Publications by Nicolas Eugster

3D-ITIES supported on porous reticulated vitreous carbon

Hubert Girault, Bin Su, Mohamad Hojeij, Nicolas Eugster

A thin aqueous film prepared by layer-by-layer assembly of oppositely charged polypeptides on 4-aminobenzoic acid modified porous reticulated vitreous carbon (RVC) electrodes was used with the aim of forming a 3D-ITIES. The film containing a redox mediator ...

2007

2-Dimensional Porphyrin Self-Assemblies at Molecular Interfaces

Hubert Girault, Bin Su, Nicolas Eugster

The heterodimer formed by electrostatic association of zinc(II) meso-tetrakis(N-methylpyridyl)porphyrin (ZnTMPyP) and zinc(II) meso-tetrakis(p-sulfonatophenyl)porphyrin (ZnTPPS) exhibits a strong affinity for the interface between water and 1,2-dichloroeth ...

American Chemical Society2006

CdSe Sensitized Thin Aqueous Films: Probing the Potential Distribution Inside Multilayer Assemblies

Hubert Girault, Bin Su, Mohamad Hojeij, Nicolas Eugster

Ultrathin polypeptide multilayer films are assembled by the sequential electrostatic adsorption of monolayers of poly-L-lysine and poly-L-glutamic acid onto carboxylic acid terminated alkanethiol-modified gold surfaces. The polypeptide multilayer films are ...

American Chemical Society2006

Reactivity of Monolayer-Protected Gold Nanoclusters at Dye-Sensitized Liquid/Liquid Interfaces

Hubert Girault, Bin Su, Nicolas Eugster

Hexanethiolate monolayer-protected gold nanoclusters (MPCs) were used as redox quenchers at the polarizable water/1,2-dichloroethane (DCE) interface. Photocurrent responses originating from the heterogeneous quenching of photoexcited water soluble porphyri ...

2005

Simulations of the adsorption of ionic species at polarisable liquid liquid interfaces

Hubert Girault, Bin Su, Nicolas Eugster

The adsorption of ions at the interface between two immiscible electrolyte solutions (ITIES) is primarily controlled by the potential distribution across the interface, which in turn is influenced by the adsorption process. In the present paper, we simulat ...

2005

Adsorption and photoreactivity of CdSe nanoparticles at liquid|liquid interfaces

Hubert Girault, Bin Su, Jean-Pierre Abid, Nicolas Eugster

The voltage induced assembly and photoreactivity of cadmium selenide (CdSe) nanoparticles protected by mercaptosuccinic acid are studied at the polarisable interface between water and 1,2-dichloroethane electrolyte solutions. Cyclic voltammograms and admit ...

2005

A generalised model for dynamic photocurrent responses at dye-sensitised liquid|liquid interfaces

Hubert Girault, Nicolas Eugster, Zdenek Samec

The heterogeneous photoinduced electron transfer involving dyes adsorbed at the interface between two immiscible electrolyte solutions and redox molecules located in the adjacent phase manifests itself as photocurrent responses under potentiostatic conditi ...

2005

Dynamic photoelectrochemistry at porphyrin-sensitised liquid/liquid interfaces

Nicolas Eugster

The interface between two immiscible electrolyte solutions provides a well-defined framework for fundamental studies of heterogeneous charge transfer processes. Recent developments in experimental methodology have allowed addressing the kinetics of electro ...

EPFL2004

Photoinduced electron transfer at liquid|liquid interfaces. Part VII. Correlation between self-organisation and structure of water-soluble photoactive species

Hubert Girault, Nicolas Eugster

2003

Photoinduced Electron Transfer at Liquid|Liquid Interfaces: Dynamics of the Heterogeneous Photoreduction of Quinones by Self-Assembled Porphyrin Ion Pairs

Hubert Girault, Nicolas Eugster

2003