Electrochemical characterisation of patterned carbon nanotube electrodes on silane modified silicon
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2008
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Flavel, B.
Yu, J.
Shapter, J.
Quinton, J.
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Electrochimica Acta, 2008; 53(18):5653-5659
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Benjamin S. Flavel, Jingxian Yu, Joseph G. Shapter, Jamie S. Quinton
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Previously we have used atomic force anodisation lithography, with a self-assembled monolayer of hexadecyltrichlorosilane as a resist, to pattern silicon oxide nanostructures onto a p-type silicon (1 0 0) substrate. A condensation reaction was used to immobilise carbon nanotubes with high carboxylic acid functionality directly to the silicon oxide. A further condensation reaction using this surface attached the molecule ferrocenemethanol to the bound nanotubes. These new nanostructures were used as electrodes to observe the oxidation and reduction of ferrocene. However, because the small currents measured are near the detection limits of the electrochemical system used, important electrode kinetics could not to be obtained. A scribing approach made larger regions of oxidised silicon leading to the creation of larger scale patterned arrangements of carbon nanotubes allowing measurement of important electrochemical parameters such as electrode kinetics, electron transfer rates and surface concentration of redox molecules. Knowledge of these characteristics has provided insights into the behaviour of the microelectrodes created using atomic force microscopy. © 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Copyright © 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.