类金刚石薄膜修饰的传感器在电化学中的应用

综述了类金刚石薄膜及其修饰的传感器特性以及制备工艺,介绍了类金刚石薄膜修饰的传感器在生物检测、电化学微重力测量、痕量金属检测、氢离子选择场效应晶体管和气体检测等领域的应用,并对类金刚石薄膜修饰传感器在电化学相关领域的应用进行了展望。     

金刚石薄膜电化学

金刚石由于其特殊的物理与化学性质,早在几百年前就吸引了人们对它的关注.化学气相沉积(chemical vapor deposition,CVD)法制备的高掺杂硼复合多晶金刚石薄膜,为金刚石薄膜在电化学中的应用开辟了新的领域.作为新型碳素电极材料,高掺杂硼复合多晶金刚石薄膜具有许多目前使用的电极材料所不可比拟的优异特性如:宽电化学势窗,低残留电流,极好的电化学稳定性以及表面不易被污染等.本文综述了高掺杂硼复合多晶金刚石薄膜电极在电化学中的几个重要应用,包括电分析、电合成及电化学法处理废水等.     

纳米材料应用于无酶电化学生物传感器的研究进展

无酶电化学生物传感器具有环境适用性强、稳定性高、材料简单易得、灵敏度高、检测限低等特点，近年来受到研究者广泛关注。纳米材料有类酶活性，表现出类似天然酶的酶促反应动力学和催化机理，且能够增强界面吸附性能，增加电催化活性，并促进电子转移动力学，从而广泛应用于无酶电化学生物传感器。本文探索了具有电催化活性的纳米材料及其修饰电极的制备方法，介绍了无酶电化学传感器在医疗诊断、食品检测、环境检测以及其他领域中的应用，讨论了开发基于纳米材料的电化学传感器的未来机遇和挑战。     

液相电化学沉积类金刚石薄膜的研究进展

采用电化学沉积法开展液相中类金刚石薄膜的制备工艺和理论的研究,对于完善类金刚石薄膜的合成技术,开拓类金刚石薄膜的应用领域,具有很重要的理论意义和实用价值。本文概述了液相电沉积技术的基本原理和方法,重点从四个方面介绍了电化学方法制备类金刚石薄膜的研究进展,总结了该方法所制备样品的性能,并对可能的反应机制作了综合性的阐述,最后对液相电沉积类金刚石薄膜的发展前景进行了展望。     

不锈钢上液相电沉积类金刚石薄膜

以甲醇有机溶液作碳源,应用直流脉冲电化学沉积方法,在不锈钢表面制备了类金刚石碳薄膜.用原子力显微镜、扫描电镜、拉曼光谱仪和傅立叶红外吸收光谱表征该薄膜的表面形貌和结构.结果表明:经电化学沉积的含氢类金刚石碳薄膜均匀、致密,表面粗糙度小;Raman光谱在1 332.51cm-1处有一强的谱峰,与金刚石的特征谱峰相重合.加入活性添加剂,增加了电流密度,使沉积速率提高到0.5μm/h.     

功能性聚合物薄膜修饰电极

化学修饰电极是当前在电化学、电分析化学方面十分活跃的研究领域。功能性聚合物薄膜由于其特殊的化学结构赋予其许多独特的功能,诸如选择性、分子识别、pH敏感、光化学敏感等;功能性聚合物修饰电极可以赋予电极许多特殊功能,拓展电极的应用范畴,故而备受关注。本文分别从分子印迹聚合物传感器和生物酶传感器制备的角度,综述在电极表面构筑功能性聚合物薄膜的材料以及方法,重点论述电泳沉积技术在电极修饰中的新应用。这些功能性聚合物薄膜在电极表面的构筑方法可以广泛的拓展到其它传感器的制备中,并指导特殊的传感器的制备,具有重要的研究和应用价值。     

异构体化合物的电化学传感器检测进展

综述了电化学传感器在分离和检测异构体化合物方面的研究进展.在位置异构体方面,介绍了碳纳米管修饰电极、碳纳米管复合修饰电极、表面活性剂增敏下的玻碳电极对酚类异构体的检测研究(包括萘酚、硝基酚、二硝基酚、苯二酚);在立体异构体方面,重点介绍了碳糊修饰电极、酶修饰电极、手性膜电极、免疫传感器的制备及其在氨基酸对映体检测中的应用,并展望了该研究领域的发展前景.     

