Enhancement of Electrochemical Activity by Small-Sizing the Vinylferrocene-Immobilized Polystyrene Latex Particles
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Abstract
Voltammetry of vinylferrocene (VFc)-immobilized polystyrene(PS)-based latex particles was carried out in aqueous suspensions by changing the size of latex particles in order to investigate the dependence of the electroactivity of the particles on their size. The anodic peak current was controlled by diffusion of the latex. The voltammetric peak currents increased with an increase in the diameter of PS latex particles for a given analytical concentration of the particles, exhibiting the dependence on 1.5 powers of the diameter of the particles. The increase can be explained in terms of combination of the uniform distribution of VFc in the particle, the partial charge transfer, and the Stokes-Einstein equation for diffusion coefficients. The oxidation of VFc occurs in the restricted domain (0.07 microm) from a contact point of the particle with the electrode. The overall reaction mechanism is diffusion of the particle to the electrode, partial oxidation to VFc+, release of VFc+ from the particle to the solution, and reduction of the released VFc+.
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