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pubmed:issue
13
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-6-30
pubmed:abstractText
The preparation and characterization of Pt nanoelectrodes in the range of 1 to 3 nm in radii are reported. A Pt microwire is sealed into a bilayer quartz capillary and pulled into an ultrasharp Pt nanowire sealed in a silica tip using a laser-assisted pulling process. The ultrasharp tip is then sealed into a piece of glass tubing, which is manually polished to expose the Pt. Transmission electron microscopy and steady-state voltammetry are utilized to characterize the nanoelectrodes. The results show that the minimum size of the Pt nanoelectrode is determined by the size of the Pt microwire and parameters used in the pulling process. The heterogeneous electron transfer rate constant for the oxidation of ferrocene, ferrocenemethanol, and potassium hexachloroiridate (III) are determined from steady-state voltammetry using the method of Mirkin and Bard and are found to be k(o) = 7.6 +/- 3.4 cm/s and alpha = 0.85 +/- 0.06 for ferrocene, k(o) = 7.4 +/- 6.9 cm/s and alpha = 0.78 +/- 0.16 for ferrocenemethanol, and k(o) = 6.0 +/- 4.2 cm/s and alpha = 0.72 +/- 0.15 for IrCl(6)(3-).
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1520-6882
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
81
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
5496-502
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Preparation and electrochemical response of 1-3 nm Pt disk electrodes.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1700, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article