Electrochimica Acta, Vol.47, No.27, 4351-4356, 2002
Noncovalently bonded quinone on self-assembled molecular layers
Aminoalkanethiol surface modifiers were investigated on gold electrodes. It was established, that quinone molecules could be attached to these surface layers in three different forms with well-distinguished redox potentials. Chemical reaction with the amino groups of the modifiers could produce monosubstituted and disubstituted quinones attached covalently to the layers. However, a third form could be detected, as well that seems to be quinone attached non-covalently to the monosubstituted quinone molecules.
Keywords:aminoalkanethiol surface modifiers;quinone attachment;covalently and non-covalently bonded quinones