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Gold-gold junction electrodes:the disconnection method

Gold-gold junction electrodes:the disconnection method
Gold-gold junction electrodes:the disconnection method
The formation of gold-gold junction electrodes for application in electroanalysis is described here based on electro-deposition from a non-cyanide gold plating bath. Converging growth of two hemispherical gold deposits on two adjacent platinum microelectrodes (both 100?µm diameter in glass, ca. 45?µm gap) followed by careful etching in aqueous chloride solution was employed. During growth both gold hemispheres “connect” and during etching “disconnection” is evident in a drop in current. Gold-gold junctions with sub-micron gaps are formed and applied for the electroanalytical detection of sub-micromolar concentrations of hydroquinone in 0.1?M phosphate buffer pH 7 (Erev?=?0.04 V vs. SCE) and sub-micromolar concentration of dopamine in 0.1?M phosphate buffer pH 7 (Erev?=?0.14 V vs. SCE). The potential future uses in analysis and limitations of gold-gold junction electrodes are discussed. DOI 10.1002/tcr.201100008
electroanalysis gold electrodes sensors voltammetry junction sensor
1527-8999
143-148
Dale, Sara E. C.
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Dale, Sara E. C., Vuorema, Anne, Ashmore, Ellen M. Y., Kasprzyk-Horden, Barbara, Sillanpää, Mika, Denuault, Guy and Marken, Frank (2012) Gold-gold junction electrodes:the disconnection method. The Chemical Record, 12 (1), 143-148. (doi:10.1002/tcr.201100008).

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The formation of gold-gold junction electrodes for application in electroanalysis is described here based on electro-deposition from a non-cyanide gold plating bath. Converging growth of two hemispherical gold deposits on two adjacent platinum microelectrodes (both 100?µm diameter in glass, ca. 45?µm gap) followed by careful etching in aqueous chloride solution was employed. During growth both gold hemispheres “connect” and during etching “disconnection” is evident in a drop in current. Gold-gold junctions with sub-micron gaps are formed and applied for the electroanalytical detection of sub-micromolar concentrations of hydroquinone in 0.1?M phosphate buffer pH 7 (Erev?=?0.04 V vs. SCE) and sub-micromolar concentration of dopamine in 0.1?M phosphate buffer pH 7 (Erev?=?0.14 V vs. SCE). The potential future uses in analysis and limitations of gold-gold junction electrodes are discussed. DOI 10.1002/tcr.201100008

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e-pub ahead of print date: 7 September 2011
Published date: February 2012
Keywords: electroanalysis gold electrodes sensors voltammetry junction sensor
Organisations: Electrochemistry

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Local EPrints ID: 336949
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/336949
ISSN: 1527-8999
PURE UUID: 877c5a0b-a606-4b3c-be65-b6c8b16e8bfb
ORCID for Guy Denuault: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-8630-9492

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Date deposited: 11 Apr 2012 14:39
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 02:44

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Author: Sara E. C. Dale
Author: Anne Vuorema
Author: Ellen M. Y. Ashmore
Author: Barbara Kasprzyk-Horden
Author: Mika Sillanpää
Author: Guy Denuault ORCID iD
Author: Frank Marken

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