Comparison of Au Nanoparticle/Poly(9-vinylcarbazole) Thin-Film Electrogeneration at 3 Distinct Liquid/Liquid Interfaces: Water/1,2-Dichloroethane, /α,α,α-Trifluorotoluene, Or/Ionic Liquid
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Abstract
Metal nanoparticle (NP) incorporated conductive polymer films are attractive for their mechanical stability for biomedical applications and as heterogeneous electrocatalysis materials. Novel approaches to generate these materials with tunable properties are still being sought. Herein, the interface between two immiscible electrolyte solutions (ITIES) has been employed as a molecularly sharp and reproducible platform for simultaneous Au NP and poly(9-vinylcarbazole) generation. Three interfaces have been compared, including between water|1,2-dichloroethane (w|DCE), water|α,α,α-trifluorotoluene (w|TFT), and water|ionic liquid (w|IL). In this case the IL was P 8888 TB (tetraoctylphosphonium tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate). 9-Vinylcarbazole (VC) can polymerize via two routes, either propagating through the vinyl substituent or the aryl rings. The former gives rise to a white semiconducting polymer with a wide bandgap, while the latter produces a green, conducting polymer. External potential control through voltammetric cycling was found to generate the film more rapidly favoring heterogeneous electron transfer with formation of the green poly(VC) variant at the ITIES. This was a free-standing film that could be easily removed from the interface. In the absence of external control, white polymer crystals formed within the oil phase spontaneously likely via AuCl 4 – w → o transfer followed by a homogeneous electron transfer reaction mechanism. Scanning electrochemical microscopy probe approach curve experiments were used to quantify the electroactivity of the film and are complemented by direct conductivity measurements.
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| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
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