Conducting polymer growth in porous sol-gel thin films: Formation of nanoelectrode arrays and mediated electron transfer to sequestered macromolecules

Walter J. Doherty, Neal R. Armstrong, S. Scott Saavedra

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Abstract

The templated electrochemical growth of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) into porous sol-gel (PSG) films and PEDOT-mediated electron transfer to ferrocene-modified dendrimers encapsulated within these sol-gel matrices, were analyzed. The conditions needed to optimize PEDOT electropolymerization within the PSG films such that barely emergent PEDOT features protrude from a PSG thin film surface, were also described. It was observed that oxidation/reduction of the encapsulated Fc-PAMAM units could be voltammetrically detected after PEDOT growth into the sol-gel film. The results show that up to ca. 20% of these Fc-PAMAM units became electrochemically active, with high rates of electron transfer, when EDTM was conjugated to the Fc-PAMAM dendrimer.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)3652-3660
Number of pages9
JournalChemistry of Materials
Volume17
Issue number14
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 12 2005
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • General Chemical Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry

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