Investigation of the Interface between Two Immiscible Electrolytes Applied to Membrane Electrochemistry.
Abstract
The interface between two immiscible electrolytes is used as a simple model for a biological membrane. Electrochemistry of liquid-liquid interfaces allows us to gain an insight into the kinetics on membranes, adsorption processes, ion-selective electrodes and the structure of the interfacial double-layer. In this project, the following problems are especially investigated: The effects of biologically active materials on simple ion transfer kinetics, Potential sensitive fluorescence dyes in liquid/liquid electrochemistry, Properties of a microinterface formed between two immiscible electrolytes. A solvent system used in our experiment was water/nitrobenzene, with LiCl as a supporting electrolyte for aqueous phase and tetrabutylammonium tetraphenylborate (TBATPB) as a supporting electrolyte for the nonaqueous phase. A water soluble protein bovine serum albumin (BSA) has been added to aqueous phase to study its adsorption effect on the liquid/liquid interface. Keywords: Liquid/liquid interface, Frozen electrolytes, Fluorescent dyes, Microinterfaces, Protein adsorption, Electrolytes(Physiology). (jes)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 27, 1988
- Accession Number
- ADA197212
Entities
People
- Petr Vanysek
Organizations
- Northern Illinois University