Electrochemical Investigation of P-Tert-Butylcalix[6]Arene Modified Gold Electrode for Ionic Detection

H. Sakly, H. Ben Ouada, N. Jaffrezic Renault

University Lyon, Institut des Sciences Analytiques, CNRS/ENS/UCBL UMR 5280, Villeurbanne, France.
University Monastir, Laboratoire des Interfaces et Matériaux Avancés, Faculté des Sciences de Monastir, Monastir, Tunisie.

DOI: 10.4236/msa.2014.58054                

Abstract

The aim of this work was to study the electrochemical behavior of gold electrode which was modified with p-tert-butylcalix[6]arene membrane and this in the presence of different nickel ions based concentrations in order to form a nickel electrochemical sensor. For that, impedance-spec- troscopy characteristics have been investigated. The obtained results were then modeled by appropriate equivalent circuit aiming at elucidating the electrical properties of the modified gold transducer. A correlation between the present impedimetric results and previous potentiometric ones was achieved traducing then a fast ionic transfer.

Keywords

P-Tert-Butylcalix[6]Arene, Gold Electrode, Impedimetric Sensor, Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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