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Responses of poly(vinylferrocene) film redox-driven exchange process to co-deposited and ambient anions

  • Center for Physical Sciences and Technology
  • University of Leicester

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Abstract

We describe redox switching of polyvinylferrocene (PVF) films deposited from CH2Cl2 and sequentially exposed to aqueous solutions of three different charge neutralizing anions (BF4-, ClO4-, PF6-). EQCM charge and mass responses to PVF redox cycling in these aqueous media are combined to provide the potential dependence of ion and solvent fluxes for different experimental time scales. We find that the size of the anion initially introduced into a PVF film when it is deposited from CH2Cl2 determines the free volume that exists when the film is subsequently immersed in aqueous solution. We develop a model based upon free volume in which anions and solvent compete for space within the film. The model successfully predicts the result that the larger the anion the less solvent transfers, the effect of initially co-deposited anion on subsequently available free volume, and the decrease in mobile species transfers with decreasing time scale.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationECS Transactions - 35 Years of Chemical Sensors - An Honorary Symposium for Professor Jiri Janata's 70th Birthday Celebration
PublisherElectrochemical Society Inc.
Pages37-54
Number of pages18
Edition6
ISBN (Electronic)9781607680642
ISBN (Print)9781566777148
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Event35 Years of Chemical Sensors - An Honorary Symposium for Professor Jiri Janata's 70th Birthday Celebration - 215th ECS Meeting - San Francisco, CA, United States
Duration: May 24 2009May 29 2009

Publication series

NameECS Transactions
Number6
Volume19
ISSN (Print)1938-5862
ISSN (Electronic)1938-6737

Conference

Conference35 Years of Chemical Sensors - An Honorary Symposium for Professor Jiri Janata's 70th Birthday Celebration - 215th ECS Meeting
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco, CA
Period05/24/0905/29/09

Keywords

  • Counter ion effects
  • Cyclic voltammetry
  • Electroactive polymer
  • EQCM
  • Poly(vinylferrocene)
  • Solvent transfer

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