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Optical and Electrochemical Properties of Multi-layer Polyelectrolyte Thin Films Incorporating Spherical, Gold Colloid Nanomaterials Tran T. Doan, Robert W. Day, Michael C. Leopold* Department of Chemistry, Gottwald Center for the Sciences, University of Richmond Richmond, VA 23173 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Optical and Electrochemical Properties of Multi-layer Polyelectrolyte Thin Films Incorporating Spherical, Gold Colloid
Nanomaterials
Tran T. Doan, Robert W. Day, Michael C. Leopold*
Department of Chemistry, Gottwald Center for the Sciences, University of Richmond
Richmond, VA 23173
Contents: TEM image and histogram analysis for Ag-NPs
UV-Vis spectra during Au-NSs synthesis from Ag-NPs templates
Enlarged digital photos of bulk NM bulk solutions and corresponding table comparing average λmax shift of SPB for NMs in solution vs. immobilized within a PEM film
Absorbance spectra of PEM films with embedded CS-NPs
Monitoring the percent change in absorbance at λmax and localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) for PEM films with embedded CS-NPs
Cyclic voltammetry of ferricyanide redox probe at MUA SAM-modified gold electrode with PLL-terminated PEM films assembled according to Scheme I with and without (control) the following NMs: CS-NPs, TAS-NPs, and MUA-MPCs
Cyclic voltammetry of ferricyanide redox probe at MUA SAM-modified gold electrode with PSS-terminated PEM films assembled according to Scheme II with and without (control) the following NMs: CS-NPs, TAS-NPs, and MUA-MPCs
Cyclic voltammetry of ferricyanide redox probe at MUA SAM-modified gold electrode with PLL-terminated PEM films assembled according to Scheme II with and without (control) the following NMs: CS-NPs, TAS-NPs, and MUA-MPCs
Cyclic voltammetry of ruthenium hexamine redox probe at a gold electrode modified with 11- amino-1-undecanethiol (SAM) and subsequently modified with a PEM and Au-NSs in accordance to Scheme II: [Film with opposite electrostatics Au/SAM/PSS/PLL…NS]
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. Email: mleopold@richmond.edu.Phone: (804) 287-6329. Fax: (804) 287-1897.
Supplementary Materials
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Fig. SM-2 The progression of hollow gold nanoshell synthesis reaction is spectrally tracked. Aliquots of 1 mM gold salt are added until the surface plasmon band (SPB) of the Ag-NPs at ∼ 420 nm slowly dissipates and SPB of the Au nanoshells develops at ~680 nm
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Table SM-1 Absorption spectra λmax average shift comparison of NMs in bulk solution vs. immobilized within a film (zero layers of PE)
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Fig. SM-4 Absorbance spectra of PE multilayered films built according to the Scheme I with embedded CS-NPs on 3-APTMS-modified slides and measured in NP H2O. Insets display the smaller spectral window around λmax of the surface plasmon band (SPB). Note: When incorporated into thin films, CS-NPs are prone to stability issues and often aggregate as indicated by a red shifted peak emerging as aggregation progresses.1,23-27 Care should be used to minimize exposure of such films to ambient air and their use within films to be developed into potential sensors is not recommended if the other NMs (e.g., TAS-NPs) are available
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Fig. SM-5 (a) Tracking the percent change in absorbance at λmax and the red shift of the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) for films assembled via Scheme 1 on glass slides with CS-NPs. Note: In some cases, the error bars are smaller than the data markers. (b,c) The same results shown in SM-4 and SM-5a for a significantly thicker PEM embedded with more than a submonolayer of CS-NP that indicates the same trends
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Fig. SM-6 (a) Schematic of a film constructed for electrochemical investigation adapted from Scheme I of a MUA SAM-modified gold electrode, a PLL anchoring PE layer, negatively charged NM, and 7 alternating PLL and PSS layers; Cyclic voltammetry (CV) of 5 mM ferricyanide in 0.5 M KCl supporting electrolyte at 100 mV/sec at bare gold, MUA SAM-modified gold, and PLL-terminated PEM films with and without (control) embedded (b) CS-NPs, (c) TAS-NPs, or (d) MUA-MPCs. CV results at films incorporating Au-NSs (Fig. 5b), CS-NPs, and TAS-NPs were similar while results at MUA-MPCs films expressed slightly more blocking behavior than the other NMs
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Fig. SM-7 (a) Schematic of a film constructed for electrochemical investigation adapted from Scheme II of a MUA SAM-modified gold electrode, 7 alternating PLL and PSS layers, and negatively charged NM. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) of 5 mM ferricyanide in 0.5 M KCl supporting electrolyte at 100 mV/sec at bare gold, MUA SAM-modified gold, and PSS-terminated PEM films with and without (control) embedded (b) CS-NPs, (c) TAS-NPs, or (d) MUA-MPCs. CV results at films incorporating Au-NSs (Fig. 6a), CS-NPs, and MUA-MPCs were similar while results at TAS-NPs films expressed slightly increased blocking behavior than the other NMs
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Fig. SM-8 (a) Schematic of a film constructed for electrochemical investigation adapted from Scheme II of a MUA SAM-modified gold electrode, 7 alternating PLL and PSS layers, and negatively charged NM. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) of 5 mM ferricyanide in 0.5 M KCl supporting electrolyte at 100 mV/sec at bare gold, MUA SAM-modified gold, and PLL-terminated PEM films with and without (control) embedded (b) CS-NPs, (c) TAS-NPs, or (d) MUA-MPCs. CV results at films incorporating Au-NSs (Fig. 6a), CS-NPs, and MUA-MPCs were similar while results at TAS-NPs films expressed slightly increased blocking behavior than the other NMs
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Fig. SM-9. (a) Schematic for alternative film assembly with opposite electrostatic interactions (using a base cationic SAM of 11-amino-1-undecanethiol as opposed to the anionic MUA SAM. (b) Cyclic voltammetry (CV) of 5 mM ruthenium hexamine in 0.5 M KCl supporting electrolyte at 100 mV/sec at bare gold, MUA SAM-modified gold, and PLL-terminated PEM film with and without (control) embedded Au-NSs
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