline within a dodecanethiol monolayer: an approach to a switchable electrode surface.
abstract: A simple method was used to prepare a "switchable" electrode surface by using self-assembled monolayers of dodecanethiol on a gold electrode. The dodecane-modified electrode was electrochemically inactive until the monolayer was soaked in solutions of 1,10-phenanthroline or 2,2'-bipyridine. The electroactive form of the electrode could be reverted back to the nonelectroactive form by rinsing the electrode. Surface IR results showed that both dodecanethiol and 1,10-phenanthroline exist in the mixed monolayer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan 48309, USA.
authors.forename: Kuang-Yu
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Mark W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Severson
authors.forename: Xiangqun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zeng
mesh_terms: D015082:2,2'-Dipyridyl / Q000737:chemistry; D001965:Bromides / Q000737:chemistry; D004563:Electrochemistry; D004566:Electrodes; D006046:Gold; D010618:Phenanthrolines / Q000737:chemistry*; D017680:Potassium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D001965:Bromides; D010618:Phenanthrolines; D017680:Potassium Compounds; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; C013976:dodecylmercaptan; D015082:2,2'-Dipyridyl; D006046:Gold; C039004:potassium bromide; C025205:1,10-phenanthroline