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Gold nanoparticle/charged silsesquioxane films immobilized onto Al/SiO2 surface applied on the electrooxidation of nitrite

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In this work, gold nanoparticles lower than 10 nm were prepared in an aqueous medium using two charged silsesquioxanes, the propylpyridinium chloride and propyl-1-azonia-4-azabicyclo[2.2.2]octane chloride, as stabilizer agents which revealed to be water-soluble. This stabilization method is innovative allowing thin films containing gold nanoparticles to be obtained, and it was used for the first time in the preparation of carbon paste electrodes (CPEs). The charged silsesquioxanes were characterized by liquid 13C NMR. The gold nanoparticle/silsesquioxane systems were characterized by ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy (UV–Vis) and transmission electron microscopy. In sequence, they were immobilized on silica matrix coated with aluminum oxide. The resulting solid materials designated as Au-Py/AlSi and Au-Db/AlSi were characterized by infrared spectroscopy and N2 adsorption/desorption isotherms. The results showed that the gold nanoparticle/silsesquioxane systems are strongly adhered to the surface-forming thin films. The Au-Py/AlSi and Au-Db/AlSi materials were used to prepare CPEs for the electrooxidation of nitrite (NO −2 ) using cyclic voltammetry and differential pulse voltammetry. The Au-Py/AlSi and Au-Db/AlSi CPEs showed high sensitivity and detection limits of 71.87 and 53.66 μA mmol–1 L and 1.3 and 3.0 μmol L–1, respectively.

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Acknowledgments

We thank the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul and Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento Pessoal de Nível Superior for grants and financial support. We also thank the Centro de Microscopia Eletrônica da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul for the TEM images.

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  1. Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Postal Box 15003, 91501-970, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

    Eliana W. de Menezes, Michael R. Nunes, Leliz T. Arenas, Silvio L. P. Dias, Irene T. S. Garcia, Tania M. H. Costa & Edilson V. Benvenutti

  2. Instituto de Química, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Postal Box 6154, 13084-971, Campinas, SP, Brazil

    Yoshitaka Gushikem

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de Menezes, E.W., Nunes, M.R., Arenas, L.T. et al. Gold nanoparticle/charged silsesquioxane films immobilized onto Al/SiO2 surface applied on the electrooxidation of nitrite. J Solid State Electrochem 16, 3703–3713 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-012-1782-8

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