Voltammetric studies of metal complexes and their interactions with PAMAM dendrimers

INOR 201

Tony Frost, jfrost@usfca.edu, Lawrence Margerum, margeruml@usfca.edu, and Agnieszka Kulczynska. Department of Chemistry, University of San Francisco, 2130 Fulton Street, San Francisco, CA 94117

Electrostatic binding between metal complex probes such as ferrocyanide, [Fe(CN)6]4-, and Polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimers were studied using cyclic voltammetry (CV). Generations one through five were investigated for electrostatic binding at various pH levels and ionic strengths. The CV peak currents observed drop as binding occurs. This is accompanied by a net positive shift in redox potential. Binding constants were obtained through non-linear regression analysis. Stronger binding is found for higher generations and at lower pH values.

 

 

 

Electrochemistry
7:00 PM-10:00 PM, Sunday, 10 September 2006 Moscone Center -- Hall D, Poster

Division of Inorganic Chemistry

The 232nd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September 10-14, 2006