Abstract
Toluidine blue O (TBO) was adsorbed on the octakis(hydridodimethylsiloxy)octasilsesquioxane (Q 8M 8 H) surface. The characterization of the precursor (Q 8M 8 H) and resulting materials obtained by the reaction of Q 8M 8 H and toluidine blue (CTBO) were defined using Fourier transform infrared spectra, nuclear magnetic resonance solid-state 13C and Si 29 magic angle spinning. The electrochemical polymerization in a glassy carbon electrode was verified by means of a film silsesquioxane formation (FCTBO) using cyclic voltammetry in a potential range of −0.5 to 1.3 V (vs. saturated calomel electrode (SCE)) in a Britton Robinson (B–R) buffer solution (pH 2.0). The cyclic voltammogram of the film exhibits two redox couples with a formal potential of −0.15 and −0.02 V (B–R buffer pH 5). The formal potential shifts linearly in the cathodic direction by increasing the pH solution with a slope of 71 and 57 mV per unit for the first and second couple, respectively. The film was electrochemically very stable.
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