Electrochemical detection of single micelles through 'nano-impacts'
A new class of 'soft' particles, micelles, is detected electrochemically via 'nano-impacts' for the first time. Short, sharp bursts of current are used to indicate the electrical contact of a single CTAB (cetyltrimethylammonium bromide) micelle with an electrode via the oxidation...
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2015
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| author | Toh, H Compton, R |
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| description | A new class of 'soft' particles, micelles, is detected electrochemically via 'nano-impacts' for the first time. Short, sharp bursts of current are used to indicate the electrical contact of a single CTAB (cetyltrimethylammonium bromide) micelle with an electrode via the oxidation of the bromide content. The variation in CTAB concentration for such 'nano-impact' experiments shows that a significant number of 'spikes' are observed above the CMC (critical micelle concentration) and this is attributed to the formation of micelles. A comparison with dynamic light scattering is also reported. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:fe3bdabf-829d-47f4-806d-ada46fd50cb72022-03-27T13:34:46ZElectrochemical detection of single micelles through 'nano-impacts'Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:fe3bdabf-829d-47f4-806d-ada46fd50cb7Symplectic Elements at OxfordRoyal Society of Chemistry2015Toh, HCompton, RA new class of 'soft' particles, micelles, is detected electrochemically via 'nano-impacts' for the first time. Short, sharp bursts of current are used to indicate the electrical contact of a single CTAB (cetyltrimethylammonium bromide) micelle with an electrode via the oxidation of the bromide content. The variation in CTAB concentration for such 'nano-impact' experiments shows that a significant number of 'spikes' are observed above the CMC (critical micelle concentration) and this is attributed to the formation of micelles. A comparison with dynamic light scattering is also reported. |
| spellingShingle | Toh, H Compton, R Electrochemical detection of single micelles through 'nano-impacts' |
| title | Electrochemical detection of single micelles through 'nano-impacts' |
| title_full | Electrochemical detection of single micelles through 'nano-impacts' |
| title_fullStr | Electrochemical detection of single micelles through 'nano-impacts' |
| title_full_unstemmed | Electrochemical detection of single micelles through 'nano-impacts' |
| title_short | Electrochemical detection of single micelles through 'nano-impacts' |
| title_sort | electrochemical detection of single micelles through nano impacts |
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