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Preparation of gold nanoislands on various functionalized polymer-modified glass and ITO for electrochemical characterization of monolayer assembly of alkanethiols

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Nanometer dimension of citrate-capped gold nanoparticles can be firmly bound with various functionalized polymer-modified glass plate and indium tin oxide (ITO) substrates. Herein we report 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane, polyvinyl pyridine, polyethylene imines, etc. as binding agents to modify these substrates to stabilize the charged colloidal gold nanoparticles through electrostatic stabilization of gold nanoparticles. When gold nanoparticles pretreated substrate are exposed into the seeding growth solution, the preadsorbed gold nanoparticles grow further and then form nanoislands of gold on glass and ITO substrates. The formation of nanoislands on microscope glass slide and ITO was monitored with UV-visible spectroscopy, cyclic voltammetry, and atomic force microscopy methods. The gold nanoislands and gold nanoparticles pretreated substrates can be used as platform to study the self-assembling behavior of long chain alkanethiols such as C12SH, C16SH, and C18SH. The binding, coverage, and electron transfer characteristics of monolayer assembly on modified gold nanoisland and nanoparticles modified substrates are studied using electrochemical studies. The gold substrates can be prepared by this method, which is simple and reproducible and can be applied to various sensor and electrocatalytic applications.

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One of the authors gratefully acknowledges the funding agents, UGC, New Delhi and DST, New Delhi, for providing financial support for this research program. One of the authors (K.P.) greatly acknowledges Prof. M.V. Sangaranarayanan, Department of Chemistry IIT Madras, Chennai-600 036, India for the scientific discussion and is grateful for the referee’s suggestions.

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  1. Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600 025, India

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  2. Department of Chemistry, Thiruvalluvar University, Fort Campus, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, 632 004, India

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Shakila, V., Pandian, K. Preparation of gold nanoislands on various functionalized polymer-modified glass and ITO for electrochemical characterization of monolayer assembly of alkanethiols. J Solid State Electrochem 11, 296–302 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-006-0107-1

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