화학공학소재연구정보센터
Langmuir, Vol.27, No.16, 9890-9894, 2011
Electrochemical Stability of Self-Assembled Alkylphosphate Monolayers on Conducting Metal Oxides
Alkylphosphate self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) were prepared on Nb-doped SrTiO(3) (Nb-STO) conducting metal oxide substrates. Unlike thiols on gold, the alkylphosphate SAMs on Nb-STO exhibited an electrochemical stability over a wide voltage range from -2 to 2 V. Cyclic voltammetry showed that the SAM modification inhibited the electrochemical activity of the underlying conducting substrate with an efficiency dependent on the chain length. Impedance spectroscopy showed that SAM-modified Nb-STO substrates have a significantly higher resistance than bare substrates.