Electrochemistry of fullerene C60 embedded in Langmuir-Blodgett films of artificial lipids on electrodes

Takashi Nakanishi, Katsuhiko Ariga, Makoto Morita, Hideaki Kozai, Naoya Taniguchi, Hiroto Murakami, Takamasa Sagara, Naotoshi Nakashima

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    Abstract

    A stable Langmuir monolayer of fullerene C60 and an artificial lipid was formed at the air-water interface and the monolayer was transferred onto an electrode as a Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) film. Here, we focus on the importance of cationic matrix lipid films to the facile electrochemistry of C60 embedded in a LB film of cationic lipids on an electrode in aqueous media. The electrochemically generated radical monoanion of C60 embedded in a film of cationic lipid, tridodecylmethylammonium bromide (1), was stable during continuous potential cycling, while the C60 radical monoanion became unstable after the generation of C602- due to the exfoliation of the LB film from the electrode. On the basis of the electrolyte dependence and the charge dependence of the matrix lipids, a possible electron-transfer mechanism for the C60/artificial lipid LB film-modified electrodes is presented.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)607-612
    Number of pages6
    JournalColloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects
    Volume284-285
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Aug 15 2006

    All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

    • Surfaces and Interfaces
    • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
    • Colloid and Surface Chemistry

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