Journal
ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 390, Issue 3, Pages 939-946Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-007-1723-z
Keywords
PAMAM dendrimers; copper-dendrimer nanocomposite; trace analysis; copper ions; templated growth
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The present work describes, for the first time, in situ electrochemical preparation of dendrimer-encapsulated Cu nanoparticles using a self-assembled monolayer of fourth-generation amine-terminated polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimer as the template. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) studies of the modified surface confirmed the presence of Cu nanoparticles entrapped in dendrimer film. Au electrode modified with a monolayer of the dendrimer enables preconcentration and subsequent voltammetric detection of Cu(2+) at picomolar concentrations. Further, Cu nanoparticles in the dendrimer monolayer could be electrochemically derivatised to Cu hexacyanoferrate, which exhibits specific crystal planes, unlike the random distribution of crystal planes in bulk-formed Cu hexacyanoferrate, which is another catalytically active material for sensor applications.
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