五种常见重金属的电化学检测研究进展

电化学检测是重金属快速检测的热门研究方向,在重金属离子的检测领域具有良好的应用前景。阐述了电化学分析法及其传感器在重金属检测中的优势,重点介绍了Cd,Cr,Hg,Pb,As 5种金属的电化学研究进展,根据电极修饰的研究方向进行归纳总结,并对电化学检测技术在重金属检测中存在的问题和应用进行了总结与展望。     

DNA电化学生物传感器在重金属快速检测中的研究进展

DNA电化学生物传感器是一类以DNA为敏感元件或检测对象,将核酸分子特异性识别过程中产生的信号通过换能器转化为电信号,从而实现对目标物定性或定量检测的传感器,具有响应速度快、操作简单、选择性好、灵敏度高、检测成本低等优点,实现了多领域中重金属、真菌毒素、核酸等的快速实时检测。介绍了DNA电化学生物传感器的组装单元、电化学指示剂类型,以DNA二级构型角度综述了DNA电化学生物传感器的四大类特殊结构,并汇总其在临床、中医药、生态环境保护及食品安全等领域中重金属的检测应用研究,对新型DNA电化学生物传感器的设计与其在更多领域的拓展应用提供借鉴价值。     

铁氰化铈薄膜固载血红蛋白修饰的过氧化氢生物传感器的制备及性能

采用电化学沉积法将铁氰化铈(CeHCF)薄膜修饰于玻碳电极(GCE)表面,得到铁氰化铈薄膜修饰玻碳电极;将血红蛋白(Hb)固载于该修饰电极表面,成功制得了Hb/CeHCF/GCE过氧化氢生物传感器.考察了铁氰化铈薄膜修饰玻碳电极的氧化还原机理和制备条件,并对血红蛋白在电极上的电子传递过程进行了较为深入的研究.结果表明,铁氰化铈薄膜为血红蛋白提供了温和的固载环境,可实现血红蛋白与电极表面的直接电子转移,提高了血红蛋白的电化学活性;所制得的传感器对过氧化氢具有较高的催化响应和较强的稳定性.相关研究结果在生物医学和临床医学领域具有一定的借鉴意义.     

Compositional and electrochemical characterization of noble metal-diamondlike carbon nanocomposite thin films

A detailed characterization of platinum- and gold-diamondlike carbon (DLC) nanocomposite films deposited onto silicon substrates is presented. A modified pulsed laser deposition (PLD) technique was used to incorporate noble metal nanoclusters into hydrogen-free DLC films. Several analytical techniques, including transmission electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and nanoindentation testing, were used to investigate these thin films in an effort to determine their physical and electrochemical properties. Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy indicated that the gold- and platinum-DLC films contain metal concentrations between three and 36 atomic percent. Cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy revealed that metal is present as arrays of noble metal islands embedded within the DLC matrix, while atomic force microscopy provided evidence of target splashing. In addition, due to the inclusion of metal, metal-DLC thin films exhibited greater conductivity than their metal-free counterparts. The electrochemical properties were studied using quasi-reversible redox couples and correlated to the metal concentration. Finally, the influence of the layer's composition on the electron-transfer kinetics and the achievable working potential window is discussed. The results discussed herein suggest that metal-DLC thin films grown by pulsed laser deposition present a promising alternative electrode material for electrochemistry.     

An electrochemical strategy to incorporate iron into diamond like carbon films with magnetic properties

Fe–DLC composite film was deposited by a facile electrochemical process via the electrolysis of analytically methanol and Iron (III) 2, 4-pentanedionate under atmospheric pressure. The relative atomic ratio of Fe/C was around 10%, and nano-crystalline iron particles were homogeneously dispersed into the amorphous cross-linked carbon matrix. After doping iron into DLC films, the sp3-hybridized carbon content in DLC composite films increased, and the carbon composite film exhibits a magnetic field up to 12KOe. Moreover, the deposition of Fe–DLC composite film in liquid-phase electrochemical deposition may be followed by an atmospheric pressure plasma deposition (APPD) process.     

Reduction of bacterial adhesion on modified DLC coatings

The high incidence of infections caused by the use of implanted biomedical devices, including catheters, bone fracture fixation pins and heart valves, etc. has a severe impact on human health and health care costs. Diamond-like carbon (DLC) films as biomaterial for medical devices have been attracting great interest due to their excellent properties such as low friction and chemical inertness. It has been demonstrated that the properties of DLC films can be further improved by the addition of selective elements into DLC films. In this paper Si- and N-doped DLC coatings with various silicon and nitrogen contents on 316 stainless steel substrates were prepared by a magnetron sputtering technique. Bacterial adhesion to the modified DLC coatings was evaluated with Pseudomonas aeruginosa (ATCC 33347) which frequently cause medical device infections. The results showed that the addition of N or Si in DLC coatings had a significant influence on bacterial adhesion. In general the modified DLC coatings with N or Si performed better than the pure DLC coatings in inhibiting bacterial adhesion. The bacterial adhesion mechanism on the modified DLC coatings was explained with thermodynamic theory.     

