Krittayavathananon Atiweena, Ngamchuea Kamonwad, Li Xiuting, Batchelor-McAuley Christopher, Kätelhön Enno, Chaisiwamongkhol Korbua, Sawangphruk Montree, Compton Richard G
Department of Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford , South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QZ, United Kingdom.
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, School of Energy Science and Technology, Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology , Rayong 21210, Thailand.
J Phys Chem Lett. 2017 Aug 17;8(16):3908-3911. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b01771. Epub 2017 Aug 7.
We report the use of an electroactive species, acetaminophen, to modify the electrical connection between a carbon nanotube (CNT) and an electrode. By applying a potential across two electrodes, some of the CNTs in solution occasionally contact the electrified interface and bridge between two electrodes. By observing a single CNT contact between two microbands of an interdigitated Au electrode in the presence and absence of acetaminophen, the role of the molecular species at the electronic junction is revealed. As compared with the pure CNT, the current magnitude of the acetaminophen-modified CNTs significantly increases with the applied potentials, indicating that the molecule species improves the junction properties probably via redox shuttling.
