Title Electrochemical and optical properties of fluorine doped tin oxide modified by ZnO nanorods and polydopamine /
Authors Viter, Roman ; Fedorenko, Viktoriia ; Gabriūnaitė, Inga ; Tepliakova, Irina ; Ramanavičius, Simonas ; Holubnycha, Viktoriia ; Ramanavičius, Arūnas ; Valiūnienė, Aušra
DOI 10.3390/chemosensors11020106
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Is Part of Chemosensors.. Basel : MDPI. 2023, vol. 11, no. 2, art. no. 106, p. [1-16].. eISSN 2227-9040
Keywords [eng] polydopamine (PDA) ; photoluminescence ; cyclic voltammetry ; electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) ; self-polymerization ; zinc oxide (ZnO) nanorods ; fluorine doped tin oxide (FTO)
Abstract [eng] Various forms of zinc oxide (ZnO) are frequently used in the design of optical and electrochemical sensors. However, the optical and electrochemical properties of ZnO should be properly adjusted depending on the application area. Therefore, in this work, we have investigated changing/tuning the properties of ZnO by depositing a layer of polydopamine (PDA) on its surface. In order to perform this investigation, the surface of fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) was modified with the layer of ZnO nanorods and PDA. ZnO nanorods were synthesized by hydrothermal synthesis technique, and after the synthesis, they were coated with polydopamine exploiting the self-polymerization of dopamine. The nanostructures were investigated by using electrochemical and optical methods. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy measurements showed that electrochemical properties of FTO-ZnO and FTO-ZnO-PDA nanostructures could be changed by the variation of both—applied electrical potential and/or exposition towards lighting. Interaction between ZnO-PDA and bovine serum albumin (BSA) molecules has been investigated by (photo)electrochemical and photoluminescence methods. A mechanism of possible interaction between BSA and the ZnO-PDA surface has been proposed.
Published Basel : MDPI
Type Journal article
Language English
Publication date 2023
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