Corrosion and tribocorrosion behaviour of super‐thick diamond‐like carbon films deposited on stainless steel in NaCl solution

Super‐thick diamond‐like carbon (DLC) film is a potential protective coating in corrosive environments. In the present work, three kinds of DLC films whose thickness and modulation periods are 4 µm and 3, 21 µm and 17 and 21 µm and 7, respectively, were fabricated on stainless steel. The effect of different thickness and modulation periods on corrosion and tribocorrosion behaviour of the DLC‐coating stainless steel was investigated in 3.5 wt% NaCl aqueous solution by a ball‐on‐flat tribometer equipped with a three‐electrode electrochemical cell. The DLC‐coating stainless steel served as a working electrode, and its OCP and potentiodynamic polarization were monitored before and during rubbing. The wear–corrosion mechanism of the DLC films was investigated by SEM. The results showed that the increasing thickness can prolong significantly lifetime of DLC films in NaCl aqueous solution. In particular, the modulation period has a significant impact on the tribocorrosion resistance of the DLC super‐thick films. The study suggested that the increasing thickness of compressive stress layer could suppress film damage by reducing crack propagation rate. Thus, the super‐thick DLC film with thickness of 21 µm and 7 periods presented the best tribocorrosion resistance among all studied films. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Creation of highly functional thin films using electrochemical nanotechnology

This overview describes the results of our recent study of the application of electrochemical nanotechnology to the fabrication of magnetic recording materials, interconnects in ultra-large-scale integrated (ULSI) devices, energy storage materials, and on-chip biosensors. It is important to note that electrochemical processes play significant roles in developing and fabrication such sophisticated materials and devices. In the field of magnetic recording, electrodeposition methods for preparing CoNiFe and CoFe soft magnetic thin films with a high saturation magnetic flux density were newly developed, and the significant issues for obtaining those films are highlighted. In the area of ULSI interconnects, we developed a technique using a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) for direct bonding of the interconnect layer to SiO2, and proposed a novel electroless deposition method for fabricating a diffusion barrier layer. In the field of batteries, electrodeposited SnNi alloy was proposed as a future anode material for Li batteries, and electrochemical MEMS processes were shown to be useful for fabricating micro-sized direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) as portable batteries for electronics applications. In the area of chemical sensors, we developed a new process for fabricating field effect transistors (FETs) modified with SAMs for on-chip biosensing applications.     

Diamond-like carbon coatings with Ca-O-incorporation for improved biological acceptance

Diamond-like carbon (DLC) coatings were modified by doping the thin films with Ca-O compounds. Raman spectroscopy indicates growth of sp(2)-hybridised, ordered regions in size and/or number within the amorphous carbon-hydrogen network as a result of the Ca-O-incorporation. CaCO(3) was identified by X-ray induced photoelectron spectroscopy. Proliferation and morphology of L929 mouse fibroblasts reveal improved biocompatibility of Ca-O-modified DLC.     

Applying diamond like carbon layer on carbon/carbon composites and its effect on the deposition of hydroxyapatite coating

The biomedical application of carbon/carbon (C/C) composites is limited by lacking bioactivity and releasing carbon debris. Hydroxyapatite (HA) coating has been used to improve the bioactivity of C/C composites, but it cannot reduce the release of carbon debris effectively because of poor wear resistance property. In this work, a wear‐resistant layer of diamond like carbon (DLC) is applied on C/C composites, followed by an ultrasound‐assisted electrochemical deposition to prepare HA coatings. The microstructure, morphology and chemical composition of the DLC layer and the HA coating are characterised by scanning electron microscopy, X‐ray diffraction, energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy and Raman spectrum. The bonding strength between the HA coating and the DLC layer modified C/C composites is examined by a tensile test. The results show that the DLC layer has a spherical morphology and provides a uniform surface for the deposition of the HA coating. The HA coating shows flaky morphology with a compact structure. The tensile strength of the HA coating on the DLC layer modified C/C composites is 6.24 ± 0.40 MPa, which is significantly higher than that of HA coating on unmodified C/C composites(3.04 ± 0.20 MPa). Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Enhanced electron field emission from ZnO nanoparticles-embedded DLC films prepared by electrochemical deposition

ZnO nanoparticles-embedded diamond-like amorphous (DLC) carbon films have been prepared by electrochemical deposition. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and high-resolution TEM (HRTEM) results confirm that the embedded ZnO nanoparticles are in the wurtzite structure with diameters of around 4 nm. Based on Raman measurements and atomic force microscope (AFM) results, it has been found that ZnO nanoparticles embedding could enhance both graphitization and surface roughness of DLC matrix. Also, the field electron emission (FEE) properties of the ZnO nanoparticles-embedded DLC film were improved by both lowering the turn-on field and increasing the current density. The enhancement of the FEE properties of the ZnO-embedded DLC film has been analyzed in the context of microstructure and chemical composition.     

Electrochemically modified semiconductor gallium arsenide electrodes for the argentometric titration of chlorides with silver nitrate in natural samples

An electrochemical method is proposed for the modification of the surface of semiconductor gallium arsenide sensors. The electrochemical modification of the surface of GaAs-electrodes leads to the improvement of their electrochemical characteristics: an increase in the slope of the electrode function, a decrease in response time, and the extension of the concentration range. Potentiometric titration using unmodified and modified GaAs-electrodes for the determination of chlorides with silver nitrate in soil has been performed. The application of the modified sensors ensures the detection of the titration end-point with a higher accuracy.     

二茂铁及其衍生物作为电化学传感器的研究进展

本文对近二十年来国内外对二茂铁及其衍生物作为电化学传感器的研究进展做了较全面的综述。主要讨论了二茂铁及其衍生物修饰电极的制备、表征,介绍了二茂铁及其衍生物作为电化学传感器的应用情况,并探讨了今后的研究方向。