Issue 19, 2017

Cellulose ionics: switching ionic diode responses by surface charge in reconstituted cellulose films

Abstract

Cellulose films as well as chitosan-modified cellulose films of approximately 5 μm thickness, reconstituted from ionic liquid media onto a poly(ethylene-terephthalate) (PET, 6 μm thickness) film with a 5, 10, 20, or 40 μm diameter laser-drilled microhole, show significant current rectification in aqueous NaCl. Reconstituted α-cellulose films provide “cationic diodes” (due to predominant cation conductivity) whereas chitosan-doped cellulose shows “anionic diode” effects (due to predominant anion conductivity). The current rectification, or “ionic diode” behaviour, is investigated as a function of NaCl concentration, pH, microhole diameter, and molecular weight of the chitosan dopant. Future applications are envisaged exploiting the surface charge induced switching of diode currents for signal amplification in sensing.

Graphical abstract: Cellulose ionics: switching ionic diode responses by surface charge in reconstituted cellulose films

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
03 Jun 2017
Accepted
13 Ago 2017
First published
14 Ago 2017
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Analyst, 2017,142, 3707-3714

Cellulose ionics: switching ionic diode responses by surface charge in reconstituted cellulose films

B. D. B. Aaronson, D. Wigmore, M. A. Johns, J. L. Scott, I. Polikarpov and F. Marken, Analyst, 2017, 142, 3707 DOI: 10.1039/C7AN00918F

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