Development of Surface-Modified Microelectrode Arrays for the Electrochemical Detection of Dihydrogen Phosphate

Platinum and gold microelectrode arrays (MEAs), fabricated on silicon substrates with different geometric characteristics, were surface-modified by the potentiostatic electropolymerization of the pyrrole-ferrocene derivative Py(CH2)3NHCOFc, in the case of the platinum MEAs, and chemisorption of th...

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Main Authors: Berduque, A., Herzog, G., Watson, Y., Arrigan, Damien, Moutet, J., Reynes, O., Royal, G., Saint-Aman, E.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Wiley - VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA 2005
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Online Access:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/elan.200403184/pdf
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6008
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Summary:Platinum and gold microelectrode arrays (MEAs), fabricated on silicon substrates with different geometric characteristics, were surface-modified by the potentiostatic electropolymerization of the pyrrole-ferrocene derivative Py(CH2)3NHCOFc, in the case of the platinum MEAs, and chemisorption of the thiol-functionalized ferrocene HS(CH2)6NĂ¾(CH3)2Fc, in the case of the gold MEAs. Cyclic voltammetry of these MEAs was typical of thin film behavior. The modified MEAs were investigated for the detection of the dihydrogen phosphate mono-anion in nonaqueous media via differential pulse voltammetry. This was based on electrostatic interaction and/or hydrogenbonding between the target anion and the amide-ferrocene or ammonium-ferrocene functionalized electrode surfaces. A decrease in the ferrocene (Fc) oxidation peak current with a concomitant increase in the peak current of a new peak at lower potentials was observed when the concentration of the dihydrogen phosphate was increased.