Studies on the Electrochemical Behaviour of Hydroquinone at L-cysteine Self-Assembled Monolayers Modified Gold Electrode 英文参考文献.docVIP

Sensors 2002, 2, 41-49 sensors ISSN 1424-8220 ? 2002 by MDPI /sensors Studies on the Electrochemical Behaviour of Hydroquinone at L-cysteine Self-Assembled Monolayers Modified Gold Electrode Shengfu Wang* and Dan Du College of Chemistry and Material Science, Hubei University, 430062, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China. Tel: 027 * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. E -mail: danlinda@263.net Received: 7 January 2002 / Accepted: 21 January 2002 / Published: 4 February 2002 Abstract: L-Cysteine is combined onto gold electrode to form a self-assembled monolayers modified electrode (L-Cys/Au SAMs) by taking advantage of strong sulfur-gold interaction. ATR-FTIR, SEM, cyclic voltammetry (CV) and impedance were used for the characterization of the film. It shows excellent stability upon voltametric scanning and a good voltametric response towards hydroquinone with the potential ranged from 0.8 to –0.2 V (vs.SCE) in 0.5M HAc-NaAc buffer solution (pH 4.8). The oxidation potential of hydroquinone on the modified electrode shifted negatively about 330 mV as compared with the bare gold electrode. The plot of catalytic current vs.its concentration has a good linear relation in the range of 2.0×10-6~2.0×10-4M with the correlation coefficient of 0.9986 and the detection limit of 4.0×10-7M by different pulse voltammetry (DPV). Mechanism for the electrocatalytical process has been studied. Keywords: Self-assembled monolayers, ATR-FTIR, SEM, L-cysteine, Hydroquinone Introduction Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) are ordered molecular assemblies formed by the adsorption of an active surfactant on a solid surface [1]. This simple process makes SAMs inherently manufacturable and thus technologically attractive for building super lattices and for surface engineering. The use of SAMs in various fields is rapidly growing; especially organic th